Praising God for a good report

I had my 20 week ultrasound on November 23; the next day I saw that the office was calling my phone and assumed it was just the nurse calling to let me know the ultrasound looked ok.  I answered the call and when I realized it was my doctor I knew right away we had a problem, my stomach sank.

He explained that the baby has a choroid plexus cyst, which by itself is not a huge concern and typically resolves on its own before 30weeks pregnant.  The ultrasound report also noted that my AFI (amniotic fluid around the baby) was low, in the 3rd percentile.  My doctor explained that when he sees these two things occurring together it makes him want to verify there is nothing else going on with the baby, he thought they could indicate a potential genetic problem.  He gave some specific examples....none of which were a good thing to say the least.  VERY difficult phone call to take, I was sent into immediate panic and nauseating worry.  The doctor made a referral to a maternal fetal medicine specialist.  I made an appointment with them, but that appointment wasn't for another 2 weeks.  2 weeks of wondering what was going on and if my baby was going to be ok!!!!

Thank the Lord I have numerous medical people around me!  I called my doctor back a week later and got more specifics, after getting my head on straight and talking to people that know a thing or two about this all.  I was able to ask more specific questions regarding the original scan.  I was then actually able to talk to a maternal fetal medicine doctor (my very good friend's dad); he assured me this was not a huge concern and a false alarm.  Obviously that helped IMMENSELY!

On December 8 I have my appointment with the specialist.  I felt pretty good and was just hoping and praying this appointment confirmed what we thought we already knew, that really everything was ok. Alec was able to come with me to the appointment thankfully.  They started by doing an ultrasound right away; before she started the tech asked me "so tell me why they referred you to us."  I explained they saw the choroid plexus cyst and thought I had low amniotic fluid levels.  She put the wand on my abdomen to take a look and immediately said "Well I can tell you right now you have enough amniotic fluid, actually I would say you have a generous amount."  WOW!  Ok, well that is a huge relief and great start to the appointment.  As she was scanning she also pointed out the choroid plexus cyst in the brain; she said she hardly could see it and by the look of it it appeared to be resolving.  Which they expect these to do; they are considered a normal variant especially with no other indications of problems with the baby.

We then talked with the doctor after the ultrasound.  She reviewed both the most recent ultrasound and the previous one done at my doctor's office.  She was so kind and took time chatting with us about her findings.  Bottom line, she did not even know why we were referred.  She said looking at the previous ultrasound she did NOT see how they could have thought I had low amniotic fluid; she actually seemed quite irritated with their office and wanted to know more specifics of who performed the test and was going to follow up with them and give feedback.  She said she was so happy to give us good news and said from what we can see everything with baby boy looks great.  Wow, wow, wow.

After the appointment I cried tears of absolute joy.  Praise the Lord for answered prayers; so many prayers.  Pregnancy is such a challenging thing, there is so much anxiety associated with it.  I am beyond thankful for a good report, and give all thanks and praise to God.  There are no guarantees with any pregnancy; you could have great scans and no abnormal findings through an entire pregnancy and there are still a whole host of potential complications that can occur.  Everything is in the hands of the Lord.


I am thankful for the support of family and friends that were praying during those couple weeks; the power of prayer really is amazing!  I was reminded by a couple different people of the verse in Psalm 139:

"For you created my inmost being; 

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 

your works are wonderful, 

I know that full well"

Alec and I are both glad to be past this and just continue to pray for this little boy growing inside me! We pray he grows healthy and strong, (I'd be ok with less than 9lbs however...) and as he grows up becomes a man of God.  We still have no idea on names for this kiddo, I did buy a name book recently so just need to go through that and see if anything jumps out at me!