24wk Appt

Dan and I went to visit Dr. P today for my 24wk appt. My weight and blood pressure are good and I measure 25wks.

We discussed Lincoln's condition and what that meant for us seeing Dr. P in the future. She does not handle high risk pregnancies, and if the CDH condition persists, she would recommend we see a specialist. She also said that we are more than welcome to see her in conjunction with the new doc, but that could make things more complicated for us. It is really up to us what we want to do. She recommended I wait to schedule my 28 wk with her until after we have the next ultrasound with Dr. B on the 21st to assess the situation and make a decision on who we want to see for future appts.

Dr. P knows a fetal surgeon at St. Mary's that she is going to contact about our situation to see if it is something he could help with. We may want to switch to him for general care throughout the pregnancy if he is able to help Lincoln. She was unsure whether he performed the prenatal tracheal occlusion surgery. She also mentioned, as did Dr. B, our place of delivery is very important and we will want to deliver as close to Children's Hospital as possible. She didn't give us a date for getting back to us after contacting the surgeon, but I will call her Friday if I haven't heard from her.

Dr. P agreed with the suggestion of an MRI between wks 28-30 and she offered to make the appt for us, but I wanted to wait until after the next ultrasound. No need to get ahead of ourselves. With everything going on, Dr. P decided to keep my due date based on my LMP, so we are back to June 4th EDD, putting me at 24wks 1day.

So, now we are just waiting to hear from the genetic counselor about the final genetic testing sometime late this week, and then waiting to meet with Dr. B at the perinatal center at St. John's for the next ultrasound and to hear his recommendations.