Bump in the Baby Road...

Well, for those who haven't heard...we had a little bump in the road to Baby H. Friday 5/29 I had a cervical length ultrasound at Cornerstone Clinic (my work place). I was told to have an ultrasound for my cervix at 14 weeks & 18 weeks. I was told to have these ultrasounds done because I had a procedure done in 2002 that makes me at risk for a thin cervical wall. I was at a 3.4 at my 14 week ultrasound. This past Friday I was at 2.3, which is not good.

My OB doctor & boss, referred me to MFM (again) for another cervical length ultrasound. We want my cervical length above 3.0. The thinner my cervical wall gets the sooner the baby comes. We DO NOT want the baby coming early!!! I was told by my OB doctor that I will either be on bedrest for as long as I can or I will have a cerclage done. A cerclage is where they sew my cervix to keep baby in there.

The referral was sent to MFM & they got me in for an emergency appointment on Monday 6/1. Since I was already going to be @ MFM on 6/1 we moved the level II ultrasound to the same day instead of coming back on Monday 6/8.

My husband finally came home, he ended up coming home Friday late night/Saturday early morning to come take care of me :-) He has been a wonderful "nurse" & I hope I've been a good "patient" so far. I stayed in bed all day & night Friday until Monday. I am too antsy of a person to be held hostage for that long....but, whatever is best for the baby!!! I had lots of people calling to check in & some visitors stop by. Thank you everyone who was there for us...your thoughts & prayers are very much appreciated.

Well, today was the day of our appointment. I didn't get much sleep last night, because I was worried, nervous, & anxious. The cervical length was done first & it turns out it's at 3.0 :-) The ultrasound they did today showed an area of the cervix that they are counting as the length. MFM believes maybe Dr. Holbrook (my doctor) & the ultrasound tech may not have seen the area MFM is looking at or they didn't count it as part of the cervical wall. Either way, it's better news than we were expecting. They want us to come back next Monday 6/8 for another cervical length ultrasound to make sure it's at the same length of 3.0 & we didn't miss anything. So, I'm on bed rest for the rest of the week until our appointment on Monday 6/8.

We also had a Level II ultrasound done today & the baby is doing GREAT!!! We got to see all areas of the baby. We saw the 4 chambers of the heart, ears, nose, mouth, chin, toes, feet, arms, legs & much more :-) We ended up seeing sooooo many things that we now know what Baby H will be.... Sorry, but we aren't telling.

The doctor at MFM was very nice. We don't have too much info on what is next. All we know is to rest for one week & return for another visit & ultrasound Monday 6/8. We will keep you all posted as updates arrive. We did get more pics of the baby. As soon as I get them scanned in, they will be posted :-)

Love xoxoxoxo,
Rachel, Nate, Doozer & Baby H