January 29th, 2008
I got the blood test portion of our NT screening back today and they were excellent!
Prior to testing, my risk for having a baby with Down’s was 1/307. After the scan, its is only now 1/6000.
For Trisomy 13 & 18 (which is often fatal for the baby) my risk prior to testing was 1/524, but [...]
January 25th, 2008
The NT scan was absolutely amazing.. completely surreal that there is a little baby growing inside me. And unlike my last two ultrasounds where it was just a blob with a heartbeat, becoming-baby actually looks like a mini baby - fingers, toes, face, arms legs and everything!
The baby was moving around so much, waving, kicking, [...]
January 23rd, 2008
I just discovered this fun little website that is based on the book The Baby Name Wizard which I recommend highly.
Nymbler asks you to enter up to six names you like, and then it will generate a list of names that it deems to be similar to those names.
So for example when I enetered Aurora, [...]
January 22nd, 2008
This weekend I had an appointment with my local quest labs to get the “Ashkenazi Jewish” panel of genetic screening done. The fact that I am a full blooded Jew and that Jeff is 1/4 Jew necessitates all the extra screening. Apparently the chosen people are also chosen for a few more diseases than the [...]
read more...January 17th, 2008
At 10 weeks and 3 days I met with the OB for the first time. I hadn’t been to this practice before, I picked them from the list that delivers at the better of the two local hospitals and then randomly picked her because her credentials seemed to be the best. Dr K. my RE [...]
read more...January 11th, 2008
Someone on the nest.com message boards posted a link to this today. The Tyra Banks show is looking for people to appear in a show they are calling “Mom Wannabes.”
Here is a description of what they are looking for:
“Do you know a woman who is obsessed with becoming a mom? Have you seen and heard [...]
January 9th, 2008
Tracy holding Baby Daphne
My dear and very pregnant friend Tracy just sent me this list of stuff to get for new baby. It was originally sent to her by one of her clients (she is a personal shopper at Saks, how cool of a job is that?) and also vetted by her sister.
I’m posting it [...]
January 7th, 2008
Belly Pic, 9 weeks pregnant
So I thought I had gotten off pretty easy being that I haven’t really had much morning sickness to speak of. Or so I thought.
What I have been experiencing is constant hunger, the kind that makes you want to gnaw your hand off and feel like you are going [...]
January 3rd, 2008
Flash
Click on the image above to see a little video of Jeff holding baby Daphne and here for another one!
New Years Eve was a huge celebration… not only because it was our first knowing that this time next year we’ll have a new addition to the family, but because it turned out to be [...]