UPDATE on Baby Berry

Josh and I just wanted to update the blog world on Baby Berry. On Tuesday we found out that my Quad screen came back abnormal. It showed an increased risk for Trisomy 18 (Edward's Syndrome). The Genetic counselor wanted us to come in this week for a Level II ultrasound. She attempted to reassure me that with this abnormality there is only a 10% chance that the baby actually have Trisomy 18.

So today Josh and I headed to Darnell for the ultrasound. It was great to see the baby and the tech spent a lot of time showing us legs, arms, heart, face, feet, and hands. Then the Dr came in. The Doctor looked at all the pictures the tech took and then we went to her office and talked about the Quad screen results, ultrasound results, and our options. The doctor did see one thing positive from the ultrasound. The Baby's hand was open and not clinched. Baby's with Trisomy 18 tend to have tight muscles and so clinched hands. I really need to know what to expect, to prepare us and the kids. An amniocentesis will give us the answers we did. I chose to have an amniocentesis to find out for sure if this sweet baby has Trisomy 18. The amnio was not as bad as I was expecting and now I am to hang out of the couch for the rest of the day. The official results will take up to 2 weeks but the Dr order a certain test that will give us preliminary results in 5 days. So now we wait and pray try not to worry to much.

We do ask if you all will pray with us. Josh and I know that this sweet baby was hand made by God just for us. We know he is wonderfully made (Psalms 139-13-16).

We're not telling the kids about this unless we have to, but we did tell them some good news from today.