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| Sigler 2016 |
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| Our friends are the best |
A few short days after our reception we had to do some 12th hour rearranging of our Cancun vacation as Olivia's passport didn't arrive in time. Cody is a traveling genius and my voice of reason; the two of us rerouted an 8 day vacation to Mexico to Hawaii in about 4 hours roughly 18 hours before we boarded our first plane. We pulled it off and spent a very teenage attitude, estrogen filled (I won't pretend I didn't contribute ;)) and fun in the sun 7 days in Hawaii. We boarded a red eye home and landed very exhausted in Boise last Thursday afternoon. The 4 of us were asleep by 7:30 pm and slept for a full 12 hours! Which was good because we had our 19 week ultrasound and OB visit on Friday morning at 9:30.
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| Aloha |
The 4 of us were so excited after breakfast as we left our hotel on the way to the clinic. It was fun to have the girls with us so they could see Bridget again, meet our Dr. and tour the hospital that we will deliver at. When we arrived Bridget was waiting for us and she looks great. We were whisked to our exam room pretty quickly where we got our first peek at our sweet baby. During the survey the baby was tucked into a corner of B's uterus and also laying on its stomach. Bridget had a very large contraction during most of the survey, which is completely normal, it just made it very tough to get a good look at our little baby. Our ultrasound tech tried for almost an hour trying to look at everything she needed to but we just ran out of time and the baby wasn't cooperating. The few good looks we had did reveal to us that it's a GIRL!
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| It's a GIRL! |
Our next stop was an office visit with Dr. West where Bridget's vitals all looked great and she continues to rock this pregnancy. I'll be honest, I'm a little jealous of how seamlessly B navigates pregnancy, I remember mine being less than glamorous and certainly nothing to write home about. We are fortunate to have Bridget on our team, growing our family. Dr. West came in and started discussing their findings and lack of findings on our ultrasound. At one time I remember him talking and my whole body being numb trying to hold back tears that I knew were capable of falling at any moment and having to refocus so I could catch the end of his question to me. Did we have genetic testing done? That was the question. No, we did not. The reason genetic testing is important is because there is a "choroid plexus cyst" on her brain. This could mean nothing at all and it could resolve without any significance to our pregnancy or it could be of great concern. Bridget had her blood drawn for some genetic testing which will give us a clearer picture to rule out a genetic disorder called Trisomy 18 or Edwards Syndrome. In itself a CPC is only considered a soft marker for potential problems and everything else looked good and non-concerning. We are erring on the side of caution and awaiting the Harmony test results which should be in by the end of this week. I will return to Boise on January 5th for a repeat ultrasound and another appointment with Dr. West.
In a normal pregnancy and by normal I mean if I were carrying our baby, this is something I feel we wouldn't share until we knew for certain what, if anything at all was going on. What makes this so different is that the purpose of this blog is to express how we are feeling as intended parents outside of the natural pregnancy, from a distance. I can tell you as a mother my mind is racing and I am doing my best to maintain some sanity in the days between leaving Boise and waiting for these test results. Cody, unfortunately has returned to work and that by far has been the hardest departure to date. He brings some reasoning to my worry and is very good at looking at situations without a cloud of emotions. I hang on to hearing Cody tell me, "We are right where we are supposed to be and everything will work out the way it's supposed to." We've both done our fair share of reading and my coworkers (medical professionals) have been helpful in reassuring us that these cysts most always resolve and in itself are benign. We are positive everything will be okay. <3
We drove home in a complete blizzard and -25℉ on Friday night, the girls were troopers and we were exhausted by the time we reached Bozeman. Our families were coming over the next day for our Christmas celebration for Cody before he left for work and we had a lot of work cut out for us to prepare to reveal our baby girl's gender. We woke up early on Saturday and made Christmas ornaments for our parents and put the finishing touches on wrapping presents and getting dinner ready. It was very comforting to tell our parents and have other people outside of ourselves praying for what we know will be good news. We were able to lay low for a few hours on Sunday morning to regain our bearings and let the last few days sink in and just be with each other. I needed that in preparation for him leaving the next day.
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| I love Mom and Dad- Merry Christmas |
I usually write and let things set in for a little while before posting my blogs. And it's a good thing I did. Today while I was at work I received a text from Bridget saying the clinic had called her and said that the blood work came back as low risk for any genetic disorders and confirmation that she is indeed a girl! :) We are so excited and happy to hear that news today. We can finally take a deep breath and look forward to our next appointment and ultrasound. I'm absolutely overwhelmed with the love and support we received from our family and friends. What an amazing month December has been for us, we are so fortunate and blessed.
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| Our sweet, sweet baby girl! |
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Happy Sweet 16 to Jaiden Laine today!
