Itching like crazy...

So-the results are in- I have developed cholestasis... a liver condition brought on by hormones. The bile acids from my liver don't drain properly and build up in my blood, coming out through my skin in the form of itching. It will go away(with the itching) at birth or shortly there after. Bad news is it can be very serious for Baby Boy - so I have been put to high-risk and will see the perinatologist along with the OB. The baby's liver cannot handle the extra acids that pass over the placenta, so we will be watching him closely with u/s and bloodwork. Recommended course of treatment: take Urso to reduce the acid level and help prevent passing to baby and inducing no later than 38 wks... so it looks like we will NOT have a May baby after all...

Glucose Test

So-had the one hour glucose test today - failed with a 173... supposed to do the 3 hr one next. Met Dr. Barnes and everything was fine there-Baby Boy is doing great and the boys and Chris can feel him pretty much whenever they want. Well-except Chris-apparently he likes to tease Daddy!

update: After using Mom's glucometer for 5 days as if I were diagnosed GD, I decided to NOT do the 3 hr since none of my readings either fasting or after meals was elevated even close to the threshold... also started this insane amount of itching all over? At first I thought it was just growing - but now I don't itch much on my belly... but everywhere else without any rash etc... I am going in for a Bile Acid panel to make sure it's not a liver bile duct deficiency.

Oh-and also a new belly pic-from 27w 5d

CPCs Gone!

So-had another u/s today - and the CPCs are completely gone - praise the Lord! Dr. Stenklyft moved upstairs to the new office this month, it's different, but fine. I start next month seeing the other 3 OBs in the practice. Weight doing great surprisingly and Baby Boy gave us a nice shot to prove he was, in fact, a HE... We spent 5 days in Disney last week with the boys and it was fun, but exhausting! Oh-and today is my 35th birthday!

The May Rhoden is a...

BOY! Yep-had the u/s today and saw the parts... everything looks good-he's weighing about 10 oz right now(a little ahead if the curve). He has two Choroid Plexus Cysts in his brain that they are not really worried about, but I will have a f/u u/s at Jan's appt to be sure they go away. The boys were excited to hear it was a boy-we were a little worried about that. Brandon immediately started talking about how he can teach him to play baseball. Andrew kept saying "My baby sister's a boy" and then later when he said it-I reminded him it was a brother-not a sister and he said "I want a baby sister" and I told him "well-Jesus gave us a baby brother" and he said "Make Him make it a sister!" It was so cute! But Chris and I were worried - so Chris asked if it was Ok he was having a baby brother and he said Yes like there was nothing ever said... I guess he's Ok with it? LOL! I'm hoping to get more video in jan as well-I'm not really happy with the live-action we got today... only about 3-5 seconds per clip...

16wk belly pic

here's the belly at 16 wk... I have felt some taps off and on for a few weeks-will be glad when I start feeling them everyday for reassurance! I have felt sooo much better the last 3-4 weeks though-just tired still. I think it's age!

Bloodwork etc

Well-the blood has been drawn-now to wait for the results to come back-we most likely will not do an amnio either way, but I will feel MUCH reassured if the risk is lower than what's expected with my age. I also had them check for a HB again. The boys were even with me this time-so they got to hear it and the nurse even let Brandon listen to his own. Then she had him jump up and down a few times and listen again to the difference. He loved it!

Here's a 12w belly pic...

Not a whole lot new this post- went to the Dr on Wed for another HB check. He found it right away and nice and strong. Hopefully alot of this bad nausea will be gone soon! I'm thinking it will be, since I've already been doing better a little...