More Beckett

As of today, I'm officially half way through my pregnancy. The first 20 weeks always goes relatively fast...it's the second half of pregnancy that takes forever. So anyway, I had an ultrasound done yesterday. This particular ultrasound was done by a fetal cardiologist to rule out any heart defects. Since my sister had hypoplastic left heart syndrome ( a very rare and severe heart defect) my doctor wanted to rule out the possibility of there being any structural heart problems. The cardiologist said that Beckett's heart looks great and all his structures look like they are developing well. She said that she would be more concerned if I had a first-degree relative with HLHS (hypoplastic left heart syndrome), but since it was my sister she said that she wasn't too concerned. This confused me of course because I thought siblings were first-degree relatives, but maybe she meant a closer relative like a parent or child? She said they were still studying the genetic implications of HLHS and there does seem to be some sort of family connection. She mentioned that in families where there was a case of HLHS that there was a higher instance of congenital heart valve defects within family members. She said that these heart valve defects are so minor, that many family members do not realize they have it and they go virtually undetected. These valvular defects are in the same category as HLHS but are obviously not as severe. I found this interesting because me and my mom have heart murmurs. These murmurs may be completely unrelated, but it just made me wonder...

But all seems well with Beckett so that makes me very happy. So here, have a look at our baby boy.

Beckett sticking his tush up

Could there BE a cuter baby foot?

Little button nose