We have been fighting with our insurance in order to go and meet with the doctors at Children's Hospital. We originally had an appointment with them set for before Thanksgiving. However, our insurance was refusing to cover the cost of the appointment. Thanks to the ladies at both Children's Hospital and UCLA, we were finally able to get it covered and have an appointment set for Thursday. I am looking forward to seeing what the specialists there have to say.
On another note, I saw the high risk doctor yesterday. I have to continue to see him every three weeks in order to monitor little Elijah's growth. Because he only has a two umbilical artery instead of three, he is at risk for not getting enough nutrients and his growth being effected. On a good note, he weighed a whopping 1.9 pounds yesterday and is growing well. I can't believe how excited I am about this. After doing some research, it seems like he is a little larger than most at this point. Hopefully it continues.
My doctor also informed me that I have a septum in my uterus. I have no idea what this means. When I questioned him about this, he said that they would have to continue to monitor me and that sometimes babies refused to flip and are breech because of this condition. He showed me on the ultrasound and it looked like a wall cutting off a section of my uterus. Of course that wasn't good enough for me and I had to consult Dr. Google about this condition. Why do I do this to myself? I am going to put a call into my regular OB and ask him about this. Google says it can effect growth because the baby may run out of space to grow. Well now that's scary. Just when you think you have enough to worry about.
I was JUST thinking about you and was going to drop you an email to see where you were at on the whole CHLA thing! SO glad they're finally getting you in (they are awesome about that kind of stuff over there). Please update when you're done - and let me know if you have any questions!!!
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