Ben's Health Concerns

As some of you may already know, John and I had a little scare with Ben. The morning of my sonogram I got a call from the OB nurse telling me that I had tested positive for neuro tube defect, or spina bifida. They scheduled me a follow-up appointment with a genetic specialist in two weeks for another sonogram to check him out more closely. Of course I was extremely worried so I left work a little early and John and I met at home to talk about it and to feel better about the situation. We went to our scheduled sonogram and were thrilled to find out he was, in fact, a boy, and relieved for the nurse to tell us that in her opinion we had nothing to worry about. Yesterday morning was our follow-up with the specialist and it went great. He said everything looked completely normal and measured all of Ben's long bones and skull and analyzed his spine and everything looked great. Turns out I was only .06 over the 2.5 limit, but since I tested positive, I will have to go back for regular check-ups so they can monitor me more closely. I'm still at risk for things like early labor and high blood pressure. But Ben's healthy and quite active and that's all that matters! He even gained 5 ounces in the two week wait between sonograms and is now exactly 1 pound.