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A very different pregnancy

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Well, yesterday was mostly good news, and a little bit of (not unexpected) bad news.  The good news is that the baby is growing very well, measuring 3 days ahead of schedule, with a strong heartbeat of 156bpm, which I think is exactly what Maya's was at her NT scan.  New baby's NT measurement was a wonderfully low 1.4mm, and the basic gross anatomy check looked perfect.  They did more brain hemisphere shots than they did with Maya, which was kind of fun.  We got one clear look at her girl bits, and indeed, they do in fact look like girl bits.  Overall, she was active and moving - so fun and beautiful to watch - and completely gorgeous. Awww, isn't she CUTE?  I think that so far, she looks identical to Maya, actually :) Now to the bad news...so I definitely have an active bleed (called a subchorionic hemorrhage, or SCH).  I knew something has been "different" (read "wrong") about this pregnancy because I've pretty much spotted through most of i

Update with DATA!

Just a super quick post with more information coming after the NT scan tomorrow.... Genetic testing (we did MaterniT21) says: chromosomally normal, and a GIRL! I'm in (happy!) shock on multiple levels, and so, so excited!