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We found out some bad news this past week when we went in for our ultrasound. She had some markers indicating a chromosome disorder and we had to have an amniocentesis to investigate what is going on and just received the results this morning. She's been diagnosed with trisomy 13, which is very rare, and basically means there are three chromosomes in the 13th pair; there should only be two. The prognosis for this disorder is fatal (some babies don't make it to birth, some live a very short time) and we were asked if we wanted to terminate the pregnancy, but don't feel like that is an option. We're asking for a miracle and really appreciate you joining us in praying for this.
We have our next ultrasound Wednesday the 23rd. We're really excited to see him/her again (there is still a 1% chance it's a boy). When the ultrasound shows absolutely no evidence of a penis, we'll finalize the girl's name. Erin eats Italian food every day (sometimes twice a day), so we're leaning towards Isabella Francesca de la Galloway. Game 7 is on, so we're done here.
Somehow, it is a week later and Erin is smaller. I have no plausible explanation.
Week 17 update. Erin is showing.
If you've noticed the new background, Erin made me do it.
Well, Erin is now 15 weeks along. She was in Orlando last weekend, the reason for me not posting. Since the last entry, we found out that we are having a girl! We are working on names and having quite a time trying to agree on one. Erin can't seem to shake the nausea even though she's in the 2nd trimester. Hopefully this won't last the entire pregnancy. The baby (and the mom) seems to like chocolate which helps with the nausea. We should be around this weekend and I'll post again then.
Here is an update at 13 weeks. We had a doctor appointment on Thursday with genetic screening and an ultrasound. The genetic screening was to alert of us any possible issues based on our family backgrounds and data gleaned from the ultrasound. At this point, there were no issues. We got to see the baby jumping and moving around on the ultrasound, which was awesome! The baby has long legs (like Erin). The blood work analysis will be complete this week and we'll know the sex (within 99% accuracy, which is apparently better than the accuracy of the ultrasound at 20 weeks). All this means is Erin is calling the lab's 1-800 number 4 times a day to find the results even though the doctor said it would take 7 to 10 business days. I'll let you know this week what the results were.
