So today I went in for my anatomy ultrasound. I am currently 20w3d with my first. While in the ultrasound I asked the nurse doing it was everything okay because it was like a weird silence and that when she hit me with the “the doctor will explain everything.” And at that moment my heart just sunk and a million things started going through my mind..

“is my baby okay?”

“did she not find a heartbeat??”

“is he not measuring correctly?”

Just everything you could imagine, so at this point I’m just ready to go talk to the dr and find out what’s going on. So I go back to waiting room with nothing but panic in my heart and choking back tears waiting for the news. About 10min of waiting i finally get called back to the room and she’s telling me “oh hes measuring up correctly” “he looks completely fine but...”

BUT WHAT LADY !!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY BABY !!! And she goes ...

“we’re only seeing 2 vessels in the umbilical cord and it should be 3 so we’re going to send you to a high risk doctor to get a better look at things.”

So at this point my heart just fell in the floor and i start my 1 million questions .. “What does this mean?” “Is he going to be ok?” “Does this happen often?” “I’m not going to lose him right ?? RIGHT ??!!!”

Then she tries to assure me that everything is alright and that the high risk doctors will take good care of me but I just can’t shake the feeling of something being terribly wrong with my sweet baby

How often does this happen ??? Has anyone else ever experienced this? I just need some type of reassurance from someone who has gone through this.

Here’s a pic of my baby boy from the appointment