3:34 a.m. I can't sleep! I'm in so much pain right now. Yup, the back and neck pain has come back with a vengeance. I guess I was pain free for about a week. It was nice. I'm seeing my pain specialist tomorrow to figure out where to go from here. I have a few non-medication options. I also got the number to that acupuncturist that my OB recommended. I'm going to give her a call tomorrow and make an appointment. Of course I'm anxious about where to go from here, but I'm trying to not let it take over my life. I read this great quote from the Bible : Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day. (Matthew 6:34). Isn't that a great quote? I don't read the Bible but I found the quote written in a post on my Baby Center Web site. This poor woman had an ultrasound yesterday and the ultrasound tech noticed some fluid in the baby's neck fold -- a sign of possible Down syndrome. I can't imagine what that must be like. Anyway, the girl was saying that she was trying to pray and find reasoning behind all this. She said that the quote helps her to try and calm down. It can surely help me too!
I swear, I've been worrying about EVERYTHING since coming off of my meds. It's like I said, every emotion hits you 10x as much as you remember. Now I'm really feeling the pregnancy hormones running amuck. Today brought some potential great news though. I went in for my baby's sequential screening test for chromosomal abnormalities -- I decided I'd rather prepare for the worst than be surprised -- and the doctor said the baby's measurements of the neck (an indicator of Down syndrome like I mentioned earlier), were perfectly normal. A typical measurement has to be below 3 cm and our little duck's was 1 cm, I believe. In fact, the baby measured at 12 weeks and 4 days!!! The doctor was pretty sure that I was in fact 12 weeks and 4 days along and not 11 weeks and 3 days like I was told early on. 12 weeks and 4 days was what I would have been anyways if they hadn't changed my due date during my second prenatal visit. I also went to a different group this time for the sequential screening -- Texas Perinatal Group. I REALLY felt comfortable with the doctor I saw. He made a bigger impression on me in the 3 to 4 minutes that we spoke than my OB has in the 3 times that I've seen her. I'm not trying to be mean. I think my OB is a very nice lady, but she just seems too absent-minded. Okay guys, I'm getting sleepy now. I'll finish up in a few hours. G'night! :) Oh yeah, to finish off, I took a blood test and will have another blood test at 16 wks that will give me a better idea of my baby's chances for any abnormalities. From the measurements alone though, the doc didn't seem to think there would be any problems. Whew!
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