Long time no blog...

Hi Folks,

Sorry for the delay. My laptop died on me about a month ago and we have just gotten a replacement. I have had internet access on an ancient laptop that we have but it doesn't take to kindly to typing long things.

In case you didn't already know, my March 2nd ultrasound did not tell us the gender of the baby. I was poked and prodded for over 45 minutes by the ultrasound technician to no avail. The baby was in a ridiculous position and she was unable to get most of the information that the doctor requires. We could have rescheduled for sooner but since my OHIP coverage is effective as of April 25th we have decided to wait until after that date for the repeat ultrasound. It is scheduled for April 27th. I will be so ridiculously excited to share the gender with everyone once we find out.

It was really disappointing hearing that she was unable to find out the gender. I was so disappointed that I literally had to go home and crawl in bed. My emotions must have been super loopy that day.

Ten days after this ultrasound I got a call from the OB office. I was told that the baby has choroid plexus cysts on his/her brain. From what I have seen online this happens in 1%-2% of fetus and in 99% of those cases the cysts have dissolved long before the baby is born. In some cases before the end of the second trimester. It has been about 4 weeks since my last ultrasound and for all we know the cysts are already gone. I won't go into it any more than that, it's just something that we are waiting for the next ultrasound to be told if they are gone yet or not. Feel free to research these cysts online for more information.

So within those 10 days I went from being borderline bitter that we weren't able to find out the gender to not caring if we find out, the priority is finding out that the baby is healthy.

Everyone says they don't care what the gender is they just want a healthy baby and I understand that statement now like I never thought that I would.