Phase 2 and the OBGYN

On Tuesday Kier and i went to the orthodontist. They dropped the bomb on me that Kier was ready for phase 2. Say what?? Up till now her new teeth were coming in perfect but behold a few that wanted to stray. So we go back next week for a new set of x-rays and from there braces being placed back on. She is not to thrilled but I keep telling her to think of the last time she had them on. She only wore them for 4 months. If all goes well she will have hers removed before she starts school next year. On the money side of things i was a bit depressed. We are currently paying half of Melody's braces. We had planned to pay off our half this week so it would be one less bill for us to pay each month. Now we have to rethink. We did however get lucky. Karl's plan had changed for dental so we are able to get 1500.00 paid towards Kier's braces. That's more than half her bill. YAY!

Last night i got a call from Kaiser telling me that one of the test i had taken had come back in. The told me that my first trimester combined screening had came back as showing i was a risk. So they have me coming in today @ 2:30 to have a Nuchal translucency screening test.This prenatal test (also called the NT or nuchal fold scan) can help your health care practitioner assess your baby's risk of having Down syndrome (DS) and some other chromosomal abnormalities as well as major congenital heart problems.The NT test uses ultrasound to measure the clear (translucent) space in the tissue at the back of your developing baby's neck. Babies with abnormalities tend to accumulate more fluid at the back of their neck during the first trimester, causing this clear space to be larger than average. They will be able to give me a preliminary diagnosis right after this test is performed. I'm hoping that it will show that i had a false screening.

I generally can keep it together in times like these. With my medical knowledge I always try to maintain the positive and weigh the statistics. Karl on the other hand showed a lot of distress over this. It was bad enough to elevate my worries. After pulling him aside to talk to him i found that what I'm going through was bringing back feelings that he had experienced with Kayla when she had leukemia. I assured him that I love him and that I will not let him go through this alone nor will i shut him out in trying to deal myself. This is our baby and we will take this journey together. I know earlier when i got off the phone with Kaiser i had told him that i could go by myself. He asked if I wanted him to go and i said it was up to him. I think this might had made him feel as though i did not want him to go. I went to him later and told him that i do want him to go. I want him with me at every visit but at the same time i don't expect him to miss work. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy knowing that me and our baby mean more to him then work. However he does know that he needs his job. Thank god for vacation and personal time :)