Waiters, Needles, and Priceless Legos

Last night I had a dream wherein Gracie's heart had stopped... the seriousness of the dream seemed to be offset by the fact that I was at a restaurant called shooters where you could either order food or have the waiter deliver your baby.

We went to two doc appointments yesterday and her heart was beating away just fine. It was mainly more of the same except they talked about doing an amniocentesis (a procedure where they use a long needle to extract some amniotic fluid... sounds fun.) The point of the procedure would be to determine if there are any chromosomal abnormalities like down syndrome, or trisomy 13, things of that nature.

I think we will have it done to see where everything stands. A lot of times with a baby with multiple problems there can be a chromosome problem. With down syndrome she would be fine. With something like trisomy 13, she would be expected to live a few hours to a few months.

Basically no matter what they tell us they always tell us it's just not certain. So we wait.

The perinatal doctor is a little... dry sometimes. I asked him if the amniocentesis would hurt.. really long needle remember? He just smiled and said oh no it won't hurt. I said, 'really? because it sounds like it would hurt'. He said, 'well only a little-- just a prick'.

I will let you know.


In other news:

Want to see the most expensive Lego in the world?

Why? You ask? It's not plated in gold or diamonds is it? No. This baby is worth $400 dollars when covered in snot and up your four year old's nose.

Yep. It just keeps getting better and better. ;)