Placenta what?

I went to the high risk doctor on Friday to figure out why I am spotting. While we were there, they did my 20 week anatomy ultrasound. It was a long 2 1/2 hour appointment. We went in expecting my cervix to be shorter and slightly open. Perhaps I would need a cerclage (stitch) to keep it closed. Boy were we in for a couple of surprises! We ended up finding out that I have placenta previa! Who would have thought? What are the chances?!?!

At least now I know why I am spotting. Somehow it helps at least knowing the cause. Hopefully this condition will fix itself as my uterus expands. I am not even going to elaborate on this because it is not worth me worrying about. I need to just think positive and know that everything is going to work out. If you want further information, please feel free to visit my good friend, Google.

The other surprising fact that we learned was that Chase has one elnlarged kidney. It is on the "normal high side" of the spectrum. Meaning, it is not severe at this point. I read up on this and it seems fairly common on mid-pregnancy ultrasounds for baby boys. Again, I am not going to go into detail here. I am just letting you in on what we now know.

Other than that, he is perfect! 10 fingers and 10 toes! He has a perfect "textbook" heart (as the doc said). He sure looks happy in there, wiggling around, smiling, sucking his thumb, etc. I experienced my first kick in the doctor's offie. We were watching him on the big screen and I felt a thump as I watched him kick on the screen. It was so cool to put the two together and to finally know what a real kick feels like. I have only felt flutters since then. Maybe a few strong taps. But that is still to come. I can't wait to feel him kicking in there everyday! He had the hiccups in there but I couldn't feel that. I hear that I will feel those later in my 3rd trimester though.

I am working from home and taking it easy. I am being very careful not to lift anything and making sure that I have my feet up all day. Thank goodness for laptops! I am actually more productive working from home because there are less distractions here. It is quiet and there isn't anyone stopping by my office every 10 minutes.

One reason that it is so quiet here ::teardrop:: is because Roxy is at my mother in law's house now :( She is going to stay with her for now. We have so much going on with me having to take it easy (aka: be a couch potato as the doc calls it). We are missing her so much! But we know she is living it up in Gettysburg. She has a big pool, a big yard to run in, a bigger house, and 2 loving people that are home with her all day every day. So she is getting much more attention there. I still cry when I think about her though. I think Bailey is even missing her. She is moping around and wont eat anything. I am going to try putting some green beans in her food- those are her favorite!

Well I am going to get some rest. We will just keep praying that everything works out. I am really trying not to worry because I know that God has a plan for our family. Worrying doesn't do any good. I mean, I was all worried about my cervix and here I am with placenta previa. You never know what is coming your way. All you can do is take it day by day, week by week. Cheers to us though, we are more than half way there!