I had an OB appt this morning......
The bad news:
The baby has a double vessel umbilical cord (instead of triple). This is considered a "birth defect" and we found out about this at our 18 week check-up. Apparently, this can cause low birth weight.
The good news:
It's not a very serious birth defect and if the baby is born small(er), she will catch up the first year of life.
The other good news:
Landry was 10 lbs 5 oz at birth.......so a normal size baby would be "low birth weight" for me!
The other other good news:
I get to have a sonogram every 4 weeks so the dr can monitor the baby and her growth. It's so much fun to see how things have changed in four weeks. So far, I have had a sono at 7 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks, 18 weeks, and now at 22 weeks......with more to go!
As of today, the baby is 1.4 lbs and that is right where she should be!!
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i want to see more sonograms! send them my way....are you afraid she might feel out of place seeing as how she'll be the only UNDERweight person in our family?!
you can delete my previous comment if you deem it offensive...
HA! Funny! not inappropriate at all!!
I'll try to scan the new sono pics tonight so I can post them.
I hope everything goes well. Bless your heart! Landry was quite the introduction to childbirth!
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