Here we are 33 weeks :) Who knew we would have made it this far looking back 13 weeks ago. It feels like an eternity since that Friday the 13th in April. Now here we are looking another one in the face this week. No bad news this Friday the 13th though at least I am keeping my fingers crossed. We do have an ultrasound scheduled for the morning but nothing other then that. I need to start getting things ready as I am running out of days to prepare. We are down to 44 days!!! That seems like such a short time to do as much as I need to do.
As for Noah he is growing just like he is supposed to :) Last week during our 32 week growth scan he was 4 pounds 3 ounces and once again very proud of his boy parts. His heart is still taking up about 60% of his chest cavity. Which has remained stable for the last 10 weeks. There have been no signs of hydrops (extra fluid) or anything else that could be signs of heart failure. We have gotten to see him practice breathing multiple times and we have at least one round of hiccups everyday :) All these things are awesome knowing 10 weeks ago we were told that his lungs might not even have room to grow or develop. I am still thankful for every day I can stay pregnant, I never thought I would be saying this when it has been 105 degrees out for the past week.
Our plan for the next week is having our next and probably final echo at Cincinnati Children's. Having a fetal MRI to evaluate lung development and volumes. We have an appointment with my OB and then we are meeting with the research people regarding a study being done by the pediatric cardiologist at Cincinnati Children's. This on top of the 2 weekly ultrasounds that we are doing to evaluate his well being.
I will post another update after all of our appointments next Tuesday :)
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