Today I had my appointment with the perinatologist. It went well. We were there at 7:45- before the doctors even got there! After a bunch of paperwork we went back to the exam room. We got to have an ultrasound done. It was awesome to see little Matty- he actually looked like a real baby!
2D profile shotAfter the ultrasound Tony asked the ultrasound nurse if everything looked good, and she replied that she wasn’t allowed to say anything. That was a little unsettling, as the other nurses have given us at least a ‘looks good, but the doctor will tell you more.’ Next the specialist came in and talked to us about why we had been referred (low platelet count: if it gets too low blood won’t clot= excessive bleeding= danger for mom and baby). She said that my numbers weren’t too bad yet. Her advice was to continue to check my platelet count every 1-2 weeks. If the numbers fall below 100 I would be given a steroid (that doesn’t cross the placenta) to help boost my count. Everything looked good with the baby. Sometimes they worry about the baby not growing enough, or that he may have bleeding in the head, or some other problem. There was none of that though! Thank goodness. The doctor also did some 3D/4D pictures of his face for us. He was a little shy at first, keeping his fist in front of his face. Eventually he moved it and we got some cute pictures. It was amazing to see him like that. It was as if someone was taking an actual picture, not just a profile shot.
Being Shy.
Sucking on his fist.
Little Matty!
Looks like he's got my nose!
So everything is a go for now; just more monitoring. 6 1/2 more weeks. Let’s go October!!
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