With my visit with Dr. Tam Tam that I talked about last post, I didn't mention that he told me that he is recommending that all his IVF mommies go in for an echocardiogram for the babies. The nurse even asked me before he told me about it if I had gone in for my echo yet. That was news to me. They didn't make me do that with A&A. Anyways, that was 2 weeks ago? I went and my ultrasound tech was a guy (that's a first- minus my infertility specialist). It was about a 3 hour appt. Both babies look good. The imaging on baby girl was really hard to see. It looked really fuzzy and all the images with baby boy were very crisp and clear. Looking at the girl they saw a "drop out" which means there could be a very small hole in her heart or an issue with the image. After baby girl is born, we may have to get an echo on her just to make sure. Oh- and as a side note- Since my visit I have heard from another IVF mommy who is also expecting twins who had to see Tam Tam... he mentioned NOTHING about going in for an echo to her... I think Tam Tam just didn't like me lol... oh well.
Today I went in to a hematologist that Dr. DeSplinter referred me to due to low iron. It was a bit of an interesting waiting room. The price is right was on and I was surrounded by much older people who weren't in the best of health. I definitely felt very out of place. The doctor was running very late. I got taken back and waited forever... I was getting a little bugged but then I heard a few conversations outside that gave me a big dose of humble pie. The patient before me was having some very serious problems and she definitely needed all of the doctor's time. Made me thankful that all I was there for was anemia.
Anyways, so turns out that my iron levels were "barely detectable" lol... it came in at a 9 and the dr says she expects it to be in the hundreds. So what does this mean? Iron infusions. I will start off with once a week visits to an infusion center. It might be increased to 2x a week, but we'll have to see how I'm responding. The first visit they require that someone come with me incase I have a reaction. I know that this is necessary but I can't tell y'all how much I hate being a burden to other people. Not only do I need to make sure my kids are looked after, but I need someone with me too! The other part is that I will need to come after the babies are born to make sure my iron levels are doing okay because the babies will need iron.
Blah.
On the plus side- I did pass my glucose test with flying colors haha.. so one less thing to worry about!! I'm really doing okay, just so much to keep track of and to worry about. Jon is still traveling. It is very possible that he will be able to be remote starting next week - fingers crossed!!! He has been traveling straight for 19mo every week! We are so ready to have our daddy back home.
On a happy note, we had a wonderful 4th of July yesterday. We took the kids to our in-law's pool and they loved it :) Ashlyn pretended that she was a mermaid and Alton kept calling himself a great white shark and a humongous whale haha :) Ashlyn would kick and try to paddle with her hands and then she'd ask to go back to "mermaid town" aka: the stairs.
After naps, we went over to Jon's parent's house. His sister, Leanna is in town from NYC so it was great to see her and to spend time with Jon's other sister, Beth and her family as well. The kids had fun playing in a kiddie pool outside, hula hooping, walking on stilts and setting off some fireworks.
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