Ultrasound & Toxoplasmosis

So, we have our ultrasound appointment today! Nervous and excited about that! :)

Fredrik called the Midwife today to change our appointment, new appointment is June 11th. And he told her some worries about the toxoplasmosis.

The Midwife then called me a little later and she said she called the doctor and they decided they would do a test on me. (Probably if anything, to ease some worries.) If the test is negative, then it means I haven't had it, nor do I have the antibodies for it. If the test is positive, then that tells absolutely nothing. If it is positive, then it means I could have contracted it within the last 5 months, or 3 years ago ... only that I have the antibodies for it.

But she had told Fredrik that we can talk to the ultrasound technician today, and they could maybe give us more information than any blood test can do. Which makes me a little more nervous for the appointment today. :/ :))

I'm not really worried that I have had it within the last 5 months ... I think more annoyed that a test can't show anything. I'm figuring with Caesar's bad hygiene (his long hair that gets poop stuck in it all the time that we've always had to keep clean) would have made me immune a long time ago.

But it still isn't fun thinking or wondering that something could be wrong..
If I contracted it during the beginning of the pregnancy there is only a 15% chance the baby would have gotten it, but a higher chance for birth defects. And as the pregnancy goes on, it is a higher chance the baby will get it, but a lower chance for birth defects. (But of course the time when I am worried about is the first couple of weeks of pregnancy - I had some swollen lymph nodes under my left ear, and then a very red rash showed up on my neck right afterwards, which can be a symptom of toxoplasmosis. But the swollen lymph nodes could have been because I had re-pierced my left ear on my own, and it really hadn't healed, because the swelling went away right after I took the earing out and left it out. Which doesn't leave an explaination for the red rash - but I get rashes all the time with my sensitive skin anyways.)

But there is still only a 1 in 10,000 chance that toxoplasmosis can cause a serious birth defect.

Ehhh.. :)