July 27th

     Friday, July 27th we were scheduled for our 18 week anatomy scan. Chris, Olivia, Nate, Logan and I all headed to UC for the appointment. All the the kids were sitting anxiously awaiting to find out if they were going to  have a baby brother or a baby sister.As the tech performed the ultrasound she was telling us that the baby was not opening it's legs so she was going to start filing her report and see if we could get the baby to start moving. The tech came back about ten minutes later and a Dr. followed her in. As the tech started collecting more images on  the baby again the Dr. began to tell us that our baby has Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus. She then began to tell us how the apex of the baby's heart points to the right instead of the left, which makes it dextrocardia. She also explained that with situs inversus other organs can be affected as well, so we would need further testing done.
     The tech then leaned over as i was trying to take it all in and told me " it's a girl!!"   I was filled with so many emotions. I have always wanted a baby girl and i finally got her! Unfortunately i found this out at the exact time i was finding out that she had a heart condition and we needed to undergo further testing to find out more about her. We left the appointment feeling overwhelmed with everything we were told and scared of what this  meant for her and her future.
     I received a call later that day from  Judy, a coordinator that we were hooked up with that would be the liaison to go back and forth between UC and Cincinnati Childrens for us. She informed us we were scheduled for an amniocentesis Monday, July 30th. We spent the weekend camping with our kids and headed out early Monday morning  for the amnio.