Hallelujah!!

We had two doctor's appointments this morning. The first was with my OB office. They did an ultrasound and told me the blood clot is gone!!! The Bean is safe! They said it's impossible to know how close the clot was to the sack when it formed, so there is a small chance there could be a weak spot that could cause my water to break early, but again, it's only a slim chance. The risk of miscarriage from this has passed. Hallelujah!!!

My second appointment was for old lady testing, since I'm geriatric in the OB world. I had an ultrasound performed by a maternal fetal medicine specialist to test the thickness of the skin on the baby's neck. That helps detect Down Syndrome and some other defects. It looked very good. They also did blood work to accompany that, and I'll have the results by Friday.

The second ultrasound was awesome! Amy went with me and we got to watch the baby on the screen for about 25 minutes! It was moving all over the place! It reminded me of a baby in a bouncer, because it kept using the wall of the sack to kick off of, and it was jumping up and down on it. It was the coolest thing I've ever seen. We could clearly see the fingers and toes and I attached one of the pictures where it had its feet crossed over its body. A big revelation from that ultrasound is that I'm further along than we thought. They did many measurements and the average of them said that I'm 12 weeks today. So my new due date is February 19, one day before Missy. Mom and Dad are loving that!

Anyway, thank you for your prayers. The Bean is doing so well and I know it's because of all the love being sent to it already. Thank you.