April 6/ 27 Weeks

We had another appointment with our regular OB today. First his heartbeat was good. Dr. Cox said starting next week they are going to start doing some kind of monitoring test (not sure what it was called). They monitor on ultrasound and they look for certain things like signs of breathing/swallowing and for each of the things we get two points. A good score is between 6 and 8 and a poor score is like a 2-4 in which case they would decide that its better for the baby to have an emergency c-section than to remain in the womb. Then at 32 weeks we will also start the non-stress tests.  Then we went in for the ultrasound. Amniotic fluid was measuring good. His head was still on track. His legs haven't really grown at all, still measuring almost 18 weeks. I asked about the chest and was told that their machine wasn't able to measure it (which the other girl did last time so I was confused). His abdomen was measuring about 2 weeks behind now (25 weeks). Dr. Cox said that the chest and abdomen usually measure around the same and that since the machine is only accurate within about 2 weeks that it was still ok unless we start to see a pattern. I know its not horrible news but still very disappointing. I was really hoping to hear that his chest and everything were measuring normal.  I really didn't care for the UT that I had this time. She never shows us anything or even tells us what she is looking at or what everything is measuring. I kept asking questions about what we were seeing and how things were measuring and she'd just answer me really quick and move on. Basically she said that the Specialist would have to measure the chest and everything because they don't have the tools to do it there. Supposedly, I'm finally going back to the specialist in two weeks but this is the second week in a row that they have tried to get in touch with them for the appointment and we still haven't found anything out. I don't really understand why I have only been seen by the specialist once. It was  was 21 weeks when we found out something was wrong. I will be 29 weeks when we go back and I was told I should see her at least once a month. We are still waiting of course on the test results but also Dr. Patterson supposedly sent the ultrasound to several different specialist all over the country and we still haven't been told what their opinions were. It's very frustrating not to mention scary. Guess we just have to wait and see...again! Next week I have another appointment. Not looking forward to this one at all. Finger Prick, Glucose Test, and Rhogam shot in the bottom (OUCH). I'm going to be a human pin cushion. Also they will start doing the test that we were told about today.