Referred to a consultant
Hi,
My husband has been married before and had 3 children, the eldest was born with a hole in the heart, which has never closed but also consultants have never seen the need to treat it so just monitered it. Anywhos, becasue of this i'm now classed as a high risk pregnancy and need to see a consultant.
Has anyone else seen a consultant? Do you get put back to low risk if they cant see anything, i'm struggling to find resarch as to how likely another child with a hole in the heart is especially since it wasnt me and his other 2 children were fine.
Emma.xx
My husband has been married before and had 3 children, the eldest was born with a hole in the heart, which has never closed but also consultants have never seen the need to treat it so just monitered it. Anywhos, becasue of this i'm now classed as a high risk pregnancy and need to see a consultant.
Has anyone else seen a consultant? Do you get put back to low risk if they cant see anything, i'm struggling to find resarch as to how likely another child with a hole in the heart is especially since it wasnt me and his other 2 children were fine.
Emma.xx
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My eldest was born with a heart condition called Tetrallogy of Fallots. Unfortunately it required a lot more treatment than your step daughters, she's had 6 sets of open heart surgery. When I fell pregnant with my second I was refered to a consultant and had a scan once a month to keep any eye on baby's heart. Thankfully he was born healthy but they did an echocardiagram and a heart echo on him before we left the hospital just to make sure. Personally I feel that being under a consultant worked in my favour! I got to see my baby growing once a month, I had close contact with my consultant who was able to answer any questions, I was well looked after during the birth and given lots of attention afterwards. Honestly hun extra attention can only be good, enjoy it!
xxx
Thanks all, my mw made it sound like being seen by a consultant would be quite a negative thing for the birth itself (i'm sure she didnt mean it becasue shes really nice)...while she was explaining i could just imagine a bed in the middle of a huge white room with stirrups while everyone else down the corridor having a jolly time with beanbags, birthing balls etc (over exageration i know!)... obviously i want whats best for baby but the conversation with the midwife made me feel more worried/anxious about being under the care of a consultant.
Having said that its reassuring to hear from you ladies that isn't quite true.
Thanks again
Emmaxx