HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - There is something amazing about seeing your baby on an ultrasound...
whether it's the first, second or tenth time. Just over a year ago, my
husband Lew and I excitedly walked into the doctor's office, ready for
our 18-week fetal survey, where they check every single organ to ensure
that they're developing correctly. We'd already had one ultrasound where
we found out it was a girl. And, we'd already named her -- Pamela
"Ella" Catherine.
Over the course of that hour, our sonographer Colleen showed us each
organ -- helping us to discern them since most looked like
indistinguishable blobs. But, she told us they looked perfect and were
developing correctly, so we breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Colleen scanned around the rest of Ella's body -- first confirming that
yes, she was still a girl. She then scanned quickly over each foot and
each of her arms.
We saw her wiggle all of her toes and wave her
fingers. Something looked a little off to me because I thought we could
only see one set of fingers. But, I shook off that feeling because we
had a hard time telling which side of the body we were looking at, plus
she could have just been making a fist or maybe we were catching it at a
weird angle. But, at the end of the ultrasound, Colleen left for a few
minutes, saying that she would be right back. At that time, Lew and I
looked at each other and I said, "Something's wrong." click here to read more
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