Went to see my regular OB today. Got another ultrasound. Unfortunately the office doesn't do digital pictures, so I won't be posting any more pics. Too hard to upload from my phone.
Chance is measuring 5 days large. He is measuring at 11 weeks 3 days. His heart rate was 176 bpm today. They did the first trans abdominal ultrasound today; I've been having trans vaginal.
The OB mentioned he wanted me to keep taking the baby aspirin, and I had to tell him my hemo-oncologist told me not to take any aspirin or NSAIDS. He said he was going to call the Dr and see what the deal is, as he wants me to take it. He says it lowers the risk of pre-eclampsia and other placental issues. He also informed us he has never seen a normal placenta with an IVF patient. He doesn't know why, but there is something always wrong with an IVF placenta. Interesting.
He wants me to get the nuchal translucency screening. Even though this test shows if the fetus has Down Syndrome, it also shows other possible genetic issues that aren't one of the large chromosomal defects like Down. Heart issues is one example. This test is done between 11-14 weeks. There is a small window in which this test has to be done. With this test, an ultrasound measures the thickness of the skin at the back of the baby's neck, called the nuchal fold. There is usually a blood test that goes along with the ultrasound. The blood test looks at the pregnancy associated plasma protein (PAPP-A) and hCG. They take the results and input them into a mathematical formula for the result of the scan. This scan is 85% accurate.
I made all my appointments for the rest of the pregnancy. Every 4 weeks until I am 32 weeks, then it is weekly visits.
My OB told me today he wasn't going to let me go past 38 weeks. Since I am considered high risk, he doesn't want to increase the chance of still birth, meconium, or pre-eclampsia. I honestly had no questions for him. Between my doctor DH and this Pregnancy Day by Day book, it pretty much has answered all the questions I had already.
First day off bed rest = trip to the baby store to check things out.
Next appt is Dec 21......
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