Inspired by Holly!

Okay woman...I am posting a blog and you were my inspiration to start this up again! LOL

Wow...it has been a reallllllly long time since I have updated here. Let's see...the last time I was around 5w. Now I am 12w3d!! This is further than I have ever gotten before with a pregnancy...by far. We had our 1st trimester screening last Monday and if we based the results on just the u/s our baby is perfect and normal and healthy and wiggly :-) Unfortunately I got a call on Friday that the results of everything combined (u/s, b/w, age, history) puts us at a much higher risk than a typical woman my age (1 in 62 chance of Down's to be exact). I was completely crushed. I cried off and on for the rest of the night, while Dave did his usual research and tried to reassure me that we shouldn't worry. Yeah right. He said that a 1 in 62 chance means that there is a 98.4% chance that it is normal. And he reminded me that we had seen a nose in the u/s (I found out that Down's babies don't usually have a nasal structure). And that the u/s showed us excellent results! So I am trying not to obsess and worry during every minute...but it is not easy.

Tomorrow we go in for the CVS. I am pretty nervous about the longggggggggggg needle that they are going to stick into my belly! More nervous about the results than I am about the risk of m/c. Of course I am somewhat worried about the risk of m/c...but my peri says that the chance of that happening is like 1 in 400. I was really hoping that they would be giving us preliminary results...but no...it will take probably 10 days :-( This is going to be worse than the 2ww!

So enough worry stuff! This has been a gorgeous weekend! Yesterday I went early and had my oil changed (they did it for free!), bought a cute maternity top at Target, stopped at my favorite farm stand a loaded up baby! All before 10:00 am! Dave took me to lunch at our favorite place for breakfast/lunch on the weekend :-) I had a cup of brocolli soup and a California BLT...yum. I can't believe how much Dave can eat...he had a large toasted blueberry muffin, an egg and cheese sandwich, a large side of corned beef hash (soooo good), and entire bowl of coleslaw that I couldn't eat! Yikes! We then had a rolicking trip to Home Depot and Walmart...LOL. Dave golfed with my bro Mark in the afternoon and I cleaned the house and then relaxed with a book :-) Today...I dunno. I am going to read some more this morning and I have to go grocery shopping. Maybe I will see if Dave will take a drive up north to stop in some antique shops. He probably won't go...but maybe I will go on my own!

Okay, I promise to you Holly that I will update more often! I think that my problem has been that I am on too many boards and it is hard to update in 7 different places! LOL