Today’s OB/GYN appointment went extremely well. I couldn’t have asked for a better appointment as a matter of fact! Can I just say I love my doctor? She is great, and she listens (which is something hard to find in doctors these days).
Back on task. Doc thinks that we should ignore the ultrasound from Friday. She thinks the findings are odd and would be extremely rare. Most cases where the head measurement is so much smaller than the body measurements would throw up red flags about brain development, but in my case things are a little different. I’ve already had a level 2 ultrasound that confirmed that Charlotte’s brain was developing normally and all parts of the brain were present and accounted for. So, she laughed it off and said she thought the ultrasound tech was drunk. However, she did still want to keep me on heavy monitoring just in case. So, I still have the emergency perinatologist appointment about 7 hours from now. I’ll have another level 2 ultrasound at this appointment. They will re-check all of the measurements and also check again to make sure that the brain is forming normally and all parts are there. I’ll update about that later after the appointment.
Also found in Friday’s ultrasound was that my placenta previa has cleared up. Or in other words, my uterus has grown enough to pull the placenta up away from the cervix. Doctors like to say that it has “migrated” upwards. LOL I can’t say it without laughing. I just want to think of a placenta packing it’s things up and making the long travel away from the cervix in search of something–food maybe? LOL
Doctor also has me now doing weekly non-stress tests. Yay. Fun. Can you sense the sarcasm? It’s there and it’s oh so heavy. So, I had my first one today right after my appointment. It was good, not great, but good. Charlotte was reactive. Her baseline was a little low at times, but the accelerations with activity were appropriate. So it was considered “good”. Let’s hope they stay that way atleast until 37 weeks!
I also want to add on here that I found out where the IUGR diagnosis came from. It came from the radiologist and just like I had thought, it was the paperwork that makes it look that way. I am lucky that my doc actually listened to me and agrees that since I had been TTC for so long that she felt that we could trust what I know to be my ovulation date. Color me dumbfounded! Doctors never listen when you say you know when you ovulate! Let me again say. I love my doctor!
And for the title of this post. Doc and I were talking about Charlotte’s head maybe just being naturally small. So, I pointed out Paul’s head and she looked at him and very seriously says “You do have a small head.” I nearly died laughing and was real close to falling right off the exam table! I am forever teasing Paul about his egg-headed-ness and he returns the favor by calling me a fat head. I just love that someone else agrees with me that he has an egg head!
4 Comments
August 28, 2008 at 7:07 am
WHEW!!!! I am glad that your dr takes the time to visit with you and LISTEN to what you have to say.
Hoping all goes well with the Peri today too! As much as we can not WAIT to see her little face, I think we’d all rather wait a few more weeks to be sure she is fully baked!!!!
August 28, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hang in there! It’s almost over!
August 28, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Well, it IS good to read all of the above. Glad to hear your doctor supports the theory that the radiologist is full of crap. Yay for good appointments that put your mind at ease. Looking forward to more good news after your next appointment.
August 29, 2008 at 11:42 am
I want your Dr…..LOL. She sounds like a rare find. I am so happy tp hear good news! Ny niece has a small head (has had one since her birth) and I believe she is smarter then most 3 year olds…….Charlie just wants to make her birth easier on you!!!!!!