January 29, 2013

Today was the day we went to what would’ve been just an annual checkup for my heart. Ever since two surgeries for WPW and one hospitalization with tachycardia in 2008, I had been relatively symptom free. Unfortunately, as we have now learned, pregnancy brings the worst out in some people! Lucky for us, we love our cardiologist and have forged a very close relationship with him. We can count on him to give us just the right amount of information and help us feel confident and secure in the situation and the treatment plan. He told us that my heart condition is not perfectly defined as Wolff Parkinson White, but rather, a variation. We had plenty of questions as for what this means for the future of the pregnancy, which he could not answer as I am somewhat of a trail blazer in this department, and what we jokingly refer to as being his “lab rat”. I have been documented in medical journals and scrutinized by medical interns. Now let’s throw a baby in the mix! He assured us that it is okay we got pregnant (we had already received what we felt was harsh criticism for doing such) and that we will deal with issues when and if they arise. He agreed that seeing the high risk doctor was the better option, and we discussed delivery options. We left that appointment feeling like this is a wait and see game, though we felt more confident that things would be okay. We celebrated that night by going to a Blazer game in Portland, and we sat the closest we had ever sat to the court!