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Friday, November 1, 2013

Our First Jefferson Appointment

Wednesday was our first appointment with the Maternal Fetal Medicine OBs at Jefferson Hospital. We had scheduled an ultrasound, a consult with one of the doctors, and a fetal echocardiogram with added oxygen.

First we had the ultrasound. They measured all of his bones and body parts and took some 3D images of his ribs/chest. They really didn't tell us anything after the ultrasound which I was a little upset about. They didn't tell us how his ribs looked, which I was really looking forward to hearing about. They said there was beading (breaks) on the ribs but did not tell us if there was a lot or a little. A small amount of beading would be okay, but one of our main concerns is that if there is too many breaks on the ribs he won't be able to breathe once he is born. I am hoping that they can give us more information the next time we go. Then we met Dr. Berghelli, one of the OB doctors. We only got to meet with him for a short period of time but he seemed to be very nice. But again not much new information was given to us.

Lastly, we got our fetal echo with oxygen done. For this test, they measured the baby's heart and lungs and then measured again while I was breathing into an oxygen mask. He explained it like this, "When a baby is born and is blue, we put an oxygen mask on them and if everything is working properly the baby should pink right up. We tested this on babies in the womb and it works the same way." So we got this test done and the doctor said that Gavin's heart and lungs worked exactly how they are supposed to, which is really good to hear. He also said that he didn't see a hole in Gavin's heart but if there is one it has got to be pretty small at this point.

So overall, I wish we had gotten more information than we did, but I am really happy about the news that we did get. Hoping for more good news when we go back in three weeks.

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