Genuinely Relieved

I had what we expect to be my last ultrasound of this pregnancy today. Can I just mention once again how much I love Dr. Butt. I went in irrationally nervous (I am still waiting for the wheels to fall of in some manner or another) and with many questions after my discussion with Dr. Adam last week. I also had my mother-in-law with me because she's never seen an ultrasound and we thought it would be neat for her to experience one. Dr. Butt and Sandy took it all in stride.

To start with, Sandy, the nurse, was great about identifying all of the parts of the baby, pointing things out to MIL, trying to make them as clear as possible. She was great about answering questions.

When Dr. Butt came in, I put her on the spot almost immediately with regard to the suggestions made by the paediatric nephrologist. I wanted to know if she felt that the difference of a couple of days when it came to the return of the genetic test results warranted the planned induction or, heaven forbid, c-section, at 37 weeks. I made clear to her that we'd received three different stories and my concerns were from my meeting with the paediatric nephrologist earlier this month. She agreed with Dr. Adam and I that it seemed like a drastic measure to get test results a couple of days earlier, but wanted to check with the head paed from the NICU before she gave a solid opinion. Luckily, that doctor also agreed with us. I cannot tell you how relieved I was to hear this.

I was given the option of meeting with Dr. Bulleid (the NICU paed) and asked to be given the time to think about it. I think I will take the opportunity so that I know what to expect and can negotiate with her regarding my staying in the hospital as long as the babe is there and having him with me as much as possible. I will be calling the office tomorrow to request that an appointment be set up sometime soon.

It is such a load off my mind to (a) know that I am not the only one who feels that starting the process of intervention so early and for so little benefit is not worth it and (b) be able to plan for this event or at least to have some idea what is going to happen. *sigh*

In other news, we are enjoying vacation very much. Isabel and I hung out together yesterday - we shopped a little, baked a little and relaxed a lot :) She went to daycare while I ran errands today. Dave is working through the 23rd of December and then has a few days off. His parents are up until the 27th or 28th of the month.

We got no pics of the babe from this ultrasound because he is just far too squished in there to get anything decent. We couldn't get a good shot of anything. The best I can do is post a silly picture of me and the belly all dolled up after my staff Christmas party.