Current mood: melancholy
I wasn't sure if I wanted to post this... but I figured the more people who know about it, the more prayers my baby can receive.
I just got a call from the doctor's office yesterday afternoon giving me the status of the ultra sound report. They informed me that she is healthy and growing fine, however, there were two little things that they found that they wanted to bring to our attention. They also scheduled a follow up ultra sound in a couple of months to check the progress.
One of the issues is the fact she has enlarged kidney's. They are not sure what is causing them to swell, and believe it may be a blockage. They reassued me that though this is not normal (obviously) it is common and could clear up before she is born. The second ultra sound should show if it is getting worse, staying the same, or getting better. If they are getting worse, they cannot do anything until she is born and then treat her for it then. So we have to wait a couple of months to see the progress of her kidneys.
The second issue, is that they found her to have higher than normal endocrine levels. It is not dangerously high but they are elevated. They informed us that though this is no an indicator, it is associated with Downs Syndrome. The doctor informed us that there are babys born with higher levels of this hormone and are born perfectly normal. They just wanted to let me know that due to my age 27, and history and healthy that my chances are still slim. Usually a person my age's risk of having a baby with Downs Syndrome is 1-900. Since they found out my little one's elevated levels my chances have gone down to 1-600. They did say she did not show any other signs or have any other indicators of having Downs Syndrome. And again they will be retesting this in a couple of months.
The doctor kept reassuring us not to worry and that she is otherwise very healthy and growing great. There is nothing I did nor can do about this and it all on the baby. With all that being said, I just wanted to inform all that do keep up on my blogs to please have my little one in your prayers.
Thank you from both of us <3
