Today Charles and I had our appointment with the genetic counselor. Even though I knew that the basis of this appointment was precautionary, I was still nervous while we waited to be called back. First, we met with counselor and she went over our medical history with us. She was only really concerned with things that would cause major birth defects, not things that our children could be proned to inheriting later in life. I found this part very interesting but it was like taking a test at the same time!!! Poor Charles got drilled the most because of his medical history. After we talked for about thirty minutes she gave us the only "bad" news of the day (and when I say bad I mean something we were thinking we DIDNT needy to worry about) and told us that Charles' hemophilia is not maternally linked like we thought. If it were maternally linked, she explained, there would be a lot more people in his family with hemophilia. She told us that Furrby has a fifty fifty chance of being a hemophiliac and she is tracking down Charles' medical records so she can figure out specifically what type he has and if that changes Furrby's likelihood of inheriting. If they cannot obtain his records from Riley, then Charles will need to undergo some tests to figure out the specific type. So what does this mean right now for Furrby? They cannot test him until he is born so immediately after he is here, they will take a sample of his cord blood and send it to a special lab. There they will determine if he is a hemophilia and only AFTER that test is complete can we think about having him circumcised. No one is cutting on my baby if he has it! At least not unless it's absolutely necessary!
Next, we were called back for our ultrasound. As a first time mom, I was thrilled for another chance to see my baby boy but I knew they would be looking to see if there were any problems so I was also nervous. This ultrasound took FOREVER and as before, Furrby was being very stubborn! He kept moving when she needed him to be still and wouldn't budge when she needed him to move! She finally got all of the measurements she needed and told us our boy was weighing in over one pound now!!!! He is measuring in over a week ahead of how far along I am still so it's looking like he is going to be a big boy. She told us to wait for the doctor the after about twenty minutes she told us the doctor was called into an emergency c-section and wouldn't be back for a bit. Charles and I were starving so we went and grabbed lunch in the cafeteria and came back when we were finished.
Upon our return we were then called back into the ultrasound for ANOTHER ultrasound, this time by the doctor himself. He wanted to see if he could get better pictures than the tech did of Furrby's heart. They didn't see anything wrong, in fact they said everything looked good now, but they explained that week 21 is still pretty early for looking at the baby's heart. Once he was satisfied no better pictures could be had, he informed us we had to come back in four weeks to see a pediatric cardiologist. He thinks that the timing will allow for much better pictures and it will put all of us at ease to know our little man is ok.
Needless to say, it was a VERY long day! I was actually kind of sore from the ultrasounds because the doctor pushed sooooo hard!!! He was killing me! I even had red marks on my stomach when he was done! Funny story of the day....he even pushed so hard he made me pee my pants! Seriously, I wet myself! Luckily I had peed like thirty minutes before that so it wasn't that much. Hahaha. Overall, we are pleased yet still a little overwhelmed by all of this. We will just have to wait and see what happens in four weeks. At least we got a bunch more pictures! :)
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