Baby's Heart

Well, today, I had a third ultrasound of our sweet pea. During our second (about 20 weeks), we were told that she was sitting in a weird position and the tech couldn't get a good picture of her heart. The tech asked us to come back in a few weeks to recheck it and get the one photo. Well, I returned today to find that my sweet pea is still a girl (yippee) and that she is sitting in the SAME spot she was last time, even has her arm up by her face as she did before too!

Unfortunately, because of the age of the machine and the fact that it didn't have as many features as some newer machines, the tech didn't feel comfortable telling us that everything was fine, as she couldn't get the photos that she needed. She told me that she was recommending that we see a special OB ultrasound tech at a special office. Once our doctor orders the visit, we will be off for another ultrasound. This visit will be to zone in on her heart and make sure that it is in fact working properly and that she doesn't have any problems with it. The tech said that many of the errors that ultrasound techs make are with heart abnormalities and she didn't just want to shrug it off as the baby was ok, without knowing for sure... She also noted that many of the abnormalities could be fixed and monitored if there was a problem seen. But the tech couldn't in good faith tell me that all was ok, without seeing the parts she was looking for.

So, if that makes any sense, you'll understand that once our doctor orders us to visit the new OB ultrasound office, we'll be off for another internal look at our sweet pea and hopefully will see that all is well.

Here are some photos of the baby that were taken today... Kind of crazy how she's sitting in almost the SAME exact position as she was last time!!



Same photo as before - just details being pointed out :)