Ultrasound Update.

Just a quick update on my Ultrasound today.

For the most part it was really good news. Baby was VERY active (which is SO unlike him...figures!), but we still got lots of good shots. The tech was laughing about how she had to chase him around to get a good look at his little heart. The ultrasound took at least 30+ minutes & the tech did a very good job at telling us what she was looking at & why. The Dr came in to talk to us about halfway through the scan & gave us his ideas on what could have caused the irregular heart rhythm. He spent a good amount of time looking at the scan with the tech & covering everything in great detail.

In the end they found two very small areas of "mild" concern. One was a small VSD (ventricular septal defect), and the other one I've already forgotten the name of (basically it was a "flap" in the upper chamber of the heart that was opening a little too wide). The good news is that smaller congenital VSDs often close on their own as the heart grows, and in most cases can be treated conservatively. The Dr that I saw today seems to think that our little guy will most likely outgrow this small VSD by the time he is born or shortly thereafter.

Oh, and this baby never once had an irregular heart rhythm, or skipped a beat the whole time they were doing the ultrasound! So, that was good news too! All in all it was a pretty positive appointment. I'll go back to my OB in three weeks for a regular prenatal appointment & then I'll see this specialist again three weeks after that for a follow up scan. They are hoping to find that the baby has outgrown one or both of the defects by then.

*If I can scan my sono pictures soon I'll have to post them! This was a 4D sono & we got some great pictures of our little guy...he's a cutie pie just like his big brother!