One more prayer request from the Nug (baby) and I...

[RobiLee]

Sending lots of positive vibes your way for you and your little nug

[Samantha Puppy]

Thanks everyone. I've called the dr. office to find out if I can get the results of the blood test over the phone as they take 1-2 weeks to come back but my next appt. isn't until 8/19 and I don't think I can wait that long. They said I could so I'll try Friday and if it isn't back by then, I'll try again next Wednesday.

I also talked to the imaging center where I'm going for the sonogram on Wednesday. Since it's a level II sonogram, it can also be zeroed in on certain possible problematic areas so I called to have them put it in my information that I'd like to check out the spine and head (in addition to the gender, of course). So it looks like within the next week at the most, I'll have a pretty good idea of if my baby Nug has any neural issues.

I also was able to find a genetic counselor who gave me some statistics for women with neural tube defects passing them along to their children. She said with my mother's history and the fact that I have the gene, I am still "only" at a 5-10% chance of passing it along! That made me feel some better. I still plan on meeting with a referred one within the next month or two, but the fact that this one put my chances that low (well a preferred number would be 0-1% but I can live with 5-10%...) relaxes me a little bit.

I'll keep you all updated. Thanks agian for the thoughts and prayers. Nug and I appreciate it (s/he is moving around as I type!).