That's when she dropped the bomb.
Baby C supposedly had 2 little brain cysts on each side of her brain which the doctor called Choroid plexus cysts. She said it wasn't something to be overly worried about, BUT who hears brain & cysts in the same sentence and doesn't panic!?!?! The doctor said she was going to refer us to a specialist. She gave us 2 options and we chose to go to Duke Perinatal Consultants. I don't remember a whole lot of what other things she said because I was upset and trying to hold in the tears while still in the office. I couldn't even look at Justin because I knew the tears would start running. Thankfully, Duke was able to get us in quickly. We left the office and I immediately threw the sunglasses on and started crying. Justin & I had driven separate, so I knew I had to pull myself together long enough to drive home. We left the parking lot and both of us called our moms to give them the good news (It's a Girl!) and the bad news (brain cysts). Both mother's were very optimistic and said they would keep us in their prayer's. I knew I didn't want to head onto google right when I got home because I knew I'd see some bad things. Thankfully, my mom and good friend, Katie Fanelli, looked up this Choroid Plexus Cysts to see what it was all about. I'm sure there were some horrible things they saw, but both filled me in on all the positive info they found...this helped me a TON!! Justin later looked up just the definition and it wasn't too terrifying, but it still made for a long few days.
After lots of tears, prayers, sleepless nights & a churning stomach we were headed to our appointment.
The Ultrasound tech at Duke was AMAZING! She kept us in the loop the whole time and showed us all the things she was looking for to rule out any abnormalities. It came up in conversation that I have anxiety so she was well aware of the person she was dealing with! Soon, she came to the end of the exam and said that everything looked very very good. Next, we just had to hear from the Duke doctor. After waiting for a few minutes, the tech came back in and said I could see one of two doctors and the one that was coming into our room was ultra conservative. She explained that this particular doctor liked to give you all options and likes to show a broad range of what could go right and what could go wrong. (Great) The tech reminded me again, that although she isn't a doctor, she sees this stuff all the time and she thought everything looked great. So again we waited for the doctor to appear and when she did, we heard something wonderful....YOUR BABY LOOKS PERFECT. I couldn't believe the ultra conservative doctor came in and said this! It was music to our ears. The doctor did go through all the things that could/might happen, but she wasn't recommending an amnio or blood work to pin point anything. She said if we wanted to know the odds of something possibly being wrong with Baby C, we could do the amnio or blood work, but both Justin & I think it would just be another thing to worry about. The doctor said the baby looked perfect, no other "soft" markers for abnormalities, so we were happy with that. We have a checkup in a month or so just to make sure she is growing at the approximate rates and everything still looks good. We left Duke feeling like a huge weight had been lifted and I was extremely tired. I knew I'd sleep good that night! Here are all the pictures from our Duke ultrasound...also THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO KEPT US IN THEIR PRAYERS!! It means so much to Justin & I!!
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| Arrow pointing to her lady parts! |
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| A picture of her little foot! |
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