Here we go - Tuesday

The day of the ultrasound with Dr. Collins, my high risk doctor, was Tuesday, November 3rd. We decided that my mom would enjoy seeing the baby on the ultrasound - a routine ultrasound or so we thought! The tech first told us we were having a girl! A surprise because we thought boy. Then, she noticed the baby is measuring two weeks small. A few minutes later Dr. Collins joined us in the US room. The nurse started pointing out things for him to look at. The first was the size, then the baby's heart is enlarged with fluid around it and the intestines are a bright white color. Then the doctor looked at me and delivered the heart wrenching news. These are all signs that the baby could have a chromosomal abnormality like down syndrome. He then asked the nurse if she had performed an MCA scan of the brain. She hasn't so he moved back so she could. This measures the blood flow thru the baby's brain. Luci's blood flow is over twice as fast as it should be. That and the fluid around the heart made them believe she might be anemic. My blood work that he ordered two weeks earlier has not come back yet. If I have an antibody that is attacking the baby, that could cause the anemia. But, the results are lost in limbo with Labcorp. Dr Collins is not happy with them. He wants me to meet him in Nashville the next day for an amnio and another ultrasound.