The fetal echocardiogram is in the morning, I need to get some rest but I am too nervous. We have seen ultrasound after ultrasound of Evan’s heart but this is the day where we will hopefully learn something substantial about how well it’s working and perhaps get a glimpse into how the surgeries might go […]

When my sister was pregnant with her son, she nicknamed him Baby Tricky because anytime one went to touch her belly, he would stop moving completely.  Tricky indeed.  Well, Baby Tricky is strong in Evan too.  Our first ultrasound (the “normal” one) we were delighted to be able to learn he is a he.  During […]

It had been 6 days since the first ultrasound, 6 very long days. This appointment was in the morning and Sarah and I both told our bosses that depending on how it went we might not be coming in. We sat in the waiting room for a little while and then we were called back. […]

Ohhhhh… the waiting game. So we had the first ultrasound, found out it was a boy, and was told that he may have hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The ultrasound was right after lunch on a Tuesday and neither of us went back to work, instead we spent the rest of the day on the internet […]

On February 22, 2011 we went in for our first ultrasound. We were so excited to finally get to see the baby that Sarah had been feeling grow inside of her. The ultrasound started as anyone would have expected it to, the technician was pointing out all the structures of the baby, taking measurements, etc. […]