"Hmmmmm.... let me just get the consultant for a second opinion."
This is just want you want to hear when you are in a hospital with a scanning probe stuck up god knows where and you are on your own!
To give you the full story - a while ago we went for the anonomaly scan at 22 weeks and everything seemed ok. The baby wouldn't cooperate but the sonographer managed to get every measurement she needed except the head size so we made another appointment to come back for the final measurement. The date took a while to come through but when it finally came round it was only one measurement so I said I was fine to go on my own - BIG MISTAKE!
The baby still wasn't laying in the ideal position but after a bit of manoeuvring the sonographer managed to get the measurements she needed, then she asked to check a few things with an internal scan. I am not a massive fan of those but if that is what is needed then fine I thought.
Then after a soul destroying 5 minutes where I was told to hold the probe tight while she went to get someone - seriously!! - the consultant arrived and announced that my cervix is short. Why am I meant to know what that means?!?!
Then maddeningly she announced 'for now we are going to call it normal'. Is it normal or not for gods sake??? They have decided not to give me a stitch for now so we'll see if it becomes any more of an issue - fingers crossed! Most frustratingly was the stress and worry of the whole experience which meant I asked none of the right questions.
Moral of the story... don't go to a scan alone. Nothing really happened yet I managed to leave myself in a state of worry and confusion. Thank god for the local GP who was able to reassure and calm me down. Now we are just keeping everything crossed that "we are going to call it normal" becomes "yep looks normal to me".
