Bad news at 18 weeks
My wife had her 18 week checkup this morning.
The results of the sonogram showed that the baby is small for its due date, there is extra fluid in the brain, possible diaphragm hernia, small chest size, small abdominal circumference (of mom I think) and a small or compressed left lung.
Dr also mentioned it’s hard to see one of the hands as developed, it looks closed or webbed.
We were told that individually these issues may not be as big of a problem but because they are all together it’s a high likelihood that the fetus will have physical and mental development issues.
I’m paraphrasing, I was in shock, and I don’t speak doctor.
I need help. I don’t know what to do next.
We’re scheduled for an MRI and another blood test (forgot the name) but those seem to confirm what we saw on the sonogram and give us data for the future.