Perinatal consult

This morning was our appointment at the University of Utah with Dr. Sullivan who is a Perinatal Specialist. After our scary appointment last month, they made us an appointment to go get an ultrasound with a specialist to check and make sure that everything was ok and that the spots they saw on our baby's belly either went away, or were nothing to worry about.
So bright and early this morning we made our way in the blizzard up to the hospital and I was so nervous I thought I was going to jump right out of my skin. They called me back immediately for my ultrasound. The girl looked around for a bit and once again, baby was moving around all crazy. She took a few measurments and showed us it's arms and legs and fingers and toes. Then I asked her if she was seeing the spots on the tummy and she said that she looked everywhere and she couldn't see anything wrong at all. No spots or anything. PHEW!!! What a relief. Then she looked to see if she could tell what the gender was and.... IT'S A GIRL!!! WOOHOO!!! Little Madyx is on her way!

The wedding is on Saturday and I am so excited! I feel like it has been coming forever! So that is the good news for the day! See you all on Saturday!

We need

Go to google and type in your first name followed by the word needs. Post the first ten results, and see how many funny ones you get!

1. Megan needs.... a mirror. (yeah today i probably do.)
2. Megan needs... a hug. (sure...who doesn't.)
3. Megan needs... to gain ten pounds. (working on it.)
4. Megan needs... to upgrade. (nah... I'm happy. =])
5. Megan needs... a quiet home. (have one!)
6. Megan needs...to get Sarah’s contact information from Glenda.(sure it's been a while since I've talked to Glenda.)
7. Megan needs... a makeover. (sign me up.)
8. Megan needs... a summer intern. (ummm what.)
9. Megan needs...a plane ticket to a warmer climate. (got one, thanks! March 1st!)
10. Megan needs... a theme song and to work on gun contorol. (hahah yes and yes.)

1. Chase needs... to stop playing with peoples lives. (Yes he does!)
2. Chase needs...to settle down. (he is!)
3. Chase needs... your help. (Chase needs alot of help. =])
4. Chase needs... surgery. (he really really does.)
5. Chase needs... a foster home. (Not yet. =])
6. Chase needs... to be destroyed. (hahah please no!)
7. Chase needs... to win the lotto. (SIGN ME UP!!!)
8. Chase needs... a family. (we're workin on it!)
9. Chase needs... to be fixed. (hahaha a little too late for that. =])
10. Chase needs... a homefield advantage. (... ok?)

Baby

Ultrasound

Yesterday Chase and I went to my second ultrasound. Everything went great. we got the see the baby. She is getting so big, and was quite the wiggle worm. Moving around and flipping and wiggling. She definitely will be a dancer. =] We got to hear her heartbeat and everything was strong and normal. then the doctor said, "There is something that I am seeing that concerns me, let me show you what it is." My heart instantly dropped. She moved the picture in the screen to my tiny little baby's stomach and pointed out a large black circle. very significantly sized and I would even say large compared to the rest of the body. much larger than her hands, or feet and I would even say almost as large as her head. She told us that is was a pocket of fluid. She wasn't sure if it was on the stomache or kidneys, but may be a problem with the chromosomes. I automatically knew exactly what that was and my heart sunk even deeped. She told us that we would most likely need to go to a specialist to have it further checked out. Of course the tear flow had already started. Something so exciting turned so terrible in just a few seconds. She printed us out some pictures of our tiny little guy and then we went back to the waiting room to wait for the doctor. I was beside myself. I don't think either Chase or I knew what to say to each other. Finally after what seemed like ages, we got called back. The doctor came in and told me not to worry yet. She said with technology the way it is these days, ultrasounds pick up on things early enough that normally if the ultrasound would have been a month or two later, they would just take care of themselves. Dr. Zelenkov called the pocked of fluid cysts. She said that our baby has on the left side of it's abdomen and one on the right side which is a little bit bigger. She gave us a few possibilities of what could happen. She said that we needed to go meet with a Perinatal Specialist because they would be able to do a closer ultrasound and see exactly where the cysts are growing. She said she is pretty sure she got a clear shot of the kidneys so they probably aren't there, and they look too low to be on the lungs. So... on February 17th we go to meet with a doctor at the U to figure out for sure what is going on. Also on that day, we will find out what the sex of our baby girl is. I am terrified... but I know things will be ok.

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Just because you told me not to. =]