Genetic Couseling

So we went to the Genetric counselor today to get some testing done. There are some issues in my family that my Dr. was concered about, so she requested us to get some stuff done. The appt. consisted of getting to the office at 8:15am this morning while having to drink 8oz. of water on the way to the Appt. We got called back and went into the Ultra Sound room. They wanted to check the back of the baby's neck on the skin to make sure there was just the right amount of fluid under the skin (we all have this is you pinch the back of your neck, it's a little pocket that has water in it). Sometimes when a baby has Down Syndrome they have too much water in there, or not enough water in there. So she put the thing on my belly it was active time for little fetus. The thing was bouncing around moving it's arms, legs and just moving. It was soo cute, I couldn't have even imagined seeing something like that from a little baby that is 2 1/2'' long. IT was amazing, Awesome to be exact! Anyways, so the lady got some awesome photos for us. Then she went to try to measure the neck. )-: Well baby at that point had a different plan. It decided to lay back and suck it's thumb. WHAT, come on little twerp... So the lady told me to drink more water, walk around the room and try to get the baby active again. Well she came back in and put the thing back on my belly and the baby decided to turn upside down. Little stinker again. So she told me to drink MORE water and then she came back in, well the baby just wanted to suck it's thumb and lay on my uterus wall. She did the best she could with what the baby was doing, but all in all from the tip of it's nose to the skin behind the neck, the baby looks very healthy and in a low chance of having Down Syndrome. They did draw my blood for comparing some other things but time will tell on those. We are excited that we got to see the little one again and make sure it's growing well and healthy. The heart beat was 161 today, still strong, and it looks like all the fingers and toes are there. Developing very well. So here are the 4 photos that we got to take home from the office today!