Pixel was born May 31, 2012 at 7:40 pm. He weighed 1 pound 14 ounces and was 13.5 inches long. He was a boy.
We are home from the hospital. We got home around 1 this morning. Things went about as well as they could given the situation.
We did find out the reason Pixel died and there was nothing we could have done to have changed the outcome.
The official cause of death was due to an amniotic band wrapped on the umbilical cord and around one of his hands.
Even without the amniotic band, Pixel would never have survived outside of the womb. He had a cephalic disorder where the back of his skull never developed. It is usually caught on an earlier ultrasound, but as Pixel was very uncooperative during all of our ultrasounds, the doctor was never able to see it. This is a very rare thing and next pregnancy, we will be monitored closely and will probably have a couple extra ultrasounds with a Maternal Fetal Medicine Doctor.
Thank you all so much for your love, kindness and support during this hard time. I will post the birth story at a later date since Darrell kept really good notes.
Love
~S&D