21 weeks/ Feb. 23

At 17 weeks we were able to find out that we are having a baby boy! Tristan started moving and kicking before 20 weeks. So when we went in for our 21 week appointment we were excited to get to see him on the ultrasound. Everything seemed very routine at first. Tristan was very low which I already knew from all the pressure. The U.T. was having a hard time getting to him because of this. She didn't talk much or explain to us what she was looking at. She quickly gave us two pictures and  said she was going to see if the doctor wanted to come take a look. I thought this was a little weird. The doctor came in looked and then sat down in a chair. He finally said that there was no easy way to say this but the long bones in the babys arms and legs were very short and that he thinks he saw a mass in the babys brain. He said if it were just the arms and legs he would think dwarfism but because of the mass he is worried. He told us he wanted to send us to a maternal fetal specialist. We walked outside to have the nurses call to make the appointment and the doctor hugged me and told me that he hopes he is wrong. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I immediately started crying so Devin and I sat in the ultrasound room while they made the appointment.

We drove to Demorest about 30 mins away from Gainesville. It was a long ride and I cried the whole time. We went in to another ultrasound room. They asked basically what was seen on the ultrasound and why we were there. Then I laid on the table for about an hour while the U.T. looked and took measurements of everything. She never said anything as far as what she was seeing or anything I simply had to lay and wait. She did however comment on how much he moves. She was not able to get a clear picture of his face/eyes. The doctor came in and was given about 50 of the ultrasound pictures which she took to her office. The UT told her to pay attention to the upper and lower extremities so I asked if that meant that she didn't see a mass and she said "No that's not what it means, it just means those are areas I want her to pay close attention to". After the doctor came back she pointed out some things on the ultrasound. The long bones in the arms and legs were short and not where they should be and she thought there was possibly a fracture in the right femur. She said she did not see a mass but possibly a little extra fluid around the brain. She told us that she thought our baby had something called Osteogenesis Imperfecta or Brittle Bone disease. She said that she strongly suggests that we do an amnio so that we will know for sure. We both wanted to know that if it was this if he would be ok and she really wouldn't answer us but basically implied No. She left the room for a few minutes for us to decide about the amnio. We were both very upset and didn't know what to do. We just wanted to know that he was going to be ok so we decided to go ahead with the amnio because the quicker we did the quicker we find out whats wrong. The doctor and UT came back and immediately got out everything for the amnio and we signed the forms. We were told the results would be expedited and we would find out in 3 days. I was sent home to rest in bed.