February 6, 2009

We are so excited!! Today we are going to find out if you are a boy or a girl. You are the tie breaker you know. You have three older sisters and three older brothers. Dawn was in Switzerland for her job as au pair. Daddy and the rest of your siblings (Jay, Avonlea, Virginia, Dabney and Weston) were all there to see you and find out who you would be. We affectionately referred to you as Baby Who. One of our favorite books is Horton Hears a Who. We know babies are important no mater how small they are. Our favorite line from the book, "A person's a person, no matter how small."

After the sonogram, Mommy sent out the following email:

Hello. We had our sonogram and saw our beautiful baby girl!!! : ) I have to go back for another level 2 sonogram as there were a few issues of concern that we would ask you to join us in prayer about...

1. Left ventricle is visibly smaller than the others. We would like to see this a normal size. As of now, her heart in relation to her body is the right size but this one chamber is smaller than the rest. Even Avonlea asked as to why it was smaller. This is the biggest concern right now. If this were to not improve or get smaller, it could be an indication of a heart defect that would need to be corrected by surgery immediately after birth. The only sure way to know of that would be an amniocentesis which we are opposed to doing unless absolutely necessary and we would want to do it as late as possible. If she in fact needed surgery then we would need to deliver at the hospital several hours away. This is the worse case scenario but we are praying for the best case which is that it will clear up on it's one, which is a possibility. : )

2. Fold thickness - measuring a little thick right now.

3. Amniotic fluid - measuring borderline too much.

4. Head shape - although brain looks good, the shape is an odd shape from certain angles and is just going to be checked again in three weeks at next sonogram.

5. Blood flow to baby - I have to take a baby aspirin once a day to try and increase those vessels.

Again, we are praying all is well and these could all be nothing and we pray that will be the case. We LOVE the perinatologist and his entire office staff today was absolutely fabulous. The little children were all with us and asked tons of questions that were patiently answered. It was a very educational experience for all of us. The doctor told me that he has seen women who have had the same surgery as me before and there is much more discomfort in those pregnancies than others which explains a lot of what's going on with me.

Thanks so much for your prayers. And, a dear friend sent me the name of a chiropractor that I'm going to contact next week to see if I can get some relief.

Blessings,
Stephanie Seabrook