Pregnancy ultrasound reveals heart block

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Sarah and Michael Oliveri went to their 20-week ultrasound for their third pregnancy.

When they met the cardiologist, they were told their unborn child had a heart block.

A heart block means that the heartbeat's signal is not moving from the upper to the lower part of the organ correctly.

Only about 1 in 20,000 babies are born with heart block, and only 20% have a pacemaker.

In several years , the battery on the pacemaker will need to be changed, and at some point, the device will need to be exchanged for a larger option. But for now, Mikey is thriving at home with his older brothers, aged 3 and 5 . At over two and a half months old , he's "doing really well," their mother said. "He's doing really well. He's doing great," she said..

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