The ultrasound on Thursday was good...as good as I was hoping for. The baby still has a heartbeat (in the 150s this time!) and is growing on schedule. It is still measuring 4-5 days behind but at least it has been consistent. The blood pooling in my uterus is still there though and I was really hoping they were going to say Everthing looks perfect. Just go about your business and plan on having a baby in November. They didn't say that. Instead they sent me for blood work to test my progesterone levels with a diagnosis of Threatened on the order form. Seeing Threatened in writing didn't really do much to ease the pit that has been sitting in the bottom of my stomach for two weeks making it hard to swallow. Then the April Blizzard of 2008 hit and I couldn't get the results until this morning. They said my level was 15.2 and that they wanted it to be above 12. If it wasn't above 12 they would start a progesterone supplement. I asked what is normal and she said 15-32. I am a mere 0.2 into the normal level which has sort of sent me back in panic mode. Not that I ever left panic mode but you know there were moments this weekend when I was actually complaining about the stomach-ickiness rather than just being damn thankful to be having it. I have yet another ultrasound tomorrow followed by more blood work so perhaps at some point I can go back to the life where I only have to go sit in the waiting room at the OB office for 2 hours once a month as opposed to 2 hours twice a week.
In addition this week I am contemplating switching OBs. Not really because I don't like my old one but because I sort of like the one that did my c-section better. I saw the one that did my c-section last week and she remembered me and Ski, that we had had a baby relatively recently, she remembered my septum without even looking at my chart. I don't think my regular doctor had any clue who we were when we were there last week. Is it weird to switch doctors? I think the old Doctor has a really good bedside manner and she always makes me feel like everything is NO BIG DEAL but the new doctor seems more proactive and cautious. I can't decide which is better. And I can't ask anyone for advice because let's face it, no one even knows that I'm pregnant. If I was all like Do you think I should switch OBs? they just might get suspicious.
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