Pregnancy #3

Three months after we had Jonathon we had to have my blood tested again to see if the 12 Rhogam shots corrected the Rh "thing" (not sure what it's called!) in my blood. Found out we were good there! But, we found that my blood had an antibody built up against C. Dr Potts (my normal ob) said that next step is testing Nathan's blood to see if he carries antigen C. Turns out, Nathan carries it. In December I had an appointment with a doctor at Midwest Maternal Fetal Medicine-I had gone off of the recommendation of friends on Facebook and chose Dr Bartlesmeyer. (So glad I did!) In my appointment I found out that HE was actually the doctor that Dr Glover conferred with on the number of Rhogam shots needed to correct the issue with Jonathon's blood in my system. He did a very good job of explaining what would possibly happen if the next baby (or any other future babies) carried C. If Nathan has CC (big C big C) the baby would definitely have C in their blood. If Nathan carried cc or Cc, then the baby would only have a chance of carrying it. If the baby carries C (of any size-CC, Cc, or cc) my body would possibly try to fight off the baby because of the antibody built up against the antigen the baby has. This would mean that the baby would possibly, at some time during pregnancy, be struggling to get blood. There are different blood tests to find out if that would be happening then ultrasounds would be done to monitor the blood flow in the baby's brain. If blood flow moves faster, it means the baby is struggling to get blood to their organs. If this were to happen, depending on the severity the baby could have to have a blood transfusion through the umbilical cord, may have to deliver early, and/or have a blood transfusion after delivery. (All of these things wouldn't happen until after the 20 week mark.) I felt like I knew so much more after going to see Dr Bartlesmeyer and was ready to face what would happen when we decided to get pregnant. We started trying in January 2013 and found out we were pregnant at the end of February 2013! I went to the doctor March 28th and had an ultrasound. Found only one baby and everything was normal and measured exactly where I should-on schedule for due date of November 8th 2013. Saw Dr Bartlesmeyer after my ultrasound and he said that the longest I would go is 38-39 weeks, I immediately thought "Halloween baby!" but then thought about how Mylah would not get to have a good Halloween trick or treating and how maybe the baby wouldn't like a Halloween birthday. So, I think as long as everything goes okay and I get to choose a c-section date, I will pick an even number day (I prefer even over odd numbers-not sure why!) Tomorrow I will be 11 weeks and will continue to pray that everything with this pregnancy goes well. I have an appointment Tuesday with Dr Bartlesmeyer and ultrasound on 5/2...