Answered Prayers.....

We had our fetal echo today with Dr. Brames. What a GREAT day it was! Dr. Brames looked over every inch of the heart. It is a 4 chamber heart with all the parts! Great blood flow and measurements of the valves and chambers. As of right now he didn't see anything that was alarming to him. Our little one was moving all over the place but still managed to give them good pictures of his healthy heart (I think he wanted to show it off!). Of course with our history of having two children with cardiac defects something could still develop. However Dr. Brames wasn't too concerned that it would. There have been cases where the heart looks great at the first checkup and later in pregnancy something develops. Usually there is some indication of that- leaky valve, size differences in the chambers, etc. He didn't see any indication that there would be a problem later in pregnancy. His quote was "Boring is good!" We will definitely take boring.

We will go back in 8 weeks for another checkup just to be sure that nothing has developed. As of right now I am being treated as a normal pregnancy and will stay with our regular OB. The sonogram tech said baby has some meat on his bones! He will probably be another 8 pounder!

We are filled with emotions- all good emotions! It is a happy day and we are so blessed and thankful our little baby boy has a healthy heart. Thank you all so much for your prayers. I know so many people have been praying for our little one and we appreciate it so much. We also have an Angel in Heaven who has a little pull.

When we were leaving for our appointment this morning Thad asked where we were going and I told him mommy had to go to the Dr. He asked if I was sick and I told him the Dr.'s were going to look at the baby's heart. He said "are the Dr.'s going to take the baby out?" I told him not yet.......and he said "on Friday are they going to take him out?" He is stuck on Friday's but I had to assure him this baby was staying in for another 4 months! A few of his friends at daycare have had new babies in the past few months and he knew they were taken out of their mommies stomach so now he is wanting to know when this baby is coming out!

Thad also felt the baby kick for the first time on Valentine's Day. He was very excited for that but told me later when his hand was on my belly that the baby bit him...........He is so funny and very protective of his baby. He always pats my stomach and makes sure Chauchi (our dog) doesn't jump on my belly. He is going to make the best big brother!