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Sorry for the late update ladies, I've been swamped at work the past few days !! So I seen the specialist on wednesday, as y'all know my doctor found amniotic bands on during my anatomy scan and wanted to see if I had amniotic band syndrome. Turns out that I do in fact have amniotic bands, but I do not have the syndrome, THANK GOD!! The bands that I have are called synechiae! Pronounced sin-a-key-ah. It's basically scar tissue completely wrapped with fetal membranes, from my previous pregnancy losses. When the specialist told me that, it made me sad because I thought of all my babies that I have lost on my TTC journey. I was relieved to know that most of the time they pose no significant threat when it comes to the growth of my baby... he said breech is common in pregnancies with uterine synechaie. Explains why my boy is still breech so I'm not sure if he will eventually turn yet or not but I'm hoping he will. He also brought up my placenta covering part of my cervix, he told me it has plenty of time to move out of the way in time for vaginal birth ! Also, I have still yet to feel kicks. I'm almost 20 weeks now! I hate it !!! Jeremiah was so cute on ultrasound, he was showing us all of his fingers and toes and his heart and of course his ding dong 😂😂😂 what boy doesn't!! The specialist said he was very active, he has super long arms and he said he is a big boy.. definitely is taking after daddy. He is already 10 ounces. My baby bump is growing so big already ! Nearing the end of my scan, I learned that jeremiah has a cyst on his brain. The dr said that it's usually a marker for down syndrome, trisomy 18 and other genetic disorders. He said all my genetic testing came back negative for everything and that materniT21 is a highly reliable test that he trusts 100% ... so he did a full , thorough, anatomy scan... he said my baby isn't showing features of babies with downs.. and also no abnormalities with any body parts associated with trisomy 18, 21. He said it may resolve on it's own in 8 weeks time, if it doesn't, we will have to do more specific testing on why this cyst is actually there and what it means, the risks, and so forth. So I go back in November and I'm hoping it's gone by then. Fingers crossed !! Please say a prayer it goes away. I've been a nervous wreck since this whole situation has started to begin with. I've lost 3 pounds from all the stress. It's just so scary to be faced with things you have absolutely no control over, especially when it comes to your unborn child. I'm attaching a few pictures of jeremiah. These are my scans from wednesday. If you look at the picture of his leg and foot, you can see one of the amniotic bands. He also has bands that stretch across his body ! Also, I took a pic of my baby bump today, I'll be 20 weeks in a few days.