Our Trip to Anchorage...Amino? or no Amino? '

       Finally got our orders to go to Anchorage! Mike got to go with, What a RELIEF!  Ahhh the nerves, the worries, sleepless nights, thoughts of all the "What ifs?" replays of the doctor appointments and what each doctor had told me. Lots of Anxiety. When I was first told about Mason possibly having down syndrome I read stuff like this Many children with Down syndrome are also born with heart, intestine, ear, or breathing problems. These health conditions often lead to other problems, such as airway (respiratory) infections or hearing loss. Alzheimer disease, seizure disorders, bone, muscle, nerve, and joint problems, mental retardation, development delay the list goes on. The last thing I was worried about was his looks. I was concerned and feared  about his health and If he would survive after having him. 

      In Anchorage sitting in the waiting room waiting,my heart was pounding, I was breaking out in red blotches,  squeezing my husbands hand, and taking deep breaths. To say the least I was freaked. My husband a little worried himself kept reassuring me that everything will be fine.

       Women and their husbands would come out to the lobby with smiles and 3D ultrasound pictures. I was trying to stay positive but had my doubts I would be walking into the waiting room the same way. 

      We were called back to a room to talk to a geneticist. We talked about if there was any health issues in our families,  We went through how many brothers and sisters we both had, if they had kids and how old, talked about our parents health, grandparents health and so on... everything was normal and healthy. 

      We continued to talk and she asked what the doctors said. Mike and I told her everything. She said Masons thickness wasn't to concerning the numbers were above average but nothing toooo alarming. Hmmm that was news to us as we have been told differently. She said normal was 6mm in the second Trimester, and under 3 in the first Trimester. Masons neck was measured in the second trimester at 19 weeks and measured 8.5 but the doctor told us they were looking for Mason to be under 3 mm. So we were told wrong by the doctor at Bassett. Not sure who to believe at this point. 

      She said by looking at the notes from the ultra sound tech she wasn't too worried about the out come of down syndrome. Feeling a little more at ease I was ready to go in and get a 3D done to look for certain signs of downs. Our doctor had a labor emergency and she had to leave for the day. UGH! Let the suspense carry on.

 So we came back the next morning, but feeling comfortable not so worried ready to get this appointment over with. I laid back got all gooped up and watched the big screen, holding my husbands hand. Listening to the doctor say big words then good at the end of her sentence I said " I don't know what those big words mean but I know what good is." lol. We continued looking and everything checked out normal. The first thing we noticed was the way he laid in my womb. He was arched almost to a upside down C and his neck was almost touching his back. The doctor pointed out right there is where they got the measurements wrong bc of the way he held his neck back. Mike and I joked about a chiropractor after he is born because he looked sooo uncomfortable. The doctor got us some good pictures to take home, and gave us a dvd of Masons ultrasound because we had to reschedule. The doctor told us a 3D doesn't confirm if he has a chromosome defect and we could still get one if we wanted to know 100 percent. Mike wasn't up for me getting an amino done from the start and I was convinced enough we had a healthy nugget that we passed on the amino. As we were walking out of the room the geneticist asked how everything went, the nurse gave me a hug out of excitement, we all celebrated. Lots of smiles coming out of the office! wooo hooooo!! 

      Lots of excitement and relief but a little anger towards the doctors back home. I got my ultrasound done at 19 weeks, and am now 29 weeks pregnant. That is 10 weeks of worries 70 DAYS of  fears, blog addiction, talking about downs, tears, sleepless nights, not enjoying my pregnancy at all bc I was scared of loss. Which I experienced the year before and just a stream of  emotions. but What can you do?

      Mike and I were prepared for the worst but hoping for the best.