I was incredibly nervous as we made our drive to St. Mary’s. We would be meeting our potential high risk doctor with SLUCare.
As we passed the hospital I couldn’t help but to reminisce about Jackie. His delivery and his transport to Cardinal Glennon. A flood of emotions hit me…we passed our turn…Jack had to turn around and I managed to pull myself together. We pulled into the parking lot and I mentally focused on the present…on Nemo. This trip was about this baby, this pregnancy…and hopefully our doctor had nothing but good news for us.
We waited patiently in the lobby as I completed paperwork. We were called back to have our ultrasound done. Once again a beautiful baby was moving about the cabin. Nemo appeared to have the hiccups at the time and the ultrasound tech kept praising how well-behaved our baby was…best one of the day! We went back to the lobby to wait for our meeting with our provider.
We met with Dr. Shilpa Babbar. She was extremely gracious with us, understanding our background, and calming my anxieties that I had. I did however freak out a bit when she stated that she would like us to see a general OB for our next visit in 4 weeks! 2 things…1 GENERAL not high risk and 2 … 4 weeks?!?!! She eased my mind once she explained her plan for us. She praised Dr. Cooper’s records that were sent over stating that she had done all of her hard work for her. She then let us know that our growing baby is developing beautifully and she felt that we were no longer in need of high risk care.
Our plan is the following:
Meet with general OB Dr. Ravin on August 16th.
Anatomy Scan September 13th.
We will also be scheduling an Echocardiogram with Cardinal Glennon around 24 weeks because of Jackie’s heart defect and to ease our minds further.
I am still not completely anxiety free…even with all of the positives that came from our appointment. Stepping down from high risk to general is wonderful news. Meeting with our doctors every 4 weeks instead of every week is also wonderful news. However…I am still nervous…I still have anxieties.
We love you Bear, Jackie, Peanut, and Nemo!
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