Big fat bummer
So I've alluded in the last few weeks to the fact that we are supposed to be moving overseas in May. I don't want to get into location and stuff just yet because the details haven't all been totally worked out (ah, the federal government), but we do have flight reservations out of the country in less than two weeks.
Except now the powers-that-be are saying they don't want me to go on account of my placenta previa diagnosis. The country we're moving to does not have great medical care and they are concerned about the worst case scenario (hemmorrhage). My midwives, though, have said that I should for sure go with DH. I would be coming back here no later than 34 weeks to have the baby anyway. So they've lobbied on my behalf, but the powers-that-be aren't willing to give much. They've told me I can go see a high-risk OBGYN and if HE says I can go, then I can go. So we're going to jump through this hoop, but I'm pretty sure this is going to end with DH getting on a plane alone. There is a slight chance that DH's travel will be postponed a bit, but we won't know about that until next week.
So I am super, super-bummed. I understand that the place we are going to is not the best place to be if something really bad happens. But the chances of that something bad happening are pretty small, and I'm honestly willing to take the risk. DH and I have spent way too much time apart. Some of you might remember that he spent a year (including the first half of my pg with DD) in Afghanistan. We've been together five years, but have spent less than a third of that time on the same continent. I was really hoping we might have some time before #2 comes to reconnect. DD is so high-maintenance that we really don't get much quality time. And if we have to be separated until we have TWO babies, who knows when we'll get that time.
End sob story.
Re: Big fat bummer
Surgery for ectopic pregnancy June 3, 2008
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BFP #2 September 25, 2008
Baby boy born June 4, 2009 at 40 weeks
8 pounds 13 ounces and 23 inches
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BFP #3 February 6, 2011
First U/S February 25, 2011 = TWINS!!!
Boy/girl twins born October 4, 2011