20 Weeks

I had an appointment with the Fetal Diagnostic Center for a high resolution sonogram on October 27, 2008. During the sonogram, it was confirmed that we were having a little girl and that she had CDH. It was explained to Jason and I that she had a hole in her diaphragm which was allowing her stomach and potentially other abdominal organs to move into her chest. Due to the presence of the organs, her lungs were cramped and may not develop. We left this appointment with another appointment in a month for a check up and an appointment with the pediatric cardiologist. It seemed that we had so many more questions but no answers.

On October 29th, we went to the pediatric cardiologist to have an echo performed on the baby. During the entire procedure, she kept playing hide and seek with the doctor. I guess it is a good sign that she is so active. During this appointment, we were told that her heart is structurally normal and seems to be growing well, but he did not see what he had hoped for in the pulmonary artery. He said it could be either that it was not developing correctly or it was just too early to see. He scheduled a follow up appointment in 4 weeks to check her progress.