Quick Update

This is just a super quick update to let you all know our appointment with Dr. S went well today. Little man was really active and looked great. We’ll know for sure after our anatomy scan, but she said everything on her machine looked just perfect. Those were her exact words “everything looks perfect” 🙂 Phew! Just when I thought I was feeling more relaxed, fear and anxiety reared their ugly heads again last night and prevented me from sleeping a wink. So hearing her say, “he looks perfect” was such a relief. Fingers crossed and lots and lots of prayers that she’s right and all is just perfect at our anatomy scan too. The scan is on Monday afternoon at Radiology. Dr. S said the technician will likely not say too much to us about the results, but that she will get the report within a day or two and that she should have the results for me by Wednesday. So… we shall see. Eek! I’m so nervous. Please, please let everything be okay!

Another concern I have, though this is much less important, is with the scan itself. I got a letter in the mail from the Radiology department at Kaiser yesterday with directions for the scan. I have to drink 28 oz of liquid 1 hour before the ultrasound, and I cannot go pee at all before it. If I don’t have a full bladder at the time of the scan, they will cancel the scan and reschedule. Seriously? That can’t be real. I’m going to pee my pants on the drive over!

We also talked with Dr. S about my high risk for a re-occurrence of HELLP. Although I’m doing great so far, she wants to start seeing me more often starting at 23 weeks. I’m so thankful for her. It’s a huge reassurance knowing we have such a great doctor and we won’t have to wait as long between appointments in the coming months. I now have all my appointments booked straight through until the middle of November. My next appointment is a month away on September 10th, which will take me to 23w4d, but then I’ll go back 3 weeks later on September 29th at 26w2d, and then every 2 weeks after that. See my appointment schedule below. At the November 10th appointment (and throughout the weeks leading up to it), we’ll evaluate how I’m doing and possibly start going even more frequently after that. We’ll see. Hopefully this will continue to be a healthy and uneventful pregnancy and I’ll just get a lot of extra appointments 🙂

OB Appointment Schedule:

September 10th – 23 weeks 4 days
September 29th – 26 weeks 2 days
October 13th – 28 weeks 2 days
October 27th – 30 weeks 2 days
November 10th – 32 weeks 2 days

That’s it for today. Little man is moving up a storm now and getting stronger and stronger every day. I think my hubby should be able to feel it really soon too 🙂

In other news…

A fellow blogger, infertilityusuck wrote about Recurrent Pregnancy Loss today, entitled Recurrent Pregnancy Loss AKA RPL, and her words really spoke to me. It took me back to where I was not that long ago and also reminds me of why at 18 weeks 5 days, I’m still scared to let my guard down.

I’m saying so many prayers for all my IF and RPL sisters. May we all make it the other side of this and no longer have to live in fear and doubt anymore. May the next pregnancy be your take home baby, and for those who are still waiting on that first BFP, may it happen very, very soon. Much love and prayers <3

 

 

 

37 thoughts on “Quick Update

  1. I’m so happy for your good news today! I hope the anatomy scan Monday is perfect as well. It’s great to hear you have a doctor who understands your concerns and fears and is letting you visit more frequently! Can you believe we’re almost halfway? 🙂

    1. Thank you so much hon. Yes, I was so happy to have all those appointments nailed down. It definitely gives me some reassurance that we’ll be watched really closely. So glad you’re feeling better today. Hugs <3

  2. So happy baby boy is doing so well! I hope your appointments continue to go smoothly, I’m glad you’re being monitored so closely! I hope it helps put you at ease some. I love your ending sentiment, I hope the very same things!! Xoxo

    1. Thank you so much! It really does help ease my mind to know our doctor is going to be watching me really closely. Hugs to you too! I will be following your journey and sending lots of prayers. I really hope this cycle is it for you!

  3. Hey from experience dont drink all the fluid at one go. Sip slowly and make sure its cold. They let you pee mid way. So you will be fine. Ofcourse when you see the little one wiggling and doing his tricks you forget all peeing.

    1. They were pretty clear that all 28 oz has to be finished one hour prior, but hopefully they’ll let me go if I really have to and then I can just drink more. I have a really small bladder so it doesn’t take much for it to fill up so hopefully it will be okay!

  4. Love that you’ll be monitored closely and LOVE that everything looks perfect with your baby boy!! I’ll be thinking of you on Monday, but know you’ll get continued positive news. Hugs! <3

  5. Yay for the good news! 🙂 And, be happy they told you about having a full bladder. They forgot to tell me that I needed to one time I had some test that required it and we had to sit there for an hour while I drank more and more ice water. *sigh*

    1. That’s brutal! Sorry you had to do that! I think what worries me is they said they will cancel the appointment and reschedule if it’s not full. I have a really small bladder so I’m sure it will be fine, but I really just want the scan done on Monday. The anticipation and anxiety is killing me!

