December Update

We had an appointment at the hospital today with the high risk doctor. First they did an ultrasound to check on baby girl and everything looked great with her. She's measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule and is 2.5 lbs already! So great news on that front. They looked at the placenta for a bit and then the doctor talked to us. Basically he said it is very hard to tell from ultrasound the degree of the accreta and if it has or has not gone through the uterine wall and attached to any organs. The MRI can give us a closer look, but still may not really provide all the information and they will just have to see to what extent everything is when they do the c section. He wants to wait on the MRI for another month for two reasons: 1. So we can get a look closer to delivery in case things change and 2. So the baby's exposure to the radiation is not quite as long...everything they inject into me will go into her system and will circulate into the amniotic fluid, so the less time in her system the better for her.

He's saying if all goes well, we are planning on delivering at 36 weeks. They will do an amnio at that point and check to make sure the baby is developed enough and will also give me steroid shots to speed up lung development. The doctor will have to wait until the delivery to know if I'm having the hysterectomy at the same time as delivery or if it will be safer to recover from the c section, then go back in a week or so later for the other procedure to try to remove the placenta. It all really depends on how things go and the amount of blood loss that will occur.

So basically, all is well for now. I need to just take things easy and it's a wait and see situation. The good news is that everyone is prepared for what's coming and they will have all sorts of specialists on staff at the delivery as well as blood for transfusions waiting for me so it's not as much of an emergency situation. So all that can really be done at this point is wait and see how things go at delivery, there are still a lot of unknowns. Thank you for all the cards and messages and phone calls and most of all prayers, they are so much appreciated.