Well, we had our meeting with our new high risk doctors today, and the wait time in that office is terrible. That will be fun to deal with the rest of the pregnancy. We had an ultrasound first. The tech was super friendly and explained everything to us as she looked at it and took pictures. It was nice to be informed that all of his internal organs were there and normal. She looked at of his heart for a long time, so they can have a better idea of what they are dealing with since they are our new providers. She had some trouble with the orientation of the heart and seemed confused but we all laughed it off and made jokes about it.
Once we were done we were sent back to the waiting room to wait for the doctor. Eventually we were called back. We sat down and waited, optimistically. She came in and introduced herself, she asked what our understanding was of what was going on. We briefly explained our viewpoint. She then explained that sometimes heart defects can be secondary to other defects. We were then told that everything else looks good. We were relieved!
However, his heart is on the wrong side of his body. Instead of being on the left side, it's oriented on the right side. A mirror image, is how it was explained. A very rare anomaly. She explained that typically this doesn't pose any immediate threats to the baby. Thankfully. We will learn more about it on June 3rd when we have another echo and meet with the cardiologists.
We are expecting to be induced at 39 weeks.
Once we were done we were sent back to the waiting room to wait for the doctor. Eventually we were called back. We sat down and waited, optimistically. She came in and introduced herself, she asked what our understanding was of what was going on. We briefly explained our viewpoint. She then explained that sometimes heart defects can be secondary to other defects. We were then told that everything else looks good. We were relieved!
However, his heart is on the wrong side of his body. Instead of being on the left side, it's oriented on the right side. A mirror image, is how it was explained. A very rare anomaly. She explained that typically this doesn't pose any immediate threats to the baby. Thankfully. We will learn more about it on June 3rd when we have another echo and meet with the cardiologists.
We are expecting to be induced at 39 weeks.
I'll update more after our June 3rd appt.
hugs to you all
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