24 Week Ultrasound

 We went to Maternal Fetal Medicine again for an ultrasound. I scheduled it with Dr. Hales because he's amazing at looking at the heart and seeing defects. The ultrasound tech did all the measurements and everything was measuring right on track. Dr. Hales came into see me and did a minature EKG on the babies heart. 65% of Omphalocele babies have major heart problems so I wanted to see what her's looked like. After about 15 min of the Dr. looking at the heart he said it looks great. Dr Hales is amazing and I respect his opinion ALOT so i'm very relieved she doesn't have heart problems.

He also said if the baby had genetic problems he would be able so see triggers on the ultrasound that showed there is a problem. He said in his opinion she definatly doesn't have any genetic problems. He said we can rule out the Trisomy's (which were the scariest ones) and definatly down syndrome. This appointment was such a HUGE relief to me! I was doing alot of research (like actual dr's researches) and they all said that if the baby has a small ompholocele there is an 80% chance of the baby having genetic issues. All month I have been a wreck wondering what was going to become of our sweet baby. But now I feel so so good. Hopefully now I can enjoy the last month of the second trimester :)

They got a new 3D ultrasound so they were testing it out. It was fun so see her in 3D

 

They confirmed that she has stayed a girl. Which is great because after Clayton's sister Cristy's ultrasound mishap, where her girl came out a boy, you just never know.

Her cute little feet. I love baby feet <3 p="p">

 

This is to get you ready for Halloween. It's a scary skull picture of baby girl.

Arianna is so cute and when you ask her what her baby sister's name is she says "December" it's so cute. She also asks to hear "baby heartbeat" at least once a day on my home doppler. If you ask her where her baby sister is she will point to her own belly. She's going to be the best big sister!

We still need to deliver in Salt Lake and baby girl will still need surgery right after delivery but it sounds like it will be ok and it won't be as serious as many of the other babies born with this problem. The Dr also said that the omphalocele is a small one which will probably only be 3cm or so when she's born. So it will be easy to stuff the intestines back in and sew it up without many other complications. I feel like i'm on cloud nine! I'm just so very happy. I'm not excited about having my precious baby go right into surgery as soon as she's born. I'm not sure about NICU and not being able to breastfeed and hold my baby right away. But I will take what I get and this is probably the best outcome that an omphalocele baby can get.