Ignorance is truly bliss sometimes...

I have got some good news and bad news...

Good news- Mike felt B kick for the first time the other day. He was beginning to think that B didn't like him. I got to see it from the outside as well. I was sitting down doing one of my bible study lessons and felt him getting all crazy inside so I thought, "I wonder if I can see it from the outside. I looked down at my bladder and waited...then boom saw a little bump pop up and then quickly go away. It was really cool. Of course Mike rushed down stairs to see if he could see it too and B was tired and went to sleep. Really neat though.

Now for the "not so fun news"... After the Coflax Marathon race, Mike came by the hospital with lunch and to see what B was up too. While I was scanning myself I noticed a bright round area in B's liver. Never seen anything like it before and measured 1/2 a centimeter. Of course I immediately started researching and the findings weren't good. Anyways, went straight to the Perinatologist (a doctor that specializes in high risk/ abnormal pregnancies). The conclusion in a nut shell is, we think it could be a benign hemangioma/hemartoma (collections of blood vessels and other cells that are tiny a make a tumor like dense area that shows up as a bright area on ultrasound. If this is the case, I can deal with that. Hemangiomas are common in adults and I see those all the time and usually don't cause problems. There is no way of knowing if it is malignant until B is born, but is unlikely considering everything else thus far looks great. The other thought, which is unlikely for the same reasons, is CMV infection or Cystic Fibrosis which is why I got my blood drawn today.

I am glad I finally got this off my chest because Mike and I have been really anxious about this appointment and the results for the longest week and a half of our whole lives. How ironic that it happens to me. We have been praying and trying to keep good thoughts in our head. We made the decision not to tell everyone right away til we got some answers ourselves. Feel free to google anything that doesn't make sense or ask us. We are happy to share now. We will love this baby regardless of the outcome and are just trying to enjoy this pregnancy in the moment. I have a follow-up appointment in a month to check for any changes. Please keep us in your prayers.