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I had two doctor’s appointments on Friday.  One at the U of M maternal/fetal medicine center where D.Jones and I have opted to do genetic testing and all non-invasive tests on Baby Jones just to make sure all is well.  They have also taken over any ultrasounds that I will  have done during the duration of the pregnancy, as their equipment is the utmost in high-tech and the same is just not available at OB offices.

Friday’s ultrasound showed that all is well with Baby at the halfway point.  I can’t believe we’re halfway to meeting her.  And yeah, I said her.  The ultrasound also showed that Baby Jones is a she.  I am very excited!  The ultrasound tech is the same I’ve had a couple of times now, and knows we have a boy at home.  After she asked if I wanted to know the gender on Friday, and I said “of course I do!”, she was all of a sudden grinning at me from ear-to-ear.  I am sort of slow, so I say “what?”  She says “Can you see what I just typed up there?”  I squint up at the big ultrasound screen on the wall.  I say “Um, no.  I can’t see a thing!  I don’t have my glasses on.”  Then I notice she’s still grinning some bizarre Cheshire Cat kinda grin, so I say “Did you type what it is??  Oh my God!  Tell me already!!!”  She laughs and says “it’s a girl, honey”, to which I acted out of sorts for K.Jones and actually threw my hands over my head and let out a whoop that I’m sure they heard in the next ultrasound room.  I think I acted out enough that she was concerned for her reclining chair on which I sat, and she promptly told me to go to the bathroom to empty my bladder.  I did, and upon my return announced to Dr. Williams in the hallway “I am the happiest ultrasound patient you’ll have today.”  He looked at my quizzically and then laughed and said “all from emtying your bladder?”

The only down side of the whole day was that they noticed that I have what they are calling a “marginal” placenta previa.  Placenta previa is a dangerous condition for mom and baby if it’s a full previa, which mine, thankfully, is not.  Dr. Williams assured me that 9.9 times out of 10, a marginal previa will correct itself in the next few weeks, so they want to see me again in January to see what’s up.  If it’s corrected itself, then no issues.  If it hasn’t, then I’ll be required to have a C-section.  No biggie, since I was planning on it anyway.  Hearing the news was enough to get my worrying self to lose sleep Friday night, though, and spend much of my Saturday with a near migraine.  Tension headache, anyone?  I since have determined that I need to chill as everything is well with me and baby and well, truth is, there’s not much I can do about this situation except wait.  Worrying is going to do nothing except make me feel crappy and miserable over something I can’t help, and plus, like D.Jones keeps telling me “what better odds do you want?!”  So, I will be trying to relax until my next appointment.

In the meantime, I’ll be doing a ton of in-person and online shopping for the cutest girl things on earth!   A few examples of what are on my list so far…

Everything except the first item are all available on my friend Cristina’s website www.sassymonsters.com.  Check it out for more of the cutest baby clothes on earth…especially some of the best baby legs for little ones.  Seriously.  Things could get crazy.  I might have to go back to work.