9 weeks and 4 days

May 20, 2008

We are now 9 weeks and 4 days pregnant and I am having my first OB appointment. I was having my ultrasound and nurse visit with them today and was not meeting with the doctor for a few more days.

After the ultrasound I was waiting in the exam room and one of the doctor's came in to see me. Apparently Baby B, one of the twins, had extra fluid in the neck. She didn't state what it could mean but I figured I'd wait and discuss it with my doctor when I met him.

So a couple days later I got to meet my doctor. Sitting in the exam room I kept thinking what the extra fluid could mean. We were warned there could be issues with triplets but it's the not knowing which is bothersome. As mentioned in the first post, I'm not a very emotional person. So what happens when I'm waiting in that toom by myself? You guessed it, I'm crying. The doctor appears to be running behind so I had time to compose myself. Tick tock tick tock he still hasn't come in. MY thoughts wander back to the fluid issue and I think I' more angry that no one has told me what it ould mean. At least that way we can begin doing researching and weighing our options. So the tears start up again and the doctor walks in. For some reason this makes me cry even more and I can't even talk. He brings me to his office so we can talk and I'm able to calm down. He gives me a better idea of what it could be but because it's still early, only time will tell if nature takes over or it can be determined what it actually is.

He recommends having a consult with one of the high rish OB's at the hospital which we scheduled.

We met with that doctor the following week and she did a quick ultrasound. She didn't see any fluid! We were elated but still cautious. To be sure, she called in an appointment for me to have a level 2 ultrasound which shows more detail. Michael and I had already decided we would most likely not have the invasive CVS or amniocentesis tests done since those had their risks of miscarriage.