The story of our journey through pregnancy, birth and life of my son Emery who was diagnosed with Anecenephaly. Anecenephaly is a neural tube defect that effects 1 in 10,000 pregnancies and is fatal to all babies who have it. Most die before or during birth, some can live for a few hours to few days, and very very few live for longer periods of time. I do not know where this journey will bring us but I want to give my son the best possible life he can have and enjoy all the time we have.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Update after the doctors appointment...
Had another check up today, lost another 2 pounds but Emery seems happy where he is. Heart beat is still strong and I am the correct size. She says the fact I have been sick a lot lately is most likely due to my stomach running out of room. Tomorrow I will be 28 weeks pregnant and that means that my son is about 2.4 pounds, according to the average. Funny I feel so small to be THIS pregnant. I also talked to the doctor about the possibility of doing a genetic test. I found out that there is a mutation with a certain gene that can cause anecenephaly, and precclampsia and a million other things. I have also read about a lot of these women who have it having had molar pregnancies too. Since I have had a complication with every pregnancy I asked if I could get tested. She told me after Emery is born they can send me to a specialist and see if anything is wrong. I am so glad they are willing to do that so that I dont keep trying to have kids ending in such difficult pregnancies. Fingers crossed everything is ok, or at least there is a way to fix it if it isn't. But I am glad I will get to know. 84 days until my due date.
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