First, the fun part: the baby! The baby is doing great. We got to see him/ her moving around so much! We also heard the heart beat again, 170 (last week it was 160). The one great thing about having these cysts is that we get to see the baby a lot! Today, we actually got a few 3-D pictures....FOR FREE!! As of today, the baby is 5 cm long from crown to rump.
Now, the not so fun part: the cysts. We got to look at the cysts a lot more today than we did last week and also got to ask a lot more questions. There are a lot of cysts on both of Laura's ovaries. Also, her ovaries are so enlarged that they're practically touching each other. The technician doing the ultrasound had to look for a few minutes to figure out where one ovary ended and the next one began. They measured several of the bigger cysts (there's a lot of them that are big) and they were 4cm, 5cm, and 6cm in diameter. I wish we had some pictures of the cysts to show you, but we don't. Our doctor contacted a specialist in Roanoke to see what we need to do. As of right now, it's just a waiting and monitoring game. I'll go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound to look at the cysts (and the baby!!) again. Keep praying that they'll shrink. The good news is that Laura is not in much pain at all. Occasionally, she'll have some small pains, but not bad enough to need to take pain killers. Everyone at the office was really surprised that Laura's not in pain. One lady said she was surprised Laura was even walking! The other good news is that Laura will be able to go back to work! So, even while Laura has the cysts, God is still blessing!
Here's some of the pictures of the baby from today:
This next one is taken from overhead.
It's like you're looking down at the top of the baby's head:
These next two pictures are the 3-D ones. You can't see the
facial features too good in these. We decided that the arms look
like a Mii person (on the Wii):
Showing off his/ her muscles:
glad that baby is doing well! were praying for you and that the cysts shrink.
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