A real update...

We had our follow up appointment this morning with the perinatologist (high risk pregnancy doctor). Since this morning was their first morning in a new building, things were running exceptionally slowly, even at 8:00 am. Nothing like dragging out the waiting! It was easy to see immediately that the heart rhythm looked normal. We watched it for a while on the ultrasound and saw that both the atriums and ventricles were beating at exactly the same rate (around 158). Praise God. But of course, we were still not certain that there wasn't a problem, and had to wait for quite a while longer (see a pattern here? maybe God's trying to teach me something!) to see the doctor, who had my blood work results. Thank God, my blood work came back completely normal for the 2 antibodies we were concerned about. It was barely positive for my ability to carry those 2 antibodies, so it is something I may deal with later on (negative is anything less than 20, mine measured at 20). The doctor was stunned. He told us that seeing an abnormal heartbeat like what we saw last week was explainable for a few minutes, but said that he reviewed our scan from last week which documented the irregular activity for 50 minutes. He said he has no medical explanation for this, and even said it just had to be a higher power. We certainly think so!! The doctor said he considered writing a paper on the situation... this just does not happen. I will continue to see the high risk doctor for the duration of the pregnancy. I will have a non-stress test next Wednesday in which they chart the heart beat for a while to check it. I'll go back a week later for a regular appointment and back for an ultrasound 2 weeks after that. If everything is still looking fine at that point, I'll be considered "normal" (there's a first for everything!). We know that God orchestrated all of this for our little sweetie. We know that He is the only way we can explain away this medical abnormality. We certainly thank all of you for praying for this during this time and appreciate them continuing. We'll continue to keep you updated as we learn more.