So far so good, still
I'll be 9 weeks this weekend and starting to feel like we might be out of the woods for an early miscarriage. Did I really type that? I guess I should knock wood or something...
I had a great doctor's appointment this week. Baby is measuring right on target -- with a heartbeat of 183. My doctor has a new ultrasound machine with sound so we got to hear that magical sound.
I go back in three weeks for another check up and to schedule surgery for the cerclage placement. I'm a little conflicted. Ideally I'd like a perinatologist to work with my OB to treat my cervix. The hot shit IC doctor won't share -- I'd have to be seen only by him. I know a woman who went to him and his bedside manner isn't great, he's arrogant and he didn't seem to have a lot of empathy for what she was going through.
After talking to my doctor I think I just want to have her place the cerclage and see me through this pregnancy. If my cervix is at all compromised she'll have someone else do the surgery. But I feel like she's invested in this -- and in us. When we lost our little girl she came in on her day off to perform emergency surgery when I was hemorrhaging. Later she stood by the side of my bed and held my hand while we both cried. She's amazing.
Obviously there are other peris in town and I will for sure be seeing one for an amnio and to check the baby's heart (my sister was born with a heart defect). So I will be under the care of a specialist as well as my ob, just not THE guy if I stay with my OB. I think that's the right decision -- I wish I knew for sure.
I had a great doctor's appointment this week. Baby is measuring right on target -- with a heartbeat of 183. My doctor has a new ultrasound machine with sound so we got to hear that magical sound.
I go back in three weeks for another check up and to schedule surgery for the cerclage placement. I'm a little conflicted. Ideally I'd like a perinatologist to work with my OB to treat my cervix. The hot shit IC doctor won't share -- I'd have to be seen only by him. I know a woman who went to him and his bedside manner isn't great, he's arrogant and he didn't seem to have a lot of empathy for what she was going through.
After talking to my doctor I think I just want to have her place the cerclage and see me through this pregnancy. If my cervix is at all compromised she'll have someone else do the surgery. But I feel like she's invested in this -- and in us. When we lost our little girl she came in on her day off to perform emergency surgery when I was hemorrhaging. Later she stood by the side of my bed and held my hand while we both cried. She's amazing.
Obviously there are other peris in town and I will for sure be seeing one for an amnio and to check the baby's heart (my sister was born with a heart defect). So I will be under the care of a specialist as well as my ob, just not THE guy if I stay with my OB. I think that's the right decision -- I wish I knew for sure.
posted by Sarah at
9:29 PM
2 Comments:
Congratulations! As a fellow IC'er (I have a permanent transabdominal cerclage now), I would say have the doctor who has the BEST cerclage skills do the actual surgery, then get followed by whoever you feel most comfortable with. You want and deserve a really great stitch with a great placement. Go with whoever can give you that. Best of luck! - Andrea
Good luck with your Cerclage - I think you are making very good decisions. I am about to have a cerclage put in next week (after two very very pre-term births years ago) and have gone through some of the same thought process as you... What doctor do I need to go to vs. who I really like? How often do I NEED to see a specialist? Does cerclage really work / I have read where they no longer think it does?
So many questions, and not really anyone to guide us through the process... isn't it fun?
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