Thursday, March 3, 2011

Kidneys

So we had a bit of a scare with the baby after we had the ultrasound on February 10th. The nurse called me on the 11th to tell me that the baby had enlarged kidneys. She also said that the cord was wrapped around his neck twice. She said that the cord was not a problem as that happens all throughout the pregnancy and 1 in 4 babies are born with the cord wrapped around at least once. The nurse said that when the kidneys are shown to be enlarged it usually doesn't mean anything and that the hospital we went to doesn't tend to measure things very well. But I asked TJ what enlarged kidneys could mean and he said anything from Down's Syndrome to blocked urethras. It is a blessing and a curse to have a doctor for a husband! Either way we were sent to Springfield to see a Maternal Fetal Ob/Gyn specialist. They did a complete ultrasound again and said that the baby's kidneys are normal and are the size of any normal 21 week fetus. It was such a relief to get this news and it was so fun to see the baby again. I was also looking forward to going to a real restaurant but there weren't any that we saw and we were running out of time (my sister in law Hayley went with me and had to be back to pick up her kids). So, we stopped at Arby's drive thru and they got both of our orders completely wrong. Who would order a bacon, lettuce and mayo sandwich!!! The fries and rootbeer were good though.

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  1. I am glad everything is okay and that your baby is healthy! Second opinions are always good. I hope you are still feeling great!

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