A self portrait"belly" shoot (18 weeks)Sorry this update is belated. I had my appointments on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week and just haven't felt like getting on the blog and typing it all out. I am lazy!
On Tuesday Rodney went to the new perinatologist Dr. G. This was my second visit with him and Rodney's first. Dr. G. did the ultrasound, but couldn't do the amnio because the baby's sac is not fully connected. He then told me that this might be another sign that there are chromosome problems. I listened, but at this point I wanted to the appointment to be over because I knew in my heart that Dr. G was not going to be my perinatologist. He is not a very optimistic guy. He is very straight to the point even if that means causing unnecessary worry. I had a hard time deciding whether to stick with Dr. T or Dr. G before this appointment, but truly feel that God helped me make the right decision. His plan was for my sac not to be fully attached, so that I wouldn't undergo the amino that day.
So, on to Dr. T. on Wednesday. I didn't mention to him about my appointment with Dr. G. until the end of my appointment. I wanted to see what he said before mentioned the results of another dr.
Dr. T said that he is not going to call this a cystic hygroma yet, because it it not septated. Septated hyromas have walls that divide the cyst into individual cyst. These are more serious, so we are praying he doesn't see any walls during any ultrasounds in the near future.
Dr. T. also said that he is not concerned about my sac being connected at this time. He said that 16 weeks is the earliest they can do an amnio and that it is completely normal for my sac not to be completed attached at this time. I go back on June 18th (19 weeks) for the amnio.
Dr. T. did raise my odds of Down Syndrome to 1-55 because now my nuchal fold measurement is at 7 mm. It was at 2.9 mm at 11 weeks. The measurement does grow with the baby and I believe a normal measurement would be 5 or 6mm at 16 weeks. However, the only accurate measurement is during 11 and 13 weeks and any measurements after is not considered accurate. So, who knows if this measurement is accurate, but we are still going to do the amnio to rule out Downs and Turners. We want to rule out any chromosome issues or know about them so that the doctor can better treat the baby at birth.
I told Dr. T about my appointment with Dr. G at the end of my appointment. I told Dr. T that I appreciate him answering all of my questions and even mentioning things that I wondered about but didn't ask about. I appreciated the fact that when he told me something or answered my questions he didn't try to put more worry in my head. I told him how much I appreciated his bedside manner. He said that we (us and him) can't change the final outcome (good or bad) but we can go through this process without causing unnecessary worry. I couldn't have agreed with him more. He has hope and we have hope and that is what I need in a doctor.
I go back on June 18th for another ultrasound and amnio and will do another baby update then.
Psalm 56:3-4
When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
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