Our visit at University of Maryland Center for Advance Fetal Care did not go as well as we had hoped. After hours of sonogram photographs and videos, Dr. Ahmet Baschat diagnosed Adriana with heterotaxy syndrome. It is a condition where organs of the body form on the opposite side they normally form on. Her heart will need to be operated on soon after birth because she has TGA. Her left atrium is connected to her right ventrical (it should be connected to the left ventrical) and her right atrium to her left ventrical. We are not sure how many other organs that the syndrome is affecting at this point in time. Matt and I will be taking a trip to the hospital in Baltimore every two weeks, and then more often in the third trimester. Multiple exams and test will be performed. I have already undergone Amniocentesis to determine whether the heterotaxy was caused by a genetic defect. We should have results in a few days. I will also be induced there, to avoid Adriana being born too far away from the specialists at UMD.
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