Update

I didn't sleep well last night so first thing this morning I called the perinatal specialists' office to see if they had any cancellations and could get us in any earlier.  The nurse I talked to was WONDERFUL and totally understood that we would want to be seen ASAP, so she called around to a few other offices and found us an appointment for 1pm tomorrow (Wednesday) at their downtown location.  I am thrilled to know we only have less than 24 more hours until we'll find out what's going on.  

Today has been filled with distraction which is much needed and appreciated.  Grace slept until 9:30 and I slept off and on all night with her...I was grateful for the few extra chunks of sleep.  Then, since it was raining, we played inside for a bit and headed off to lunch with Daddy.  It was great to get a few errands run, visit with Daddy, enjoy lunch together and have Grace run around and see everyone at his office.  :)  We got home a little late for naptime, but my girl is a trooper and she went right down.  I only have to make it another 2 hours until David will be home.  Having him with me makes me feel so much better.  I am beyond grateful to have such a loving and supportive husband.  

Anyway, say a prayer for more sleep tonight and for everything tomorrow.  I'll update when we know more.

"Potential Abnormalities"

Those are NOT words you want to hear when you get a call from your OB about your nearly 20 week old baby.  Well I got that call from my OB's office this afternoon.  They said there were some "potential abnormalities" in the ultrasound we had last week.  Since the baby was rear facing the tech couldn't get any pictures of the front organs (heart, kidneys, etc) so we knew we would have to go back in a few weeks when hopefully the baby would be forward facing and they could see and measure everything.  She also noted in her report that the amniotic fluid was low so apparently since I was borderline preeclampsia at the end of my pregnancy with Grace this red flag was enough to warrant a visit to the perinatal specialist.  As you can imagine I'm a bit anxious so we got the first available appointment for 8:15 Thursday morning.  The great thing about the specialists (we saw them exclusively with Grace) is that the Doctor comes in and does the ultrasound while explaining everything.  Plus their equipment is far superior, so Lord willing we'll be able to see everything and rule out the low fluid.  A quick trip to see "Dr Google" told me that if the fluid was really low they would have called last week and I'd already be in the hospital on bedrest. 

Our wonderful pastor Jim is going to watch Gracie for us so David can be present with me.  Please pray for the baby, for the Dr to be able to see everything, for the fluid level to be fine and for me to rest in the Lord and not worry.  

We appreciate and covet your prayers and will let you know when we know what's going on.