We had our routine, weekly doctor's appointment on Wednesday. Lane's looking good, fluid's measuring good and nothing has changed for the better or worse. As I may have mentioned, my OB has been out on her own maternity leave for the past six weeks, so we've been seeing one of her partners. While my OB did discover the previa at 16 weeks, it has been her partner who has been working with us in the third trimester, when it becomes more serious. My OB has been practicing for ten years, while her partner has been practicing for 24. Both are great doctors, but we fell into a comfort zone with the partner doctor. Doug actually asked at one of our appointments if we could switch to her, to which she said no, it was bad practice. We completely understood, but still kind of felt like, "Well, damn." But, the partner would be assisting during the surgery with my OB, so we at least had that. Well, on Wednesday, she said she had discussed with our doctor and that our doctor was okay with her performing the surgery, with our doctor assisting, instead of vice versa, as we originally thought. Again, we like our doctor very much, but feel this is the best thing for us and for Lane, so we are so excited and relieved!! Our next appointment is Thursday, then we're going to be down to less than a week as a family of three. =)
Yesterday I met with the urologist who will be placing stints in my ureters before the surgery. What this does is makes sure if anything goes wrong and I start bleeding profusely, the doctor will be able to feel the ureters (as they likely wouldn't be visible) and it lessens their risk of being cut. I really liked the doctor and his staff, which is nice, especially when there's not a lot of time to find someone else if I didn't.
Overall, we're cautiously optimistic that Lane will get here uneventfully and all of the precautions that are being taken will have been wasted effort. We ask, now that we are getting down to the wire, for continued prayers from our friends and family.
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