At this scan they would be able to look at the baby's organ development and see if the thickened nuchal fold had been caused by organ abnormality. The Milwaukee doctor had requested that I come down by her for the next scan and if everything went well then I could see the perinatology doctors at the hospital that was closer to my house. It was also required that I meet with Barbara beforehand, something that typically was done before the NT scan but had been waved off since my scan had come with such urgency.
Barbara called me the day before my ultrasound with the results of the micro-array which had all come back normal. She no longer felt the need to meet with me the next day and cancelled my appointment with her. At this point we would just have to monitor the baby over the next few appointments, including a fetal echo at 20 weeks to rule out any heart abnormalities.
The ultrasound went perfectly. The baby was moving around a lot and every measurement and organ they checked was looking great. This was the first scan that Kevin got to come along to (the previous scans had all been unplanned emergency scans).
The doctor (who had previously been so cold and scared me with all of her lack of emotion) came in and apologized for any inconvenience of making me drive down to that particular hospital and told me I could schedule my next few appointments closer to home.
Small steps.
It was at that moment that I decided I needed to share my experience & create this blog so that others would be able to find it and read it. Everything I had previously heard had been so confusing and scary, the internet needed to know there were positive outcomes.
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