Our Little Bundle

November 5th, 2014, 20 weeks, we were getting ready to find out what our little bun in the oven was. Getting ready to do the final baby on the way announcement to all our friends...when we found out our little bundle was having some troubles. All we knew at that point was there was no fluid around our baby. When we were told we were unsure what the trouble was, I had in my mind possible leaking (most common)...This was not the case for us. We went and saw a specialist for further checking and this is where our baby was diagnosed with Multicystic Dysplastic kidneys. With this they did not give us very high hopes for survival of our baby. "Multicystic dysplastic kidney is a condition in which the kidney has been essentially replaced by multiple cysts. It is the result of abnormal fetal development of the kidney. There is little or no normal function to this kidney." [ http://www.childrenshospital.org/health-topics/conditions/multicystic-dysplastic-kidney ] For us we were informed that both of our baby's kidneys were having this trouble. Since the kidneys are not working as they should our baby is unable to circulate through the amniotic fluid process. The most troubling part of this is that since there is no fluid around the baby the baby is unable to swallow the fluid which is what develops the lungs. This makes the high risk pregnancy an undefined pregnancy...we were given very little/no hope. Since they diagnosed the lungs not developing they say it is most likely our baby will have trouble/wont be able to breath when born. Now I'm not writing this to be a sad story by any means. I am writing this let others out there know they're not the only ones this happens to. We were told if it doesn't run in the family it was a by chance happening we couldn't have prevented. I went online and there was nothing out there from other parents that have experienced this...so though I can read all I want medically there are no stories to relate to and feel like we're not alone in this process. We are still very excited about our little bundle of joy and though at this point the doctors don't give us high hopes we continue on and enjoy every day of it. Our little one is quite active and growing which makes me smile. They mentioned babies with this usually aren't active, due to the tight space, our bundle rolling in my belly. A pregnancy in it's self is a joy and time to celebrate. We take it day by day and enjoy the excitement, not only ours but our first daughters also (Bugs). She has been looking forward to being a big sister for 2 years and though right now she doesn't know the baby's trouble we are happy for her to enjoy the time with the baby she has, as are we. I am now 23 weeks along and growing fast. My faith is strong that whatever happens in the end it was in the plan and we will be strong to continue.