On July 1st we had a "normal" appointment scheduled at which we thought we may be able to find out the gender . When we went in the doctor only brought in the heart Doppler . I asked for a gender ultrasound to which she gladly agreed to . We went in for the ultrasound and little did we know that our lives would be forever changed . The tech went to go get the doctor after seeing something on the ultrasound but the doctor had already left to do a c section . She let us know the doctor would be calling us . The doctor called us later in the evening and said they were seeing something abnormal on the baby's belly and so they were sending us to a high risk doctor to get a clearer picture . I had been rear ended in May so we thought it had something to do with that but didn't have a chance to give it a second thought At our high risk appointment on July 13 we were expecting them to say there may be a little bit of damage to the stomach due to the accident (which still would've been bad but tolerable) but in reality the news was world changing . They told us our precious miracle baby boy had a cleft palate and severe heart damage plus calcification in the abdomen all of which were totally unrelated to the accident . They asked if we would like to do an amniocentesis and since I had to go straight into work after the appointment we decided we would do it the next day . Well we went in for the amnio and as routine the doctor did another ultrasound . On this US he found in addition to the other problems that the baby has a cyst on his brain and an extra toe which leads them to believe that the baby has trisomy 13 . He did the amnio - we got the results yesterday (07/15) and to our dismay our baby has been diagnosed with trisomy 13 . We are so utterly heartbroken . I wish all of you anxiously waiting for your baby this December the best of luck and all my love to your wonderful babies . Take time today to thank God above for blessing you with a miracle that you will be able to enjoy