26 weeks and growing...

Little Jemma is doing fabulous. She is still in the belly growing big and strong. Her heart beat thumps away as she is monitored 24 hours a day. We have made it to 26 weeks and we are so excited. She would do well if they needed to deliver her today but she would do better if we can make it to 28 weeks. So we are watching the calendar and praying that she continues to do this good. Most of the time you are told take things one day at a time but in this case we are taking it two weeks at a time :) Every day in the womb makes a difference but we have set these goals. Get to 28 weeks then 30 weeks then 32 weeks and now since this is only one baby Jade and her doctors have decided to push it to 34 weeks.

Speaking of doctors Jade had another huge scare this week. She has a perinatalogist team of 3 as I have discussed previously. We love two of them and feel very confident in the choices they have made in regards to Jade's care plan. They have been very open with us about possible outcomes and worries. We totally trust the two Dr. M & Dr. M-H but Dr. H is another story. She is the one that left us feeling bewildered and confused after we met her and all she could talk about was something being wrong with Baby B but not sharing why. We asked and asked to only be told cause she is not growing right which might cause her demise. When we found out the next week that the doppler study had shown abnormal readings in the flow to the baby we were so upset that Dr. H hadn't told us. We felt like we should have been told. We also know that if we had seen one of the other two doctors they would have been straight up with us.

We haven't seen the third doctor since that appointment which we thought was for the best. We had gotten over our anger but still don't trust her. Then on Tuesday morning Jade is woken up at 8 am by an OB telling her she has been having contractions while she slept and they want to check for dilation. The doc does the check and says good there has been no progress. He then proceeds to tell Jade that Dr. H is doing the rounds today and has decided that Jade is safe to be sent home to continue on as a normal singleton pregnancy. He said Dr. H will be in momentarily. Jade flips out.

She has been told by both her other doctors that there are still risks and that they still have pretty much the same plan as when both babies were growing.  When Dr. H came in Jade was crying and saying why are you doing this I have already lost one . Why are you willing to risk my other one but the other Peri's are not? She told Dr. H I am not going home because you tell me to I will wait until one of my other doctors are on. Dr. H tells her I am sorry that I am on a different page than my two partners but that is how I feel. Dr. H leaves the room.

I am trying to calm Jade down on the phone. I am an hour away and had worked a twelve hour shift that night. My brain isn't working I don't know what to say or what to do. I tell her Jade have Dr. H removed from your team, ask to have her banned from your care, get a manager in there and explain your concerns. This is ridiculous Jade has been through enough. She doesn't need some doctor from left field trying to change things up. With-in the hour it has been handled Dr. M was called Jade is not going home the plan is still the same. Dr. H is not allowed near Jade or her medical record.

Wow glad we made it through that one. Jade is now calm and comfortable again secure in the knowledge that she has two wonderful doctors that she trust managing her care.

And as to the nurses taking care of Jade, they have all been amazing. She truly has been blessed. She has gotten so close to some of them that she actually cried when they have to be off for a couple days. Mandy and Jade have gotten super close. TY Mandy for taking such good care of our girls :)

Jade and Mandy keeping a watchful eye on little Miss Jemma!