Who ever said this was going to be easy?

Dr. Daum

Before meeting with our Dr we got a tour of the NICU unit at the hospital. We loved it! We also loved the rooms we would be in. They have a mother baby policy, where unless the baby is in NICU then they are in the room with you and you will only have 1 nurse that sees you. After doing our tour of the hospital we walked over and had our 1st appt with Dr. Daum yesturday (he offices in the hospital). He was the 1st recommended Dr. that was referred to us by another Dr. who I have a lot of trust in. I was told Dr. Daum is a high risk doctor and that out of all the doctors I was going to interview he was "technically the best". He has 28 years experience.

He walked in and was wearing a Dallas Mavericks jersey over his scrubs. (good sign). We sat down with him and I told him our history (on the left toolbar). He said we will be high risk because, 1)twins, 2) scar tissue from surgery...but that on a scale of 1 to 10 how worried he was about my uterus was like a 3. He said he'll see us as often as we want and will give us ultrasounds as often as we want, even if we just want reassurance. He does all the sonograms himself, and he also told us we could find out the sex at 16 weeks! When we were finishing up I asked if we could go ahead and get an ultrasound to hear the heartbeats. He said "sure!". He first tried to put the wand on my belly to see if he could pick up the heartbeats like that and after 3 tries, he couldn't. Of course my heart starts beating so fast, and I was so nervous. I grabbed my necklace I was wearing that I wear every day now that I bought sometime last year (4 charms on it...a cross, a faith symbol, a mom symbol, and miracles symbol) and just started praying. He went ahead and put the wand inside of me and there they were! He has a huge screen that Dustin sits right in front of and it is so cool to see the babies that up close and personal.

They were moving around! We could see their head, arms, and legs! Both heartbeats were very strong. At 9 weeks heartrates range from 155-195 and Baby A's was 187 and B's was 182. As he was measuring Baby B he started to seem concerned. Baby A was measuring right on target for 9 weeks and 1 day. Baby B is measuring 5 days behind at 8 weeks 3 days. Not only that, but Baby B's sac is measuring behind as well. He said that this does concern him and it is possible that we could lose Baby B. He also said that things could turn around and it might turn out ok, but Baby B just may be a smaller baby. He said if Baby B's heart does stop beating that my body would just absorb it and Baby A would not be affected and be fine. This was not easy to hear. I asked him on a scale of 1 to 10 how concerned are you? He answered a 6 or a 7. He said that we'll just watch it and there's nothing I can do. I asked if I could come in next Wed (9weeks 6 days) and he said sure. We will take another look at the babies then.

This was so hard to hear and leaving the appt I was in tears...tears of the unknowing and fear. Today I woke up with a different outlook. This is in God's hands and if he wants me to have 2 babies then I'll have 2 babies. I have faith that everything will be fine.

When I am afraid,
I will trust in You.
In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
Psalm 56:3-4

Please pray the sentence below specifically for Baby B.

That she/he will catch up to Baby A and that her/his sac will provide enough room for him/her to grow.

Our next appt is Wed at 11:00.

Who ever said this was going to be easy?