Baby Edwards Update

Since there was some fluid found around the baby's heart, I had another ultra sound.  The nurse called and gave me this really long name for the condition but didn't explain what it meant.  She also said they wanted to check the baby's kidney's at 32 weeks as there was a very mild concern.  She asked if we wanted to be referred to a specialist.  James and I talked about it but felt that we did not have enough information.  I had a doctor's appointment on March 4.  My OB office now has a clinic in Elma so my appointment was scheduled at this clinic.  When we got to the appointment we were told we would be meeting with Dr. Sorensen; this was a tender mercy from the Lord.  Dr. Sorensen is the one who delivered Harper and I trust her.  Dr. Soresen told us she thought she had that day off but was told she had an appointment which I know the Lord orchestrated.  We told her we felt that we did not have enough information and didn't know what it meant for the baby to have fluid around the heart; I assumed there was a heart condition.  She said there is nothing wrong with the baby's heart and that the fluid could be an abnormal variant that means nothing or it could be there is a genetic abnormality. The radiologist nor the doctors know and so we could do genetic testing or go see a specialist that probably would say the same thing.  She said the kidneys are separated but not at an alarming distance so they just wanted to monitor them.  Since we cannot change the outcome if there is a genetic abnormality such as Down Syndrome we opted not to do the testing.  Plus Dr. Sorensen did not seem overly concerned.  Really the baby is in the Lord's hand and the Lord's will be done.  The baby's, who we are calling Noah, heart rate was 136 which the Dr. Sorensen said was good.  We learned that boys tend to have a slower heart rate than girls.  Noah moves around a lot, especially in the early morning.