Pregnancy

Wow, I did not realize how many ups and downs you go through when you are pregnant. I am 20 weeks 1 day. On Monday I went for my second ultra sound. We were suppose to find out the sex of the baby but instead we found something else out.

We waited in the waiting room for 45 minutes which probably had my blood pressure up. Once we got back there the ultrasound seemed to go on forever. Our wonderful little baby decided he/she was going to be stubborn and not uncross his/her legs for the ENTIRE hour. With that said, we did not get to find out the sex. The doctor then proceeded to tell me that I have a 2 vessel umbilical cord (1 vein, 1 artery) instead of a 3 vessel umbilical cord (1 vein, 2 artery). This could possibly affect the baby's growth as well as his/her kidneys. The ob-gyn said that they would have to keep a close eye on our baby's kidneys. As the days go by, I can only wonder how a 2 vessel umbilical cord develops, if my baby will have any kidney problems, what I can do to help, etc... I have my next ultra sound in 8 weeks ( May 31st), so hopefully they will be able to tell me more information about what is going on in there. Hopefully this baby of mine will decide to cooperate with us and let us know what gender he/she is.