Important information about our baby!

Here's a little update on things...be sure to read the last half of this blog.  There is some important information about our baby.

Last month, while I was on an awesome vacation in North Carolina, my mother in law threw me a surprise baby shower.  She volunteers at a pregnancy crisis center called Open Arms.  We had a tasty lunch and then I opened some presents.  We didn't know the sex of the baby yet so they made up two giant bags full of things I would need for a baby.  One for a girl and one for a boy.  I got to go through both of the bags and look at all the cute things.  It was such a fun time!  Thank you, Cindi!

Even Jeremy got a present!

We had the big ultrasound on Tuesday, December 13th.  It's a boy!  Our excitement was cut short though.  They found a problem with our little man.  They saw a bright spot in his lung and diagnosed it as a CCAM (Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation).  This problem can have several different outcomes.  10% of the time, the CCAM can shrink and disappear completely.  Less than 10% of the time, the CCAM gets bigger and causes heart and circulation problems.  They could do a surgery where they take the little guy out, remove it, and put him back in to continue the pregnancy but the chances of him surviving it are 50/50.  Thankfully, most of the time the CCAM stops growing at about 25 weeks while normal lung tissue grows around it, making the mass appear smaller.  He would be born normally and operated on in his first year of life to remove it.  Babies with this problem go on to lead completely normal lives.  Even though chances are he will survive this, we could still use all the prayers we can get.  We love our little guy and just want him to be a happy healthy little boy.

They're going to keep a close eye on our little guy.  We have to have an ultrasound every week for three weeks to see if the CCAM growth is slowing down.  If it turns out that it's slowing after checking on it for three weeks, we have to go in every 2-3 weeks to check on it until I deliver.  Our next ultrasound is tomorrow (December 20th).  I'll update when I have more information.

For more information on CCAMs, click this link.  It's a very informative website!  Be sure to click the "learn more about..." things.  They have the most important information.  Also, the videos have doctors that explain everything about CCAMs.  Be sure to watch those!

http://fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/ccam/