Finding Out

Like most 20 week ultrasounds the day of is filled with such excitement and nervousness. This is true whether it is the first baby or your third. Lark just happened to be our third! 

The appointment started out just like all of them do. Which to this day I think sonograms are so cool and the technicians are awesome to know all that they do. Plus our tech is the best, she's so sweet. My husband, the tech and myself were in full chatty mode, laughing a lot and trying to figure out if baby was a boy or a girl. Of course they always leave that to the last thing they do.  All of a sudden she got very quiet and we quickly noticed that something wasn't right. The tech was measuring the baby's legs over and over again. She very calmly informed us that her measurements weren't matching up when comparing the baby's legs but then very quickly said it could just be an error on her part and would have the doctor check it out. She then informed us that we were having a girl! 

As the tech left the room we laughed about the fact that we were having a girl. Our first daughter! Oh the craziness that her and her brothers would bring!  Then I quickly looked at my husband with a "but what the hell is up with her leg" look. It was a mix of joy and freaking out all at the same time! 

The doctor came in and rechecked everything. He then confirmed that baby girl's left femur was indeed measuring smaller. It was 1/2 the size of her right. It was also very obvious to us once he pointed it out. He then also informed us that he had no clue why it was that way. He had never seen something like this before. Everything was perfect outside of one bone. He sent us out the door with a lot of unanswered questions but I think we left him feeling the same way as well. 

Two very long days later we were told that baby had PFFD and so the journey began.

Above is one of the first ultrasound images of Lark's leg difference.