Baby Update

It seems that with every pregnancy of mine I get to educate my family. With Olivia it was to educate everyone on what a bicornuate uterus was and this baby decided he couldn't be shown up by his sister and brought his game. We now are being very educated on breech positions and cleft lip/palates. A week or so ago, my Dr said that they haven't really seen the baby's whole face and would like to send me to a specialist to have a better look and rule out a cleft lip/palate. I didn't really think much about it and at the first visit they couldn't see anything so they had me come back. On Friday (the 11th) I came back and on the sono they saw a cleft lip. At this time they believe it's soft tissue only (a minor defect) and everyone tells me that it's an easy repair and there is so much advancement in the treatment and repair of this problem. I know this all to be true but I have to say I was just heart broken to think that my sweet baby will have a defect and have to have surgery. So, once again I am very grateful to have modern medicine and live where some of the top doctors are near by that specialize in repairing this condition. My wonderful husband has been very, very supportive and melted my heart when he came home early Friday (with out being asked) to come comfort me and I was so proud that he had already done his research and knew the medical lingo for this situation already. A great website that I found if anyone would like more information is the Cleft palate foundation