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| - Everyone took great care of me at the High Risk Pregnancy Center when I was pregnant & had gestational diabetes. I especially loved the nurse practitioner Ms. Allyson, but really, just about everyone here was amazing.
The only thing that really upset me during my visits was this 1 time 1 of the specialists mentioned that my baby might have Down Syndrome, because of some white stuff in his large intestine (echogenic bowel?) He said it could be Down Syndrome, OR it could just be the light coming from the sonogram instrument. True story.
I figured there would be a REALLY big difference in my reaction if it's just light or it's actually Down Syndrome.
Because of my pregnancy hormones, I couldn't help but get emotional. I felt so sorry for myself & my baby as I lay in that sad, quiet sonogram room by myself, wishing I hadn't told my husband to go to the gym. I was so upset & paranoid & worried about this possibility that even after I'd given birth & checked my baby's face & was told that he had jaundice, which just about every newborn has, really, I still kept waiting for 1 of the nurses to say, "Oh by the way, he has Down Syndrome." But this moment never came. My baby is fine.
It would have been really nice if this doctor had remembered to mention that this echogenic bowel was no longer something I should be concerned about. I had to find out from the printed report right before I gave birth.
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