At my next midwife appointment, Shannon shared with me that
the radiologist had seen a “double bubble” and this could be indicative of a
duodenal atresia, a blockage or narrowing of the duodenum, but the rest of the
ultrasound results were “unremarkable.” The recommendation was to get a follow
up appointment in 8 weeks. We initially “freaked out”, wanted to get an
appointment with a neonatologist, the whole gamut. We had looked into it and in
30% of the cases the child had Down syndrome, but I wasn’t worried about this
because I thought they would have seen some of the other markers. Eventually we
calmed down, decided it could be nothing and we would wait the 8 weeks and go
from there.
In that 8 week waiting period Aaron ended up getting a new
job with Google in Northern California, meaning we’d be packing up and moving
in the middle of the summer. This also meant there was a insurance change and
in waiting to get the new insurance card we went over 8 weeks, so instead of
being 26 weeks pregnant when we had the follow-up, I was 30 weeks
pregnant. I went to the appointment
alone because Aaron was already living in CA by that time. The ultrasound tech was able to show me on
the screen that the double bubble was in fact still there and then the
radiologist came in to confirm. Talk about a gut bomb.
At this point I knew I would not be able to have the planned homebirth, but it's very daunting to try and find a new OB in a city you know nothing about. My initial reaction was to wait and having the baby in Washington, but after speaking with an OB office I was told I would end up having the baby in Seattle. That was less than ideal, so we decided to go ahead and proceed in CA. In order to find a new doctor, I basically called a random provider on my insurance list who told me I needed to call the local perinatologist office. I was able to get an appointment for the Friday we moved into town. Whew! It felt good to have something settled.
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