Day 21... Can I get a consult in room 6223?!

So....

I spoke to my OB today though various text messages and it reminded me why I was so set on keeping her as my OB during this pregnancy. I couldn't ask for a better doctor. Seriously.

It seems the doctors here aren't communicating at all. My doctor for this week was unaware of anything regarding delivery... unaware I was told 34 weeks... unaware last week's doctor said he'd keep me to 38 weeks. The only thing she was sure of was that Zoey needs to come out by 36 weeks, we can't go to 38. She said with conditions like this, she'd do 34-36. Okay, so we agree there... she said she would come to a consensus with the other doctors here about a delivery time frame.

So I asked my OB if she had already canceled my March 26 c-section and she told me she put in for the week of March 16... as in next week. BUT first, a Neonatologist (NICU) has to consult with me and it's up to the 2 of us on what happens with the delivery, not up to the high risk doctors. I didn't know this. She told me she hasn't even gotten a straight answer from my supposed "lead high risk doctor" here so I guess we're taking this into our own hands.

Tomorrow I am going to ask for the consult. AND... get this... my OB is just so cool... she is asking for temporary privileges at this hospital so she can deliver me here! If she can't, she still wants me to deliver here and she said she will just be in attendance and be there for me. I'm cool with this... the issue is the NICU... there isn't one at her hospital like I thought. So instead of being potentially separated from Zoey, it's best I deliver here. I can agree to that.

Her fear is the same as mine... that I go to sleep one night and bleed in the middle of the night and then we're in big trouble. If this vessel ruptures, Zoey's blood supply will be diminished and she can die. Sorry but I'd rather get this evil placenta out of me and have her safely in NICU than risk her dying because I didn't wake up soon enough. This terrifies me every night I lay down to sleep. It terrifies her, too. That is enough for me.

Yes, it's going to be painful to see my daughter in the NICU, but it would be more painful to watch her die because of vasa previa. I will not stand for that.

I'll let you know as soon as I know anything regarding a date. Say a prayer.