Thursday, April 2, 2009

We Got a Heart Beat. 122!!!!

Today I had my first MFM appointment. I have been dreading this day all week. After spotting on Satuday day I had convinced myself that there would be no heart beat. Chris to me to the Dr. at 0930. We waited just a few minutes before we were called in. The tecnition took us right away for the ultra sound. He had asked me a few questions and once he saw my stomach and the bright purple brusies he asked me if this was my first pregnany. I politely said no. He asked how many children I had at home and I politely said none. He than said he was very sorry and asked me how far along I was when i lost my baby. Its been a while siince any one had asked me about my loss. It stirred up so many emotions, but he was very kind and polite and he kept telling me how sorry he was and just before I was about to burst into tears he told me he sees the heart beating. He said the baby was too small and the frequesncy ws too low for us to hear it, but he was able to see it and he showed me it on the monitor. 122 beats per minute. He probably spent around 20 minutes taking lots of picutres of the baby and the the two fibroids he found.
After the u/s we went back into the waiting room for what seemed like an hour. I thought I was going in for a physical exam but the nurse brought me into the Dr. office. After a few minutes of silence he asked why I had scheduled an OB appointment. I was taken back a little. I explainted to him that his receptionist told me that I would be seeing him exculsively and that I didn't have to see my OB. He said that was crazy and that I shlould make an appointment to see my OB with in the next few weeks. Thank God I had already made an appointment for next week. He said that my OB, Dr. Gallo is the boss and if he wants to deliver me he can unless he feels like I would be in better hands witht the MFM. I was so happy to hear this. I love Dr. Gallo and dreamed of him delivering my baby. The. MFM Dr. Alvarez said everything looked good except my fibroids. I was shoked to hear him say this becuase i have alwsy been told that fiborids were not a big deal. I think my Frioend Eleonora has 2 huge ones and her pregnancy was fine. I also mentioned the fact that he had previously said he would put me on prednisone. Well he didn't have that in his notes and he didn't think it was a great idea. This really concerns me and I will have to bring it up with Dr. gallo once I see him next week. Dr. Alvarez really didn't say anything else. I have an appointment with a Hemotologist tomorrow. I don't know what kind of test he is going to do but it should be interesting.
So, I guess the appointment went well and I should be really excited, but I just feel OK. Maybe I'll feel better after I speak to Dr. Gallo.

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