Sorry we haven't updated recently. There really hasn't been much of an update from the doctors. I feel right now we are just in the waiting phase until Caroline is born.
We did see a doctor from UVA last week and we have not been impressed with him so we are going to ask to see a different doctor on our followup. We have met with this doctor once before and I am sure he is a very smart doctor but his bedside manner is absolutely terrible. He came into the room this past visit and was very concerned about her growth and said that she had "fallen off the growth curve" and so I was worried and I told him yes we know she is small, is she not growing? and his response was, "oh, you already know that she is small?" He had not read or even bothered to look at the last TWO office notes from UVA regarding the discussion about her growth. So really, she has grown since the last appointment and yes we know she is on the smaller side. I was really upset that he had us worried about her size when really he just hadn't bothered to look back at the previous office visits and she was still growing and making progress. Also, he kept telling us "this isn't something to take lightly" about everything. I'm sorry, I know that we may be young and this is our first child but we have in no way taken any of this lightly. Just because we don't cry and get upset at our appointments doesn't mean that we are taking this lightly. It has just been frustrating with him and he dances around answering our questions and just seems very demeaning to us. We will definitely be seeing another doctor on our followup.
Anyways, enough of that complaining! We did see our regular OB, Dr. Phemister last week as well and he has been absolutely wonderful. We have been recommended to have weekly stress tests on Caroline until she is born because of her size. So we had our first test on Friday and of course she passed! We know that she is a little fighter and wants us all to know she is doing just fine in there! I also had my sugar test a couple weeks ago and passed that and had to get a couple of shots. Those shots were no joke, made my arm hurt for DAYS! I thought getting the flu shot was bad! Phemister reassured us that things were looking good. He said she is in the 10th percentile for her weight but he is actually happy with that. We will just keep praying that she keeps growing and making progress over these next few weeks!
They have not set a date for our C-Section yet. We will go back to UVA on November 2nd and they will schedule a date then. They usually schedule around 39 weeks which happens to be Thanksgiving week so I don't know if they will keep it that week or if they will try and wait until my due date or make the appointment even sooner. So she could be here anywhere from the middle of November to the beginning of December!
Last weekend, I had the privilege to sit down and talk with a mother in Lynchburg who has a daughter that has Spina Bifida. I consider this a privilege because being able to talk to someone who has gone through everything that we are going through and can give us insight into raising a child with SB is just amazing. We could spend hours upon days researching and learning on the internet (which we have done!) but there really is no replacement for someone who has actually lived it. She gave us a lot of reassurance that we can do this and we will make it work for us. She talked to me about the whole process from the time she found out her sweet little girl had SB to delivery to being home for the first time all the way until where she is now. Her little girl is 12 and is riding horses and loves dancing! It truly was just amazing to listen to her talk about how, yes, things will be different but they will still be just as good! We will definitely have to make some adjustments but Caroline will still have a wonderfully beautiful life and we will do whatever we can to make sure that she does!
We thank everyone for the love and support! Caroline has no idea how much she is already loved and cared for by so many people! She will definitely be a little on the spoiled side and we are ok with that! We will keep everyone updated over the next few weeks until she makes her big arrival into this world very soon!
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