Tomorrow is a big day

Well tomorrow is a big day for us. This post is going to be short because my anxiety level is running very high. I have had dreams the baby is measuring fine. I have had dreams the baby is measuring small. I have had dreams I am away on a nice Caribbean vacation.

The reason tomorrow is so important is because my BPs seem to trending slightly upward at home. I am swollen.... still. Add the anxiety about how everything will look tomorrow and everything can feel so wrong.

We need Sprout's growth to not have lagged in the past 6 weeks since the last u/s. At this point with Vincent - he was measuring about a week behind. Hopefully my placenta will be behaving and baby will be growing. Then we will find out if Sprout is a boy or girl.

Another big question will be whether I can continue working. Hopefully I have a few more weeks in me - but whatever. Keeping Sprout healthy is my main concern.

I will update with results at some point tomorrow. I have already warned my hubby I will most likely cry all morning and through out the u/s. I just need to see that u/s report they will hand me when it is all done - and I need to see baby is not falling behind. I wish they could just give you that information up front. Nevermind needing to wait until after the u/s when you are in the waiting room. Grr....

See in my mind, I see both scenarios. The report breaks it all down. Head measurements, femur measurements, abdominal measurements and I forget the other one CRL maybe? Vincent was measuring in the 19 week range in all 4 values at 22 weeks. Either they hand me a report that says Sprout is measuring on track (or dare I hope- ahead still!) - and I am sure I will cry tears of joy and relief - short lived relief but definitely there! Now if the report shows Sprout lagging behind, I know the flow of tears will not be pretty. God thing the u/s is at 8 am so I won't have too long to wait in the morning (but I have toms of appts. Mom so don't be surprised if you don't hear from me until later in the afternoon.... I will call :) )

So send some positive vibes towards us tomorrow :)

Oh, I should mention the first fetal echo looked good! It took 1.5 hours of prodding and poking to get the images they needed. There is one measurement that is an early predictor of congenital heart block (which my anti-ro antibodies may cause). The measurement came out.... IN THE NORMAL RANGE - woo hoo. Now I didn't ask for exact numbers and values. I am not going to worry about it - I will be having LOTS of fetal echos (hopefully!!!).