This morning, I was letting chickens out when Precious called from the house that the phone was ringing. I called the midwife back a few minutes later. The message was that the obstetrician at my nurse-midwife practice was reviewing the photos of the baby's heart and saw a "shadow." And that they've already scheduled an appointment with a maternal fetal specialist for an echo-ultrasound, just "to make sure."
As soon as I hung up the phone, I saw dollar signs coming out of it. I called New Daddy and he agreed. I promptly called the specialist and cancelled my appointment.
I feel empowered. This is my child, my pregnancy, and we are perfectly fine.
And if my nurse-midwife practice "fires" me for refusing this additional assault to my child, I'll gladly consider that home birth that I've been thinking about, anyway.
No, thanks.
As soon as I hung up the phone, I saw dollar signs coming out of it. I called New Daddy and he agreed. I promptly called the specialist and cancelled my appointment.
I feel empowered. This is my child, my pregnancy, and we are perfectly fine.
And if my nurse-midwife practice "fires" me for refusing this additional assault to my child, I'll gladly consider that home birth that I've been thinking about, anyway.
No, thanks.
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