Nuchal Translucency

Well yesterday I went to the doctor's appointment unfortunately by myself, but none the less optimistic. I waited for about 15 minutes before they could get me in and when they did they just started right in. The baby was very still when I first got in there and I was really worried because this was the first time I had seen it and it wasn't doing ANYTHING! I asked the lady why it wasn't moving and she said, "Just give it a second." So of course once the lady started rubbing the thing over my stomach area, the "wee one" decided to wake up and go absolutely CRAZY! It looked like the little thing was on a trampoline! The first thing it did was show its butt to the world and then flip over to the other side which unfortunately made it impossible to get the picture they were looking for.
Now aside from being really excited about finally seeing our baby, the real reason we were there was to get screened for Down Syndrome, Trisomy 18 & 21 and any cardiac malformations. I didn't realize BEFORE I went that in order to get the picture of the back of the baby's neck (the fold that they measure) the baby had to be in a perfect position (like laying in a hammonck). It is funny how the things that you read really don't tell you the WHOLE truth; I just thought that they were able to measure this by just seeing the baby, but all the sources I had read hadn't told me any different. The doctor did tell me that we could come back and they could do it again (the success rate of getting that PERFECT PICTURE is only 70%), but we decided that we will wait until the 20 week sonogram where they measure everything anyway. We figure that if the Lord wants us to have a child with one of those disabilities then it is obviously for good reason and we will learn at 20 weeks and then prepare from that point. On the very optimistic side, I got to thinking about all the things that tend to point to things like Down Syndrome and luckily we have no family history, my husband and I are young and in good health, so it honestly seems like the odds are in our favor. But of course like the doctor explained yesterday, a 1 in 5000 chance doesn't mean that you are totally out of the scope of things because you could always be that ONE. So in reality we are just going to pray our hearts out and know that our family and friends are doing the same and keep our fingers crossed for the best. But I am happy that i went in and got to actually SEE the "wee one." It never really sank in until yesterday that there really was a baby in there and that things were going well!! Well I guess that is about it for today. Have a great weekend! Diana