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Mabel Rose is Here!

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in August 2015 Moms
Our little miss Mabel Rose was born on Friday July 24th after a medically necessary induction when I was 37 weeks pregnant.  The labor was a little more difficult than my first as the contractions with pitocin did seem more intense.  I avoided an epidural and c-section and was very happy to have a vaginal delivery (she was out with 2 pushes!).  

She was struggling a little with breathing right after delivery so I only got to hold her for about 20 seconds before she was taken to NICU and it was an amazing 20 seconds.  Her little feet were really swollen as well, which is something we expected from the ultrasounds.

In the first hour of her life she was visited by a bunch of doctors and had a lot of tests performed.  Including an echo of heart, cranial ultrasound, abdominal ultrasound, a checkup with the geneticist, and some blood and urine tests.  Luckily she only needed to be on the oxygen for a brief amount of time as her breathing improved quickly.  The echo showed that the fluid that was around her heart was gone within 2 hours of birth, but there was a little heart murmur and they found she has a bicuspid aortic valve instead of a tricuspid valve.  The other ultrasounds looked great.  The geneticist spoke with us about the possibility of Turner's Syndrome.  The combination of her feet swelling and the heart defect has them leaning towards TS and they've taken the necessary blood to perform testing.  Unfortunately we won't have those results for a while because they require cultures.

She's been doing amazing though and it's been so wonderful to continue to see progress.  She's been taken out of her pod and is in an open crib, they discontinued her IV fluids, and just a few hours ago stopped antibiotics and could take out the IV site completely!  She'll have a repeat echo tomorrow morning and depending on how that goes we may be able to take her home tomorrow or Tuesday!  The results of the genetic testing apparently won't play a role in whether or not we can take her home.

I feel like her diagnosis is leading towards TS, which is definitely giving me anxiety and I wish we could just have answers.  I'm trying not to do a bunch of googling of TS, but it's hard not to, and with every symptom I read about I'm checking her over thinking I see it.  Considering the vast array of issues that could have occurred, I realize that TS is by no means the worst outcome, but I still pray that her symptoms are anomalies and we'll get the all clear.

We could not be more in love with our little girl and are so excited with her continued progress!  Thank you to all the wonderful ladies on this board who have sent thoughts and prayers our way!
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