The BEST of the BEST

You might remember we had the "BEST TEST" done last week Wednesday. This is the testing for downs and combined tests for other chromosomal abnormalities. The ultrasound was not only to get cute pics of baby schwandt yawning, but to measure the amount of fluid at the back of the neck/top of the spine, but they also took 5 viles of blood to run tests.

Well, my Dr's nurse (Sue) called tonight with the results. She said after the ultrasound, the chance of our baby having Downs Syndrome was 1 in 900. BUT....After the blood tests, the chance went to 1 in 3,000. WOW! That's GOOD! She said that is the BEST of the "BEST TEST" score you can get. And that's not all, folks. The other chromosomal abnormalities result came back at 1 in 6,800. Holy man--that is great! I was so excited for Tom to call on his 8pm break tonight to tell him the good news. He had done all the worrying for himself and me, so he was very relieved to hear the good news!

We couldn't be more greatful to our wonderful Lord, God. He has blessed us with a miracle without the use of science, and He continues to bless us with health of the baby and of myself. I have been feeling great. Nausea is gone, never got "sick"and right now I'm just hungry all the time. 'm eating good and even eating my vegetables! I'm looking forward to next is feeling the baby moving around, which should happen in the next couple weeks. Oh, some of you may be wondering how far along we are now. I am 15 weeks. Thursday, July 3rd is the first day of week 16. Here is what will be happing during the next week:
WEEK 16:
Over the past three weeks your astounding growing baby has managed to stretch yet another 2 full inches (totaling about 4.5 inches) and weighs around 3.5 ounces. Yessireee, that’s some pretty serious growth... and with it comes several physical developments! For starters, their head to body ratio is finally starting to even out a bit as the rest of the body is actually growing faster than the head at this point. Yes, your little light bulb is not so top-heavy. Their adorable little limbs have lengthened, almost reaching their normal proportions which they will have at birth. Their eyes are still closed but moving and if you had an ultrasound, which many doctors recommend you have at about this time, you may even see your little one sucking on a thumb, not to mention the necessary signifiers to let you know whether you’ve got a wee lad or lassie.

Our next ultrasound will be at 20 weeks (about August 7th). That is when we hope to find out the sex of baby schwandt!