Yesterday we had our every 3 week sonogram at Valley Hospital's Maternal Fetal Medicine. Everything was looking good, Baby Harris was measuring at what he should be, he is about 3 lbs, and again, the omphalocele has not really changed. This means that it has stayed roughly the same size for about 9 weeks...that is GREAT news. In fact, the doctor came in to talk to us after the sonogram (when you go to MFM, you get your sonorgram by the technician, the doctor reviews the sonogram and then comes in to talk to you about what he/she saw and possibly does another sonogram just to see things for themselves). She said, from what she could see the omphalocele seemed to be staying pretty constant even as the baby grows bigger and she said, "I don't want to get your hopes up, but it actually looked a bit smaller." WOW!!
Ok, she said not to get my hopes up, but as a parent who has been going through this for approximately 4 months I am going to be very happy about this news. As usual, he wasn't totally cooperative during the sonogram, but what is new?!
Yesterday we had our 23 wk 3 day follow up anatomy sonogram. Of course I was nervous because I associate the Maternal Fetal Medicine doctors with birth defect news. However, yesterday was quick and painless, infact we were in the waiting room longer than we were in the sonogram room. I saw the last of the 3 doctors at this practice, what great doctors and genetic counselors I have had the opportunity to meet at Maternal Fetal Medicine of Valley Hospital. ANYWAY: the technician did the sonogram, talked to us the whole time, showed us exactly where to look to know that we were having a boy, but truly I didn't really see anything that would help me, and the doctor came in to look.
I asked the doctor what exactly were we seeing in the omphalocele because the last time we were there we were told liver and some intestines...but to my surprise and relief, she said it looks like it is only liver!! She showed us how the omphalocele was very dense and the same color which tells her that it is only liver. To some of you that may sound terrible, but to me...it was wonderful news. I couldn't help but feel a little better knowing that there was more inside of my little man than I had previously thought, and my husband and I celebrated with milk shakes!
Here is a 4D sonogram picture of our little man...I think he looks just like my husband...you be the judge!
