I hope all goes well tomorrow, please let me know how it all turns out, I am also expecting a boy who has SUA, and I think our due dates are about a day apart!!! Please let me know how everything goes!!!
Hey! Well I can tell you that today was MUCH better than yesterday! It turns out that the spot is not on the heart, but in the chest cavity...which they found odd, and it *might* be something, but it could just as easily be nothing at all. We will of course learn more as he grows and more scans are done.
Talking to the genetic counselor was the RIGHT thing to do for us. I went in expecting her to try to talk me into an amnio, but she was actually very understanding of my hesitations, and was very thorough about weighing all the options. (Apparently the specialist I saw recommends this to all her her patients in my situation...and many decline only to have perfectly healthy babies.) She went over my chart and was able to tell us with confidence that his kidneys, brain, and spine all looked fantastic, and his heart was good too, although they were unable to see one part of it...but because of his size, it was normal and of no concern. Additionally, my quad-screen had come back with great results...Don't quote me...but they were in the neighborhood of 1:5,000 for Trisomy 21, 1:1800 for Spina Bifida, and 1:3000 for Trisomy 18.
After we left her, I called the military hospital where I was to attend centering pregnancy class that day, but missed because of the counseling. They rescheduled me for this afternoon with an OB doctor on post. She was AWESOME. She looked over my chart, listened to what I told her about the visit with the specialist and how worried I was because she (the specialist) wanted me to have an amnio. She told me she was glad that we decided against it at this time, because from what she could see, there was really no big deal. Yes, I am considered high-risk because of the 2vc, but she wasn't the least bit concerned about the bright spot in the chest. She said it could be nothing just as easily as it could be something. She was just MUCH more "poo-poo" about it than the specialist. She actually knew which specialist I saw before I told her because apparently she is know for kind of preparing her patients for the worst and leaving it at that.
Anyway, we are still having the echocardiogram done at around 24-25 weeks which God willing will give us just that more reassurance, and we will continue to be seen every 4 weeks for ultrasounds. She also has be set for NST's starting at 26 weeks, but the Army Dr I saw today said they typically don't start them until 32 weeks unless requested by the patient. We will just have to wait and see on that one.
