16 Weeks and First Weekly Ultrasound

This past Wednesday was our first weekly cervical length ultrasound.  To our surprise, the doctor had also ordered a full scan of the baby.  We were excited to get to see the baby again. :) The baby was very active but she calmed down after awhile so we could get some good shots of her.  We could see her various organs in pretty good detail for a 2D ultrasound, including her kidneys, heart, brain, etc.  Chuck surprised me and showed up at the ultrasound.  It's difficult for him to be there every week because of where he is working right now, but it was a pleasant surprise to have him there to see the baby with me.  Everything looked good with my uterus, cervix, and the baby :)  Right now they are mainly concerned about cervical incompetence, so they measure the length of the cervix every week and see if it's shortening.  If it looks to be changing too much, they will put what they call a cervical cerclage in, which is basically a stitch.  It will help to prevent pre-term labor and keep the baby in there growing longer!  I will post some new pics shortly.

First OB Appointment and 15 Weeks

Believe it or not, I am now 15 weeks, and this is the first time we actually met the OB, Dr. B,  that will most likely be delivering our baby.  The appointment went great and he really has put me at ease about a lot of my fears.  Unfortunately, there still are a lot of risks but he made me feel better that they will be closely monitoring and doing any bit of prevention possible.  The biggest risk is preterm labor, so they will be doing weekly cervical length measurement ultrasounds until 26 weeks.  So I will get to see my baby every week!  After that I will see the doctor every week to check the cervix.  At this point it looks like I will be getting to know the staff in the office pretty well, I'm going to be there a lot!  He also said most women deliver 32 weeks or after with a bicornuate uterus, so that made me feel a lot better also.  He was very informative and had a great personality also.  The other good news is I also was released off of pelvic rest for now and can work out lightly!  I feel like we made the right decision in the practice we chose and I know our baby is in the best hands possible.