We had an appointment with her OB, Dr. Teverbaugh, last Tuesday and again today. At last week's appointment, the doctor gave Angie the ok to take Pepcid for heartburn, and that has been helping her a lot. Other than the heartburn, all news was good last week. At this week's appointment, we started off with an ultrasound (no good pictures to post) and then met with Dr. Teverbaugh again. Before the doctor came in, we were a bit concerned as Angie's ultrasound showed cervical shortening from her last measurement 2 weeks ago at maternal fetal. Our doctors have been using cervix length as an indicator for preventing preterm labor and the longer the measurement, the better. From our appointment 2 weeks ago, today's ultrasound measurement showed a reduction of about 25%; thus our concern. Dr. Teverbaugh came in and discussed with us how this affects our plans. She said at this point that she doesn't want to overreact and wants to give it another week to see how things progress before having Angie change her daily routine. Additional reduction at the next appointment may mean periods of mandatory bed rest or work restrictions from here until delivery. So, Angie will be getting another measurement at next week's OB appointment, and again on the 12th at maternal fetal. Angie is not showing any other signs of preterm labor, so I'm cautiously optimistic and am blaming the difference in measurement on different machines, different sono techs, and different times of the day. Next week shall tell.
No big New Years Eve plans this year. Hopefully a nice dinner out before watching the ball drop on TV!
Talk to you all soon!
Christmas at the Galloway's
Nursery Pics (not completed yet, but getting closer)
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