We went in for our CVS on Wednesday, and the doctor had ordered a further ultrasound and NT test! YES! We got to see our little breadcrumb (Hubby’s name for the baby) wiggling and waving at us. Best news yet: The scan was fine again! The NT measured 1.5 at the highest spot. Perfectly normal. A marker for NOTHING.
I high-fived my husband and prepared for the CVS. Hubby had to leave for the procedure. The big guy is a big wimp when it comes to needles, blood and doctors. How we will get through delivery is beyond me. He ain’t not seen nothin yet!
The doc got me in the chair and poked through my cervix with her big curved needle. She got a sample, but it didn’t look big enough. Unwilling to wait for samples to be grown, I asked her to try again, and she got enough the second time. She said everything went textbook perfect, which means a lot because we all know that CVS carries a small miscarriage risk.
The tech was so great. She showed us everything and explained everything and answered all our (many) questions. Everything they saw looked fine.
We go back for a cervix check in late June and an early anatomy scan on July 8.
We have made several decisions within the confines of our situation. First, while we will know the sex of this baby at some point in this pregnancy no matter the outcome of the genetic testing, we asked our genetic counselor to keep it to herself until the glycosylation test comes back. This is so we can’t get too excited, in case of bad news. Once you find out the gender of the baby, it’s hard not to think of names and nursery themes and clothes. We can’t do that to ourselves in this two to three week wait.
Second, we asked for all the usual genetic testing as well as our elitist genetic sequences. We take NOTHING for granted. Just because this child may not have glycosylation, he or she may very well be affected with something else.
So for yet another week (or two) we wait. Again. Again, we have even more hope for this little one.
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