  6. So happy to see that everything continues to go well, and love that your doctor is being very cautious and giving you a schedule that helps to alleviate your fears.

    1. Oh hon, I’m crying. That is just so beautiful and perfect. Thank you so much for sharing it with me. Thinking about you and praying for your appointment today. I hope you reread this before you go in for your scan and keep it in your thoughts. You are so strong too. “Roar on, courageous mama. Roar on.”

  7. I am so glad you got more good news to reassure you yesterday and very relieved Dr. S is being so proactive about monitoring how you are doing in the coming weeks/months. About the water and anatomy scan: I really don’t think they would cancel your appointment, especially if you shared your history even briefly should your bladder not be full enough. I’ve often waited 15 more minutes than they suggest to drink as much as they suggest because my bladder is small and my ability to hold it limited and I’ve only once been told it wasn’t full enough (when they took me in early – so it was no big deal, they said they’d do the other stuff – kidneys, ovaries, etc. – and by the time they got to baby my bladder was full enough). Sending you wishes for a restful night before Monday’s scan and all the best in the weeks to come.

    Thank you on behalf of our sister RPL sufferers and myself for the kind wishes. I’ve had a weird week, which I’m struggling to write about, in which I have found myself trying to adjust to never actually overcoming this and accepting our life as it is… but I’ll join you in hoping that every wish amongto overcome our RPL histories and bring home a living child comes true… somehow, someday.

    1. Thanks hon. I have a really small bladder too, so I’m sure it will be fine too. Even if I have to go before the appointment, I’ll just drink more and I’m sure I’ll have a full bladder pretty quickly too.

      I’m so sorry you’re having a weird week.it just breaks my heart that you’re feeling this way. But of course, I completely understand why you’re considering all possibilities and adjusting your expectations. I know I did it many times too. Sometimes it’s what we have to do in order to to protect our hearts, but I really do have so much hope that this isn’t it for you. Sending you hope and strength hon.

      1. Thank you. It may not be it, I’d be delighted to have some good luck for once, but I think I just need to get on with being alive in the present and not keep pining for some future I may never experience. I can’t do that if I cannot let go and grieve what’s happened. I can’t explain, hopefully the words will come. I feel more peaceful about the conflicting feelings since I’ve stopped just stuffing them down as if they didn’t exist or are too unpleasant. I just want my life back, I guess… or a new one, maybe the old one is gone… a life, then. Because what’s been going on since early 2013 is not really living, not for me. I know you get it… and I’m so glad you’re in a different place now. Keeping all things crossed and hopeful for your little man.

        1. I completely understand. I wanted to just enjoy living again too. All of this really is all consuming. I’m glad you’re feeling more peaceful. Praying you find your happy again. t.

  8. Such great news! Can’t wait for the update on Monday and I hope you get some indication that day that things look good. Interesting about the advice about liquids. I know they want your bladder full, but I’ve never had such specific advice and the whole threatening “we might cancel on you!” seems a little unnecessary. I hope you can hold it 🙂

    On letting your guard down… I hear you! I don’t think mine will ever be down until I am holding this little girl in my arms and she is living and breathing. I think losses give you a new perspective on the fragility of pregnancy. You seem to have a great attitude about it, though. I think as long as we try to let ourselves enjoy it most of the time, we are doing the best we can.

    1. Yeah, I was pretty taken aback by the letter. I have insurance with kaiser Permanente and all their departments are part of one big system so I think they just have protocols they have to go by, but hopefully the staff at the clinic will give me a little leeway. I have a really small bladder so even if I have to go before the scan starts, I’m sure it will fill up quick enough to not be an issue. Hopefully. It would really suck to have to reschedule.

      I think that’s all we can do. We’ll never fully relax, but it is important to celebrate and be happy too. And I really am so happy! 🙂

  9. So glad to read about another good appointment and that your doctor has you on an appointment schedule that you are comfortable with! I’ll be thinking of you and sending you good vibes for Monday. =)

    1. Thanks hon. I think I’ll feel so much better after that scan. There are still other milestones to get past, but that is a big one. So thank you so much for the good vibes! Thinking about you too. I’ll be sending you lots of positive thoughts and good vibes next week too!

  10. Such great news! I’m so happy for you that everything is “perfect” and you’ve found a doctor you’re happy with. To have such good support from your doctor during this time is such a blessing!!

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