When your Monday doesn't go as planned....

This morning at 9am, the phone rang, and it was my midwife, Diana, calling. She just received my 20wk ultrasound results, and wanted to go over them with me. I had my ultrasound 10 days ago, and was pleased to see that everything seemed to be going well with this pregnancy. Until Diana called I didn't think that anything was wrong. Then she told me that they had found a bright spot on the baby's heart, and they needed to do a follow up ultrasound specifically on the heart. At this point my heart is pounding, so many things are running through my head. There are potentially two causes of this bright spot: one is that there is a soft spot on the baby's heart, which could be a sign of Downs Sydrome. I remembered my pregnancy with Logan, and I was referred to McMaster, as they at first said I had low amniotic fluid, but then after the u/s there, they referred me to genetic counselling, where they told me he had a soft marker on the back of his neck, which also was a sign of Downs. Whoa. After waiting 2 hours for the OB on-call to look over my u/s results, he asked them to do another u/s, and 10 mins later they told me my baby was completely healthy, and to go home. So this scared me a bit. Another reason it could be is just a hole in the heart, or just the way the machine showed the heart. So my midwife suggested I get a follow up u/s within this week, and to call the hospital this morning to book it. So I called them at 9:10am, and when I told them what the u/s was for, they asked me to come in at 10:45. Umm.. who wants to watch my 3 kids??? So I called a dear friend of mine, and she said "Sure, drop them off" (thank you, Sarah!!), and off I went to the hospital at 10:15am. I got there shortly after 10:30 (with a full bladder, too), and at that time they hadn't received my requisition, so I had to wait until they did so they could register me. Finally at 11:30'ish, they said they were having an overload of faxes trying to come in, but that they'd register me and get me in anyways since I was there already. Across the hall I went, and noticed my u/s tech from last week was there, so I requested her to do my u/s again. She is absolutely awesome, and we really hit it off last time, so it was nice going in to a friendly face in a time of uncertainty. 35 minutes later, after checking the heart, she said that it looked good, and she thinks it might have been brighter because it was such a new machine, and maybe because of the position baby was in. Praise God!! I am still awaiting the results, as the radiologist has to look over the u/s, and then send the results to my midwife, but for the most part, things looked okay. During my ultrasound, our sweet little boy (yes, we are having another BOY!!!), must have been hungry, because he was stuffing his fist into his mouth, and he stuck out his tongue, too. I am completely in awe at the beautiful creation that is growing inside of me. My tech was lovely enough to give me a quick view of our little man in 3D (last time, and another quick peek today!), and even though he only weighs around .5lb right now, he is just absolutely gorgeous. Psalm 139:14 says, "I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well". Amen to that!! I am so very thankful to have a God that is in control, and that He is with me, every step of the way! 
So, now I just wait for my official ultrasound results, and in the mean time, start the laundry that I had planned to do this morning, and get onto making the spaghetti for my hubby for dinner tonight that he requested. He is currently having his Remicade infusion at the clinic, so he will actually be home early! 
Oh, and here is a little 3D peek at our little man:

Have a blessed week, everyone :)