Ethan!

Ethan - Also known as Baby B - was always the bigger guy...He was on my right side, and was constantly turning around inside....I never knew which direction he would be when I went in for check-ups! One week he would be head down, the next week, on the diagonal or head-up! His movements were big, rolling motions.

As we prepared to leave the hospital after the delivery, we were told that Ethan had a condition called a VSD - a hole between the lower chambers of his heart. It is a small hole, and may even repair itself, but we were so sad to think of this perfect baby as having something wrong with him...So we took him home with the thought that he could, someday, need heart surgery.

Ethan never had a problem eating - It's one of his favorite things to do! So his heart condition has yet to impact him...However, he did develop another issue which caused a setback. He started throwing up at night, which became excessive one night, so we took him to the ER. After an x-ray and an ultrasound, it was determined that he had a condition called pyloric stenosis, which is when the pyloric valve becomes enlarged, and keeps food from passing from the stomach to the intestines. So...He was operated on at AI Dupont in Delaware to correct the situation. We spent three days in the hospital, and the problem was fixed! Now he just spits up like any other baby!