Early Ultrasound was Wrong

As you may or may not recall, our perinatologist made a guess at the sex of this little one during our NT scan a few weeks ago. She guessed girl. We found out today, though, that she was wrong. Our second little boy is on his way in July and we couldn't be more thrilled. Kyle is especially happy, as this means he will not have to paint. :P

Our NT scan and accompanying bloodwork came back great and today, at our anatomy scan, our little guy looked healthy with a heartbeat of 152 bpm. Dr. G decided to check my cervix to make sure it was long and closed (it was) and we found out that I will be considered high-risk for the remainder of this pregnancy due to the preterm labor scare with Emily.

We discussed how difficult it was for me to know when/if I needed to go to the hospital with Emily as I often had mild contractions 5 minutes apart or less. I ignored the advice of my regular OB, Dr. T, because I would have been in the hospital daily for these contractions. So,to avoid that this time, starting at 24 weeks (6 weeks from now), I will see Dr. G for cervical length checks once a month and possibly biweekly fetal fibronectin tests (fFN) until 32 weeks. If my cervix stays strong and the fFN tests come back negative, I can monitor my contractions at home unless they get strong and/or are accompanied by bleeding.