Well our little boy is doing just fine. We had our specialist appointment today with Dr. Gore and it went just great. He never saw or heard a skip in the heart beat. The sonographer looked for a while and then he did as well, so we got LOTS of baby viewing today, and it was such a fantastic machine. It was so vivid, it was great seeing our sweet-tart again. We also got a DVD, BONUS!
So this is what Dr. Gore thinks happened last week: before our appointment I ate several things and had a coke (Dr. recommended to get baby moving to clearly see the gender). Dr. Gore said this early in the pregnancy a baby is still developing his genetic pathways (or patterns)...including a heartbeat and these patterns can sometimes be disrupted by glucose and/or caffeine. So since it was right after a significant amount of food and a coke, he's 99% certain that's what caused a little skip in the beat. He recommended not eating too much and no caffeine before our appointments to ensure we don't hear anything concerning (or Dr. Harris will recommend we see him again). He also said that if there was anything of major concern regarding arrhythmic issues, we would have seen it today and he didn't find ANYTHING wrong with our little boy. He is measuring 19 weeks and 1 day and he's up to 10oz now (grew 25% in the last week)!!! Dr. Gore wants to see us in 4 weeks one last time to check into it again because he said he doesn't want to overlook anything, but again he assured us that we have a super healthy boy inside my tummy. Thank you Jesus.
Thanks for your love, prayers, and concern...this last week we felt completely peaceful and worry-free about this possible "issue" and I just know that was our sweet Lord guarding our hearts and showing us His sovereignty no matter what the outcome of this was. One of my fav verses - Phil 4:6-7 is written on my heart, but I have recently been focusing even more on verse 8 "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if ANYTHING is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things." Well there are many excellent things in our lives to think about, not just this life inside of me, but our savior, our church, our families, our community group, our jobs, our home - the list could continue...so I will keep focusing on these praiseworthy aspects of God's blessings and know that His peace will be with us.
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