Ultrasound worries
I had my first ultrasound on Halloween. It was amazing. Seriously, it really does bring a whole new perspective to this mommy thing. There was a little shock in between the ohhs and ahhs but at least it wasn't twins (Can you imagine?!). Let me tell you...
We arrived at the hospital and after going through the whole mess of registering and finding the damn room we were called in. I had been drinking some water at this point having stupidly relieved myself before leaving and was hoping that the technician would not notice that I was not quite "filled to bursting". Apparently, they can tell because they zero in on the bladder as soon as the procedure starts. And then there it was. The baby. Our baby. Jumping around like some freak on a leash looking strangely like a shadow puppet. Definitely the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. So anyway, after some grumbling from the tech she says that I'm not full enough and go have a date with the water fountain. Mean techie.....
The second time around (with the nicest matronly tech ever... we luvs her!) the baby was sleeping so the whole picture taking part was easier however she found 'something'. Now that's probably not the best way to describe it. They go prodding around my belly with the ultrasound stick when suddenly this huge gray circled area shows up on our monitors. So we're all like "what's that?". Matronly techie runs off to talk to the radiologist and comes back to let us know that he'll look at it and that's where we're sent on our merry way to contemplate jam and toast and baby diapers. Oh yeah they said; "We'll call you!". How reassuring.
Now yesterday I had my follow up with the OB/GYN and he says it's a cyst or a growth on my ovary; but they're not sure. Guess we'll find out in December at my follow up ultrasound. Why are doctors so vague? Must be a mandatory class at med school......
In happier news, look at our little mini us in progress!
We arrived at the hospital and after going through the whole mess of registering and finding the damn room we were called in. I had been drinking some water at this point having stupidly relieved myself before leaving and was hoping that the technician would not notice that I was not quite "filled to bursting". Apparently, they can tell because they zero in on the bladder as soon as the procedure starts. And then there it was. The baby. Our baby. Jumping around like some freak on a leash looking strangely like a shadow puppet. Definitely the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. So anyway, after some grumbling from the tech she says that I'm not full enough and go have a date with the water fountain. Mean techie.....
The second time around (with the nicest matronly tech ever... we luvs her!) the baby was sleeping so the whole picture taking part was easier however she found 'something'. Now that's probably not the best way to describe it. They go prodding around my belly with the ultrasound stick when suddenly this huge gray circled area shows up on our monitors. So we're all like "what's that?". Matronly techie runs off to talk to the radiologist and comes back to let us know that he'll look at it and that's where we're sent on our merry way to contemplate jam and toast and baby diapers. Oh yeah they said; "We'll call you!". How reassuring.
Now yesterday I had my follow up with the OB/GYN and he says it's a cyst or a growth on my ovary; but they're not sure. Guess we'll find out in December at my follow up ultrasound. Why are doctors so vague? Must be a mandatory class at med school......
In happier news, look at our little mini us in progress!
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