My doctor said some of my "counts" were low and others high and he's sending me to a doctor that's 3 hours away and I'm sooo worried.
He can't really explain what the test results mean in a way I understand.... something about blood protien: high, Hc- low.... other medical jargon?
My husband and I have had trouble getting prego and staying pregnant, I've had 4 miscarriages and we've been trying now for 8 months and nothing so he was going to put me on clomid this week for the first time, then when I got pregnant do daily hormone injections and take baby asprin to prevent miscariage....
so he did some blood work before writing the prescription, normal tests and a test for lupus that I wasn't really expecting. Now he said he's sending me to a doctor called a perinatologist (sp?) that's 3 hours away and I feel like that must be a really bad sign?
Does anyone know what I should expect there or what might be going on? Or... has anyone gone through this?
2007-12-11 04:21:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
Perinatologist: An obstetrical subspecialist concerned with the care of the mother and fetus at higher-than-normal risk for complications. Since the perinatal period, depending on the definition, starts at the 20th to 28th week of gestation and ends 1 to 4 weeks after birth, a perinatologist logically could be a obstetrician or pediatrician but, in practice, a perinatologist is an obstetrician. The comparable area of pediatrics is neonatology. A high-risk baby might be cared for by a perinatologist before birth and by a neonatologist after birth. The word "perinatologist" is a linguistic sandwich of the Greek "peri-" meaning "around or about", "natal" from the Latin "natus" meaning "born" and "ologist" from the Greek "logos" meaning "student of."
The best i can give you is a definition of what they are. baby dust and good luck. Keep us posted.
2007-12-11 04:30:26 · answer #1 · answered by nique1012 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have not gone through it-
But I would say that the best thing for you to do is call your doctor back, and ask to have someone review your test results with you. You're being referred to a perinatologist because you are high risk- but for what, you won't know until you have someone review your results with you. You deserve to understand what is happening. Call back!
Good luck!
2007-12-11 04:25:59 · answer #2 · answered by sarah jane 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
'Blood On The Dance Floor', 'In The Closet', 'The Way You Make Me Feel' or 'Come Together'. All by Michael Jackson..=] <3 x
2016-05-23 01:44:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