The story so far

Baby brussels problems first began when we went for the 20 weeks scan on the 12th Apr 06.  After the initial scan began the sonographer said that brussel is a boy.  However, after much scanning around we were told that she had "serious concerns" regarding brussel.  We were told the they believed that he had a diaphragmatic hernia, this meant that the diaphram had not formed properly and the stomach was up in his chest.  This was causing problems for his lung development as the space required for his lungs to grow was being taken by his stomach.  We were told that we needed to see the consultant at Nottingham City hospital but due to the easter weekend we could not meet with them for a week.  Both Julie and myself were absolutly detraght and scared by this, we did not know what this illness was or what it meant for our unborn child. Read the rest of this entry »