Doctors...

I'll start off by explaining a little about my "condition."  Most of family and close friends are familiar with it but I'll fill in those of you who aren't.

 

I have what is called McCune Albright Syndrome.  An extremely rare condition that causes "weak" spots in the bones among other symptoms.  These weak spots are in the right side of my body in my shoulder, hip/femur, pelvis and tibia.  The pelvis area was obviously a concern even before getting pregnant because of the added weight of the baby and weight gain during pregnancy. 

 

So with that said, at my first prenatal visit with my OB/Gyn at our medical group Riverside Medical Clinic, the doctor referred me to "High Risk" OB at UC Irvine. This was a relief to me, having the extra care would put our concerns more at ease.

 

Monday I had my first appointment at UCI.  The first part of our visit was with a Genetic Counselor who went over ALL of our family history, covering siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents etc.  The second part of the visit was the ultrasound part of the genetic testing (my favorite part).  As soon as the ultrasound tech put the ultrasound device over my belly she immediately said "I can already tell what it is, do you want to know?"  Of course we wanted to know!! It was obvious that it was a boy!! She pointed it out to us on the screen, and from then on Shane and I couldn't wipe the smiles off of our faces. Shane was so excited to hear boy, I was just happy to see him and know that everything was going well. 

 

 

Pictures from the ultrasound at 13 weeks 4 days

We're so lucky to have found out the sex so early, he was in a very good position.

 

 

 

 

After the tech was done, she called in the doctor.  We met the high risk OB also known as a Perinatologist, Dr. Wing.  We were very pleased to meet her and to learn that she had previously worked with a patient with McCune Albright Syndrome!  Most doctors have never even heard of it.  We met two other that doctors, all who seemed very excited to be working with me.  Which made me very excited to be able to have such care.  Dr. Wing made the suggestion that we transfer total care from Riverside Medical Clinic there to UCI.  There was no question that I completely agreed with that suggestion. 

 

The next day at my second prenatal visit with my doctor at Riverside Medical Clinic, I told her about the suggestion to transfer care to UCI and she had no problem doing so.  So from now on we will be traveling from San Jacinto to the city of Orange, about an hour and a half commute to my new OB!  In my opinion the care I'll receive is well worth the commute.