The Details

I realized after I made my first post that there may be some of you reading this that didn't receive the whole story about what exactly is going on with the baby.  When I had my 20 week ultrasound, the ultrasound tech noticed that the baby's aorta was slightly enlarged.  We had a few more ultrasounds and the same results were found, a slight enlargement; however, we were told that everything seemed to be fine.  Last week we saw a pediatric cardiologist and had a fetal echo.  Much to our surprise, Matt & I were told that things were far from fine.  We learned that the baby has 4 different heart defects, and that in a nutshell the great vessels of the heart are backwards and that both are connected to one ventricle.  We are still in the process of learning what this all means, but we do know that the baby will have open heart surgery within 48 hours of birth and will be in the NICU for several weeks.  Aside from that, we won't know the full picture until the baby is actually born.  We have a follow up echo next week and a meeting with the surgical team, which I'm sure will shed a little more light on the situation.  The good news is that I am healthy and until the baby is born, he is safe.