Well yesterday was my follow up ultrasound and we got some devastating news. It had been exactly 3 weeks since my last ultrasound. The baby had grown some but not enough. The baby had only grown to 19 weeks instead of 19 weeks and 5 days where she should have been. They saw a few other things on the ultrasound which were concerning but nothing as much as the lack of amniotic fluid around the baby. Three weeks ago there was ample fluid around the baby but not now and that coupled with my higher HCG numbers indicate that the placenta is not functioning properly and it is not getting enough nutrients to the baby to keep it growing properly. As the baby gets bigger and bigger it requires more from the placenta and that is why it has taken a while to determine that was why the baby was not growing. I am about 21 weeks along but the baby is only measuring 19 weeks so she is about 2 weeks behind.
So what does this mean? Best case scenario is that we can keep the baby in as long as possible (which we are talking 24-27 weeks) and she would be delivered very early and go into neo-natal care for months and be ok with minimal issues from being so premature. Worst case is of course intrauterine fetal demise or in layman's terms we lose the baby. It could be anything in between these as well. The plan is I will see a doctor each week alternating between my doctor and the comprehensive fetal department at Baptist. I will have bi-weekly scans at the Baptist to monitor the baby. So the only plan we have at this point is wait and see how things progress and how the baby is doing. They have to also monitor me closer because of this I can develop preeclampsia among other things. All we can do is figure out to prepare for the worst and pray and hope for the best for our little girl! We are just trying to figure out how to process all this.
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