Ultrasound & Check Up (31 Weeks Pregnant)

Last Friday I decided to go on an adventure. I was overdue for glucose testing and a blood draw from the lab. Glucose testing is a test that takes an hour and it's to see if I have gestational diabetes. If anyone knows about toddlers that are a year-and-a-half, you know they are busy, busy, busy! I decided to bring my busy toddler with me anyways. 

I was given a super sweet orange drink to drink within 5 minutes and the lab technician gave me a chair to sit in. There was a t.v. monitor hooked up to it. I put my son on my lap and watched Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. He ate his snacks and drank his juice and was surprisingly very well behaved. Those moments bring joy to this mother's heart.

Here is my son Tres and I at the lab.

I was able to have two of my friends watch Tres yesterday for me while I had an ultrasound and regular OB appointment. My husband was busy at our church where it was opening day for our second hand household store, grill and coffee shop.

During the ultrasound, I asked if the tech could see a cyst in Aaron Matthew's brain. She said she couldn't find one, which means, it cleared up. Praise God! And I asked her if she could see the NT thickness on the back of his neck and she said no because hard bone has formed. She could not tell if Aaron Matthew has a nasal bone or not because he was not in an ideal position. She also had a hard time looking at his heart as did the high risk doctor that came in. I do have a 4D picture of his face with his arm and fist up. The tech told me Aaron Matthew is in the 61st percentile for his weight at 4 pounds and 3 ounces which is a healthy weight, and if I carry him to full term and he keeps putting on weight, his projected birth weight will be over 8 pounds! Praise God! That's good news. That puts me at less of a risk for a cesarean.

I saw my OB doctor afterward. He said the glucose testing came back good. But the blood draw showed I have a low iron count. That explains why I am utterly exhausted almost all of the time! He put me on an iron supplement along side my prenatal vitamins. I hope to get some energy back and not feel like I ran a marathon all of the time.

He is also going to start with fetal monitoring once a week and another ultrasound in about 3 to 4 weeks. He said that Aaron Matthew looks good except for his AV canal heart defect.

Fear not, for I am with you;

be not dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you,

yes, I will help you,

I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10