14 Weeks - News from Sarah

Today Sarah (Dr Casper's nurse) called. As it appears on my phone, "Big Sky Women's Specialists." I wasn't sure what to think, forgetting that I was waiting on lab results. Then I remembered. I also thought I remembered that she'd call only if something was wrong.

She said she had gotten the test results back. My heart raced. She said everything looked great. What a relief! She asked if I wanted the numbers or just to know it's all okay. I want numbers, are you kidding. For the Down's at my age, typical is something like 1:250 (the numbers are written down at the office). For me, it turns out 1:6,065. For the "tri's," at my age the normal is 1:250 (again, an estimate from memory). For me, it's 1:12,750. I'm okay with these, and we probably won't go any further.

Sarah asked if everything was going okay. I told her about my ferocious headache that has been a persnickity little &%$# since last Saturday. I also used some Nasonex (a steroid nasal spray that I was on before going off most drugs with Emerson). I finally had some relief today, so I let her know that. It's a grade C on the safety list, but Sarah was going to check with Casper if it was okay, looking at my chart to see I did use it last summer too.

So, I'm feeling good. Ready to feel baby. I remember feeling Emerson at 14 weeks, and I'm crossing my fingers for an early kick.