Words really cannot describe the fear and anxiety one feels after hearing there's a possibility something is wrong with their unborn child. That is what we went through last week. After my 20 week ultrasound, I never imagined that the report would come back with anything other than perfect results. While meeting with our doctor last Friday (four weeks after the level 2 ultrasound), he informed us that our baby girl had a 2 vessel umbilical cord vs. the normal 3 vessel. While he didn't seem too concerned about it, he referred us to a perinatologist for a follow up level 2 ultrasound.
I of course, came home and instantly started searching google to find out exactly what that meant. After reading countless medical websites, I had come to realize this meant baby Peyton could have a series of possible problems or a 75% chance of being absolutely fine. After everything we have gone through to get to this point, I was terrified that further testing would reveal something was wrong with my precious miracle. I spent the next five days searching the internet, reading personal blogs and community boards about the 2 vessel umbilical cord, also known as a Single Umbilical Artery. My husband, being the rock that he is, continued to reassure me that our little girl was going to be perfect, but I couldn't stop worrying.
Fast forward to my appointment with the specialist this week. After the sonographer, spent an hour and a half taking countless pictures of both of our babies, she told me the doctor would be in shortly to review the results and left the room. After sitting there waiting for a half hour, I had convinced myself everything was fine. The doctor then came in and started asking if either of our families had a history of major medical problems or if we had done the genetic testing in the first trimester. I explained to her that both of our families were pretty healthy and that we had opted to not do the genetic testing in the first trimester because there really wasn't anything that would change our minds on having these babies. While discussing this, I of course started freaking out wondering why she was asking these questions. That is when she told me she wanted to run her own ultrasound to confirm some findings. Enter severe anxiety! My fears would soon be put to rest though after telling me that she was able to see a part of Peyton's heart that the sonographer wasn't able to capture a picture of. She then proceeded to tell me that both of their hearts and kidneys looked great and she didn't see anything to cause any kind of concern. (Thank the Lord!). We then discussed the possibility of minor abnormalities because of the 2 vessel cord, but those wouldn't be anything that would be life threatening or alter our baby girls life. We will monitor her closely over the next 12 weeks to make sure she continues to grow at close to the same rate as her brother.
In the mean time, I continue to count down the weeks until I am holding these two precious miracles! I can tell you, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't thank God (and our IVF specialist) for this gift. The crib they will share for the first few months has been built and is sitting in our room awaiting their arrival! Thank you to everyone that has continued to support us!
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