More than a big head...???

Last Tuesday I had my usual appointment with the maternal fetal specialist. The ultrasound went great, and the Dr. said that Mr. Beau still looks great! However, his head was still measuring large. So the Dr. did some extensive measurments on his skull, his brain, and the fluid spaces within his brain. The size of the lateral fluid space is what is measured to see if there is any indication of hydrocephaly. The Dr. told us that Beau's lateral fluid space and that his did measure in the upper range of normal, but that there was nothing to worry about. He just wanted us to come back on Monday and have the other specialist do measurements on Beau and have him give his opinion on his head size, basically to "back up his opinion that there is nothing to worry about."

So that's just what we did. We had a blast this weekend and did our best to not worry until we had more news to work off of. I didn't even search the internet for info about hydrocephaly because I knew that it would just make me worry more. Sometimes too much info too soon is not a good thing!

Monday afternoon, we went to our appointment, and I'm so glad that Kolby was able to go to the appointment since he had already requested the day off of work. While it was a quick appointment, we got all the great news that we wanted to hear! The other specialist said that he sees nothing to worry about as well, and that there is a reason there is a "normal" range, because every person is different. Beau's space was measuring at 8.8, and the normal range is anything under 10. He did a once over on the rest of Mr. Beau's body and internal organs and said that he looks like a healthy happy little boy! Such a relief!!! Now we are back to our regular appointments! Woohoo!