Our spirits were lifted after the relative good news that we had received in previous weeks. Whilst we knew that we ought to be cautious with our enthusiasm, equally we were joyous that our baby was doing the best she could be given the circumstances.
During the month of November we had a few more hurdles to jump-our 2nd heart scan (21wks) and our 2nd visit to the consultant....
6th November
The one and a half hour journey to Oxford was less nerve-wracking this time, the familiarity of the route and of the hospital itself seemed to put me at ease. Plus we had arrived only half an hour in advance this time (compared to the one and a half hours last time!).
Our two heart consultants welcomed us in to the scan room with plenty of smiles, and asked of baby's progress. As with the last visit, there was plenty of muttering between them during the scan, but also some laughing-always a good sign.
Looking at the scan monitor had become something of a traumatic experience for me during the weeks since that 'there's a problem' scan, however for some reason, I couldn't take my eyes off the monitor that day. The heart consultant joked that baby was making his job easy as she kept on moving in to the right positions!
He explained that all was looking well still and that they were both pleased, but still left us with that final warning that things can change at ANY time.
We left the hospital as calmly, and positively as we had arrived.
13th November
This was the day I was dreading-I had nick named our consultant Mrs Doom & Gloom (not very good of me I know). Tim was by my side that morning, and I went in all guns blazing ready to stand my ground and give her an injection of positivity.
To my surprise, we had a totally different consultant! As she looked over our recent results, she mentioned how pleased she was at the progress. She also kindly agreed to a further scan at 28 weeks to put my mind at ease. I was expecting to have a fight on my hands that morning, but left feeling pleasantly surprised.
The one thing that shocked me at this point though was that, because my pregnancy was going well, they didn't want any extra scans, checks etc (other than the 34wk heart scan requested by John Radcliffe hospital). Now whilst its nice that they want to treat us like any other normal functioning pregnancy, it's not a normal pregnancy-our baby is missing a whole chromosome!! I want weekly scans, in fact no I want my own personal daily check!! Okay, so I'm being a tad ridiculous, but with a miscarriage rate of 99% at any point during the pregnancy, I was a little unsettled that they didn't really want to do much else.
Anyhow, other than a few midwife appointments here and there, and me having a rather large meltdown this week, that has pretty much got you up to speed.
I wish wish wish that we could be one of those families that coos over prams, baby outfits and teddies, but we still have our cautious hats on. Though we have had a little break through in that we recently bought a gorgeous hand made teddy made by a friend, and one baby outfit (in tiny baby). Our lovely neighbours also gave us a beautiful bag of things containing no less than 5 GORGEOUS pairs of baby shoes. Tim has also made a start on his project-the nursery. That's it for now though in terms of baby prep. Maybe we'll see what the new year brings :)
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