Technically I'm 21 weeks today, but it had to come in at 21 weeks to be able to see my midwife!
We started off by going over the anatomy ultrasound that I had done at Womack on the 14th! Everything came back ok with the Baby but there was a significant find. I have an Amniotic band... which is a band of fiborous, scar tissue going around the amniotic sac that the baby is sitting in. My band is at the top of the sac, above the baby right now. In some cases the band can form around the sac in a place were the baby is forming and can cause malformations and/or malfunctions to the area of the baby that it is surrounding. Basically it's a band of the sac that just won't expand as the baby grows. Like I said, it's up above the baby at this point so there is no affect on the baby's growth at this point. The condition can also cause my water to break early. I have been referred to a peri-natologist (a high-risk pregnancy doctor) and should hear from them within the week to schedule an appointment! They will do more ultrasounds and they are more qualified in these sorts of situations than the regular radiologists that initially looked at the scan! The peri-natologist will determine whether is need to stay with them as a high risk pregnancy or if I can go back to my midwife's care with additional ultrasounds from them!
Right now I am just thanking God that everything is looking good with the baby and her development! I think the only think that calmed me down was thinking that if my water does break and I have to deliver her early, at least she will be as healthy as she can be and will have the best chance of pulling through! I just feel very blessed that Lily is growing strong! Please just keep this pregnancy in your prayers.
The rest of the appointment was typical! It took a while to find her heart beat (I got a little scared since I was just in the accident... even though I could still feel her moving all morning!) but when she did find it it was strong and beautiful at 149:) I have only gained 1.4 pounds in the 5 weeks since my last appointment... so she seemed a little worried about that. The baby is growing fine, but it's not good for me if the baby takes everything from me! So pray that that turns around for me here shortly too!
Other than that we just wait to hear from the specialist and then see what they can do for us!! Thank you all so much for all of your love and support through this deployment and pregnancy! Thomas and I appreciate it sooo much! I will keep you posted:)
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Don't worry about the weight gain...trust me you'll start gaining like crazy around 30 weeks or so. I had only gained 15 pounds by the time I was 30 weeks then I shot up another 15 by the time I was 40 weeks.
I drank tons of milk and ate a huge amount of mashed potatoes (they were so good too! lol) so I think that's what helped me gain weight.
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