Peri Update

realisticdreams

I saw peri on thursday, and the dr I had been seeing (i liked him as well) was at the hospital so I saw his partner.  Love this man.  One of the most compassionate doctor's i've ever met. 

He took me behind his desk and showed me all of the ultrasound findings.  My fluid had been lower in the week & I had been admitted to the hospital.  He said that it was still low, but on the low side of normal.  He also said that the 'venous/placental lakes' that the other dr was concerned about were still there...and that a couple of them were probably going to infarct, which I guess means that portion of the placenta is non-functional.  But, he was so less gloom & doom about the placenta than the last dr.  He said it's OK even if all of the spots quit functioning that the baby only needs 1/2 the placenta to grow normally. 

He also said that she was in the 42nd percentile, but that because i'm pretty small (5 feet)..and she's consistently that size that it's ok, as well.

I did ask him about induction, becuase the very first dr I saw at my NT scan said that I wasn't allowed to go past 39 weeks.  He agreed, he said they rarely let pt's go past 39 weeks but especially bc of all of my problems & the placenta I wouldn't be allowed.  He said if at 37 weeks my fluid is still low and the baby is still small they will induce.  He said not to be surprised if the baby has to come early.  I was pretty blah about that because I had a non-medicated vaginal delivery with Peyton & I would like to do that again.  In my head I equate induction with C-section.  I don't have enough help/support to have a c-section and come home to take care of Peyton & a baby so it's scary. 

Of course, he also said that if something changes for the worse, (IUGR, very low fluid, abruption, etc.) that I would have her early as well.

I guess it's odd not really knowing when i'm going to have her, I know no one every really knows, but I mentally changed my due date to 7 days earlier and who really knows at this point. 

He said that by the time it gets here they will be tired of worrying about us, I will be tired of worrying about the baby & I will just want her out..I hope he's right.  Otherwise I might throw a hissy & beg for natural labor if things look great. 

I don't technically have an OB right now though..because I left my practice due to multiple reasons & the new OB i saw doesn't have priveleges at the hospital I have to delivery at (peri, nicu, neonatology)..so she's sending my file to her director who runs a sister practice and she assured me I would love him/the other doctor's.  I hope so, I really loved her.