Second Post of the evening (it was originally the second post a month ago)

I originally wrote this the day after our 20 week ultrasound (I am not 27 weeks). After discussing it with Scott we decided not to post anything about at that moment we needed to get more information and needed to let certain people know in person. So this is the beginning, the post that I started six weeks ago...


It is unusual that I post about once a month and here I am posting twice in one evening! I decided to post about our last appointment. This was a hard decision for me to make because of how it went and not really having a whole lot of information yet. I just really need to get this off my chest.

Our last appointment was when we had our ultrasound! We were very excited. It is so weird seeing your baby in you on a screen! The ultrasound was a lot of fun. After the ultrasound we had our monthly doctor visit. When we were going over the results she said that there was a note from the ultrasound doctor. The note said that there was "extra something or other" (I don't remember what it was called) on the back of our baby's neck. She said that this is a sign of Downs Syndrome. I really don't remember much after that, I mean you hear something like that and it's like no other information can be absorbed! We were told that we needed to go to Madison to have another ultrasound done, one that would be able to find more signs. This is a really hard thing for me to think about I even got a little emotional on my way home from work the next day which if you know me...well lets just that is not like me at all.

The Story Continues


We ended up having to go to a hospital in Milwaukee to get another ultrasound done to see if there were more signs or other issues that we needed to be worried about. I was so anxious to hear what the doctor was going to say and hoping that we would know what was going on right away and not have to wait. During the ultrasound the doctor was really quiet the only thing he said the entire time was "Do you know what your having?" and "see his little hand right there?". To be honest this made me more nervous, I had to constantly tell myself to breathe. When he was all done checking all that he needed to check he started explaining. Basically if you take your hand put it on the back of your and move it down to your back it should curve in, well my little Landon's neck doesn't do that. That is what my doctor saw on our ultrasound but this not really explained to us until this point. The doctor in Milwaukee continued to explain to us that he was not able to find any other signs of Downs Syndrome except for that one. He also said that he checked for the heart disease that is associated with the neck thing and was able to rule that out!!! Thank God!!! However we are not completely out of the woods with the Downs Syndrome, he said that our chances have dropped significantly, but that he has seen cases where kids have Downs Syndrome with that as their only sign.

With all of that being said we left feeling better about the whole situation. I have decided not to worry or dwell on the "what ifs" and just enjoy my pregnancy and my baby! It is in God's hands and whatever happens is going to happen I have no control over it. All I can do is do my research and try to be prepared for what happens no matter what.

My baby Landon!

He has my nose...isn't he cute!