Second Opinion

I finally made the appointment with MFM doctor for Thursday December 1st.  The appointment is to get a second opinion about what I need to do to prevent what happened with Lindsey from happening again.

I trust my doctor, she is aggressive with her treatments, she is caring and understanding and she is experienced.  I just don't want to put all of my eggs in one basket so to speak.  I just felt a great desire to see another doctor to reaffirm that we are doing the right thing for our baby.  I am prepared to do whatever I need to to ensure that this baby comes home with us and live a happy healthy life.  If that means I need to be firm with the receptionists and nurses at my doctor's office then so be it.

Sadly, the more well-known and experienced MFM doctors are no longer in the Rockford area so I am meeting a new doctor on Thursday.  We will be doing an u/s to check on the baby and also checking CL. I am anxious to see if my CL changed at all since my 12 week appt.  Apparently the cervix changes length often but I am still hoping for a great number that isn't less than my previous 4.8cm.  After the ultrasounds we will have a consult with the doctor to get his opinion on what he thinks needs to be done for me.  We are definitely going forward with the cerclage no matter what the specialist says.   I am more concerned with the timing of the cerclage and the starting of the 17P injections.

17P injections are thought to prevent preterm labor, which is always a concern with my history and with the cerclage.  My doctor wants to start them at 17 weeks but I would prefer to start them a week earlier at 16 weeks.  16 weeks seems to be a fairly common time to start them so I don't see why that would be an issue.  Since I ended up in the hospital at exactly 18 weeks 2-3cm dilated I just feel that the earlier we do the cerclage and injections the better.

For the cerclage at 14 weeks the bag of water is smaller, there is always a risk of rupture during the cerclage procedure so I just feel the earlier the better.  Again, it seems fairly common to have the cerclage done at 13-14 weeks.

On another positive note, my m/s is slowly decreasing!  I haven't vomited in 2 weeks!!  Of course I am still on Zofran and get nauseous sometimes but it's much better lately.  I am going to slowly try to decrease the Zofran but I'm afraid to do so on days that I am not at home all day, especially when I am at work for fear that I will get sick and won't be able to function.  I still have all of the other fun symptoms though; sour stomach, heartburn and sometimes things tend to just come back up and burn my  throat but I can usually just swallow it back down….such a fun topic!

I am exhausted from the long holiday weekend that isn't even over yet!  Going to try to sneak a quick nap in the car on the way to the family's house!  I was just up too early today making Crumble Top Apple Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Fluff and Three Cheese Balls for today's festivities!