Another week down!

Every week seems to revolve around my weekly Dr.'s appointments to check for little Elizabeth's heartbeat. A few days after the previous appointment we are still doing good, not really nervous about anything, but as the next appointment gets closer that is when the worrying starts. What if they can't find it, what will happen? This pregnancy was flying by before we found out that there was something wrong, now that I am in a Dr.'s office every week things are crawling! I am 18 weeks and 4 days pregnant right now, its been 20 days since we found out that she was probably not going to make it, and from the way the Dr.'s were talking she wasn't going to live much longer at all, so every day that goes by is a big deal for us. So today I had another appointment and I haven't felt her move for the past couple of days so I was very nervous going in this morning. Being 18 weeks she is still a really small baby and it is not uncommon to not feel the baby move everyday, and since she has Turner's Syndrome she is is smaller than most babies at this stage. So I got in there and I am sure that my Dr. saw the stressed out look on my face so she skipped that usual conversation and pulled out the Doppler to hear the heartbeat. It took her awhile to find it but she did and that's all that matters to me! It is still beating strong and is well within the normal range so that was so nice to hear. So another appointment down and I will be back in next Tuesday to do it all over again. However we do have an ultra sound next Monday. This ultra sound has been scheduled since before we found out anything was wrong with the baby, it was supposed to just be a regular size and dates check. But for us we know what we are going to see, we know that this baby is a girl, and we know that they are going to see a lot of abnormal things. This ultra sound is going to be more therapeutic than anything else. It just gives us an opportunity to see her, also they will be able to get a better look at her heart. At the last ultra sound she was too small to really get a good look at some of her vital organs so this time she will be bigger and we should get a better look at what she is up against. So hopefully I will get some good pictures to post of her!!