I had my first appointment and it was.... interesting! They brought it forward a week, and changed everyone else's schedules to bring me in early which freaked me out a little...
I'm seeing a high risk ob/gyn because I have an aortic aneurysm, and my dad and aunt died at 28 and 24 from the same thing. My aneurysm is fairly small as far as aneurysms go, and hasn't changed in the 2 years I've known about it.
So it turns out she wanted me in early because she was very worried about me having an aneurysm, and didn't think it was a good idea for me to even be pregnant - despite the fact that I saw the cardiologist who is a leading specialist in aortic aneurysms and he doesn't think I'll have any issues. Afterwards my hubby and I talked about it and we both got the impression that she was trying to give us the option of aborting without actually saying those words...
She wasn't happy when I said I didn't want a c-section. I said to her that if all my heart scans are fine, and show no change through the pregnancy, then I am absolutely want to avoid a c-section. If the aneurysm gets any bigger, then sure - I'll be happy to have a c-section - my life is important to me as well!
She also wants to send us for genetic testing (even though they can't identify the gene responsible), get a fetal echocardiogram (heart scan) at 22 weeks, and then have monthly echocardiograms myself once I reach the 5 month mark.
I kind of think she's overreacting because she is a high risk person and it's her job to be ultra conservative, but then it was also very sobering for us that because they can't identify the gene causing this condition, and they don't have much information on aortic aneurysms and pregnancy, that it really could be risking my life.
So I'm going to be babied the entire way through the pregnancy I think....
I'm seeing a high risk ob/gyn because I have an aortic aneurysm, and my dad and aunt died at 28 and 24 from the same thing. My aneurysm is fairly small as far as aneurysms go, and hasn't changed in the 2 years I've known about it.
So it turns out she wanted me in early because she was very worried about me having an aneurysm, and didn't think it was a good idea for me to even be pregnant - despite the fact that I saw the cardiologist who is a leading specialist in aortic aneurysms and he doesn't think I'll have any issues. Afterwards my hubby and I talked about it and we both got the impression that she was trying to give us the option of aborting without actually saying those words...
She wasn't happy when I said I didn't want a c-section. I said to her that if all my heart scans are fine, and show no change through the pregnancy, then I am absolutely want to avoid a c-section. If the aneurysm gets any bigger, then sure - I'll be happy to have a c-section - my life is important to me as well!
She also wants to send us for genetic testing (even though they can't identify the gene responsible), get a fetal echocardiogram (heart scan) at 22 weeks, and then have monthly echocardiograms myself once I reach the 5 month mark.
I kind of think she's overreacting because she is a high risk person and it's her job to be ultra conservative, but then it was also very sobering for us that because they can't identify the gene causing this condition, and they don't have much information on aortic aneurysms and pregnancy, that it really could be risking my life.
So I'm going to be babied the entire way through the pregnancy I think....