The story of our baby

 Pregnancy is like a roller coaster.  I expected the usual.  The ups - the new mom feeling, watching the baby grow through my belly, and shopping and eating for two.  And the downs - the nausea-for the entire first three months, and the absence of Starbucks and sushi.  However, I didn't expect any complications.  We're young and healthy and were far from being considered "high risk".  

At 14 weeks, we started bleeding.  It was only a scare and after 4 hours in the hospital, a bunch of blood work, and a very long ultrasound, the baby seemed fine and we were free to go.  They did want us to do a Level 2 ultrasound and one was scheduled once we were 16 weeks.  During the ultrasound the doctor said our baby had some swelling in the neck.  This swelling is diagnosed as a cystic hygroma, basically, fluid build-up.  Along with the presence of the baby's cystic hygroma, the heart was not developed fully, but it was too early to know what was exactly wrong.  With this news, the doctors thought our baby had a chromosomal abnormality or a major heart defect that was causing this cystic hygroma.  I had an amnio done and was told to wait for the results so we would know more.  According to the doctor, our best case scenario would be heart surgery once the baby was born.  This was not the news we expected.  What do you do when there is nothing to do as a parent?  

Tyler and I both stayed positive and prayed for miracle.  We knew our baby was fighter and we had faith that God would provide a miracle if we asked him.  The next morning, I felt peace for our baby and tried to keep our mind off the waiting we faced.