Well, we went back to the U of M today for another fetal echo appointment. The doctor told us the same thing as last time. Delivery will take place at the U of M and surgery for Pip will take place shortly after. We don't know details for either of these things until the date approaches and Pip is born. Still hoping for a natural birth over a C-section but it is too early to determine that. Once he/she is born, they will know if surgery will be immediate or if it will happen within so many hours. (The example the Dr gave is if Pip is born in the evening, they will see if they start surgery then or wait until morning.) Again, as long as Pip stays inside (as close to the due date the better) s/he will be just fine.
We learned that Pip is no longer breech, which is a good thing as long as he or she stays in that position! Is it normal to stay there from now on or not with 9 weeks left....?
The Dr. would like us to switch our care all to the U by the time I reach 34 weeks. This is difficult when it is so far away and they only have appointments from 8-4:30. Ellie has all of her appointments made up to 39 weeks with her regular OB in Monticello, but we're not sure if those will all still happen. She isn't giving them up yet because they did meet with another nurse who specializes in helping families and she was more hopeful the regular OB will be able to see me longer and share the information so we don't have to take so much time off before Pip arrives.
We did get some of our questions answered, but still have some yet to be answered when we go back and/or have to wait and see once Pip comes. We go back at 34 weeks to get a tour of the NICU, have another fetal echo, and another level 2 ultra sound. They just want to double check everything else looks good like the kidneys, brain, spine, ect.
One big piece of information we learned is that Pip will be in the hospital for a minimum of 2 weeks after surgery.
Feel free to keep praying :)
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