It's always something... I had one at 16 weeks because of some heavy bleeding. This was a follow up to that. The placenta is just weird - it's horseshoe shaped or has an extra lobe.... No biggie.
Then today's US showed that the baby has a single umbilical artery. I think that's the correct term. I guess with cords like that, the chance for kidney and/or heart defects are much higher. They then look closer at the kidneys and heart, both of which looked fine for now. The midwife wants me to go back for another one to monitor the baby as this COULD be a potentially serious issue, I guess.
But, they are pretty sure it's a girl. The doctor doing the us said she'd put it at 90%, but Ms. Thang was hiding in there pretty good at that point.
Then today's US showed that the baby has a single umbilical artery. I think that's the correct term. I guess with cords like that, the chance for kidney and/or heart defects are much higher. They then look closer at the kidneys and heart, both of which looked fine for now. The midwife wants me to go back for another one to monitor the baby as this COULD be a potentially serious issue, I guess.
But, they are pretty sure it's a girl. The doctor doing the us said she'd put it at 90%, but Ms. Thang was hiding in there pretty good at that point.
