Update - saw perinatalogist, long

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Today is looking much, much better than the last couple of days, thank God!

This morning was my appointment with the perinatalogist and after my appointment

with my baby's potential pediatrician and her not being very supportive about me

breastfeeding, I was a bit stressed about this doc. I prayed hard last night

that if I could just get one of my many doc's on my side concerning

breastfeeding then I figure that the rest of them will probably follow suit.

Well, I couldn't ask for better than to have the perinatalogist supporting me

since he is a specialist! After he asked hubby and I a few questions about

my medical conditions, the meds I'm on, the ones I'm slated to start after the

baby is born, and how the pregnancy is going, he said that he isn't too

concerned about the meds I have been taking as they are very low doses, but just

to be cautious he wants me to go in once a week for fetal monitoring for 20

minutes before I take my first dose of meds for the day. This will not be so

much fun as I'm not one to want to go some where as soon as I get up, but it

won't be so bad since its just once a week. What made my hubby really happy is

he asked the doc if he thought we should have another ultrasound and the doc

said that it wasn't totally necessary but it wouldn't hurt, so why not?! LOL!

Hubby was very glad that we get one more look as he can hardly wait the 6 or so

weeks we have left. Once all this was done I opened up the topic about

breastfeeding and expressed to the doc that this was something that my hubby and

I really want for our daughter. The doc said that in his opinion he felt it was

very important that I breastfeed her considering I started with my auto-immune

diseases as a young child, he felt it was essential for her health and well

being. I was so happy to hear him say this it felt like an angel was speaking

to me! I told him about my concern that my rheumatologist would withhold my

new arthritis meds that I desperately need once my baby is born because he

didn't agree with me breastfeeding. The doc said he was very concerned that I

would go into a very bad flare with my arthritis after the baby is born,

especially since I'm flaring now so he was going to write a letter to the

rheumatologist stating his opinion about me breastfeeding as well as, in his

opinion, I should start my new arthritis meds ASAP after the birth. I am so

happy now, and grateful that I can truly enjoy the last few weeks of my

pregnancy without the stress of having to fight with doctors.

Axelrod