{"id":322,"date":"2009-07-30T21:15:22","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T03:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thekurths.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2009-07-30T21:15:22","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T03:15:22","slug":"sadly-not-all-baby-news-is-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekurths.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/30\/sadly-not-all-baby-news-is-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadly, Not All Baby News is Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a hard post to write.<\/p>\n

Baby Kurth might be in trouble, and we ask for your prayers.\u00a0 Last week I had a sonogram to check on a “non-worrisome abnormality” that the doctor found during a routine sonogram at my regular visit.\u00a0 They sent me to a place where they specialize in ultrasounds to get a closer look.\u00a0 Apparently the abnormality is no longer “non-worrisome”.\u00a0 Basically, the baby<\/span> has some fluid backing up in his\/her abdomen, which the doctors find alarming.\u00a0 They also discovered that the umbilical cord only has one artery, as opposed to two.\u00a0 The single-artery umbilical by itself is usually not a big deal, but in conjunction with other abnormalities it is a bad sign.\u00a0 There are many possible reasons for the fluid, but it seems like the two most likely would be a heart defect or genetic defect (or both).\u00a0 The fact that we are seeing this backup of fluid this early in the pregnancy concerns the doctors a great deal.\u00a0 They want me to come back next week to take a closer look, which may give them more information as the baby<\/span> develops.\u00a0 This is probably a sign of things to come — that they will want to closely monitor the growth of the baby<\/span> from here on out, particularly the heart and the fluid buildup.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, we are worried.\u00a0 Especially with the doctors throwing out terms like “severe chromosonal anomalies”, “trisomy 18”, “down syndrome”, and “might not make it to term”…. But since freaking out would do little good at this point, we are trying to “K-I-T” (as we tell our children) — “keep it together”.\u00a0 The good news of the sonogram is that the baby<\/span> is growing well and has a strong heartbeat.\u00a0 No matter what happens, this baby<\/span> is a blessing from God that we will cherish always.<\/p>\n

So we are trying to distract ourselves and not think about it.\u00a0 Not in denial, but just in an effort to keep our sanity.\u00a0 And we are trying to focus on the good news.\u00a0 Not in the way of false hopes, but remembering the great hope that we do have.\u00a0 And we are so incredibly thankful for all that God has blessed us with, because it is already so much more than we could ever dream possible.<\/p>\n

We went back and forth about whether to post this now, or wait until we know something more. But as you can see, we decided to share the news now; partly in case the news is even worse next time, and partly in case it’s really good next time.\u00a0 In either case, it’s likely to get more intense.\u00a0 It makes it slightly easier knowing that our friends and family are aware of what we are going through.\u00a0 Please pray for our sweet baby.\u00a0 And give your own babies lots of hugs and kisses.<\/p>\n

Lastly, here are the pictures taken at that sonogram-of-doom (they’re actually very cute, I think):<\/p>\n

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