It's A BOY!

It's weird how three little words can shape your entire future. It's a boy! We're having a little boy!  It is so exciting either way, but what does a boy mean for us?  What does the future hold?  What will our family look like?  Will our boy have siblings?  Will they be close? Will he be smart?  Will he be a jock?  Will he go to college?  What will be his career?  Will he get married? Will I get to meet my grandchildren?  Will he be healthy?

Not the best ultrasound pictures I've ever seen, but he was a little mover and a shaker!  It was hard for the tech to get good pictures.  I just can't believe I still can't feel him doing these somersaults!  In addition to finding out the gender of our baby, our 20-week ultrasound also checks the anatomy of our baby and some very important checks as to the health of our baby.  We waited for the doctor while on cloud 9 (a.k.a. an exam room) after seeing our boy. We weren't seeing our usual doctor because she was on vacation.  So the doctor we had never met came in and proceeded to tell us that everything looked good except for a cyst.  A cyst?  What?  Where? What does that mean?  A choroid plexus cyst on the baby's brain?  The doctor tried to explain the situation to us so we could understand and not to worry, but with the multiple statistics she spouted off and the words "down syndrome" being repeated multiple times, our anxiety was not getting any better. 

Bottom line: These types cysts are common and most likely will go away (we heard the statistic of 90% of the time).  We'll check again in 2 weeks.  In the meantime, there is nothing to do about it.  Also to note, 30% of downs kids have this issue,  but they also have more than one notable issue at this point.  I had a blood test last month and the downs test came back "normal" or a low chance, so that is in our favor.  Although, statistics have never really been in our favor in the past...

In any event, this cyst news put a damper on our happy day.  So, so happy we're having a boy!  So, so scared everyday that we won't have a healthy child.  And so I've heard: welcome to parenthood!  I'm taking this news with a grain of salt.  Until otherwise stated, I'm going to assume that this annoying cyst thing will go away.  I'm also going to refrain from Googling this cyst.  I don't need anything more to be worried about.  And it also helped both of us that we each know co-workers that had children with this cyst that went on to disappear and then be perfectly healthy babies.

Until next time, I want to enjoy this pregnancy and this time.  I don't want to wish away the time I have with my baby boy safely inside me.