Everything went perfect at the second ultrasound this morning. The little guy has a heart rate of 174 beats per minute, which is apparently right on track, though sounds very high. The baby is 3.4 centimeters long, which is also where it should be for 10 weeks. Dr. Teaff revised my due date from February 20 to February 19, which seems pretty close.
This ultrasound was much more interesting than last time - instead of bean-shaped blob, it looked like a baby with a giant head and arms and legs. This picture is a profile (and it is upside down), but you can see the shape is about the same as the diagram of 10-week fetus from the internet. The arms hard to see in this picture, but it was incredibly active waving its arms and legs around and was twisting and turning. It turned toward the camera a few times and we think it was waving at us!
So after today's appointment we are done with REACH, the reproductive endocrinology clinic, and are ready to transfer to a regular obstetrician. Of course I haven't picked one out yet because I've been so scared to plan too far ahead. But Dr. Teaff said now that we've made it to ten weeks is a less than 1% chance of a miscarriage and its time to start planning!
I have an appointment for ultrasound number three and for first trimester non-invasive testing on August 6 at a clinic that just does pre-natal testing. I could do this at my regular obgyn, but since I don't have one and it needs to happen in the 11th or 12th week, Dr. Teaff said to use this place to be sure I get an appointment on time. This is the test where they will combine measurements of the baby's neck with bloodwork to see if there is an increased risk for down syndrome, heart defects, or other abnormalities. Since our donor underwent genetic screening we are pretty confident everything will be fine. But we are excited to get another ultrasound at 12 weeks. We might have to wait until the 18th week after that!
