Archive for June, 2007
more prenatal test results: don’t worry
The remaining chromosomes have been counted and in spite of my extremely advanced maternal age (38 on Tuesday, Happy Birthday to me), everything is in pairs, like how they’re supposed to be.
Oh, and there’s no toxoplasmosis virus in the fluid either.
But the two-vessel umbilical cord thing is more of an issue than first reported.
While the [...]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, June 30th, 2007 at 8:46 am in don't panic, pregnancy | 43 Comments »
fat or pregnant? my belly photos
We’re 18 weeks today.
Scott has taken to calling us “guys.” As in, “How are you guys doing?”
I’m now a plural.
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, June 28th, 2007 at 5:36 pm in belly pics, pregnancy | 2 Comments »
just stuff
Today I took both cars to get washed (not at the same time) and got my legs waxed, and got a super fancy pedicure complete with lavender buds and rose petals and milk powder in the soaking water, a scrub, a massage, and hot paraffin booties.
Lest you think me a total slacker, I also met [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 at 10:57 pm in pregnancy | comments »
recipes of the week
Given that I spent most of the week worrying about the amnio, and recovering from the amnio, I didn’t get to do a whole lot of cooking. But Scott did.
And my award for recipe of the week, or rather, meal of the week, goes to:
Pan-grilled venison sausage with oven-roasted zucchini and potatoes
All items came from [...]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, June 24th, 2007 at 7:18 pm in pregnancy, recipes | comments »
phew!
It’s a… healthy boy. At least as far as chromosomes 21, 18, 13, x, and y are concerned. FISH test results came back “normal,” and now I can relax. Of course there are the other pairs of chromosomes to worry about if I want, and that extra toxo test I took, for just in case, [...]