We had our monthly OB appointment this morning - the way in....man oh man you can tell that I'm not used to traffic anymore (helps when I get to work at 6:30 am and leave by 3:30 pm) but holy hell was traffic horrendous and for no reason what so ever. Gotta love 9:00 am traffic jams!
Met the hubs at the hospital and wait to get called in. I was so scared for this appointment because of a nightmare I had last night - when I woke up in this nightmare I was bleeding and it wouldn't stop. This was the first real bad dream I've had and I can tell you it was enough.
Doctor started going over things from my blood work - need to get a booster shot after delivery because my antibodies from the vaccine I received as a kid were not measurable...but nothing to worry about. Discussed the Maternit21 test results and how they all came back with no concerns. Told me to schedule my next u/s appointment, which was already done. We then began the discussion on how to deliver this little girl again. She is still on the fence and so is her team - some say they would section me others say they wouldn't. There are a few more doctors that she is going to reach out to and then I will speak to the doctor when I go get my u/s (they are keeping me in the genetic office for these). I just told her all I cared about was the safest way.
Because my situation is so uncommon and unheard of they are having a hard time figuring this all out. There are no cases to study, no research to look up, nothing. If I do a naturally delivery there is a chance for the hole in my uterus to reopen - if they do a c-section they are unsure what they will find inside and could cause damage which could lead to another ileostomy (worst case for both options). She keeps saying a 1% chance, a 1% chance...well Doc, let's look at my history and the 1% chance of things happening that actually did happen. It's just a very delicate situation that needs to be thought through tremendously. One thing that she did correct me on when I said the safest way, was that it needs to be the safest way for both of us (I just said for the baby) I'm not thinking about me, all I care is for her to be safe. I have struggled too long and too hard and battled so many obstacles to not have that be my number one concern.
My safety, yes....but hers is first!
Conversation ended and she was eager to get to the heartbeat.....I did tell her I cheated and found it already. Within seconds of putting the doppler on my belly there my little girl was - nice, strong heartbeat! Atta girl!
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