In difficult pregnancy, a third opinion made all the difference
Friday, September 26, 2008 - 20:56
in Health & Medicine
Two doctors recommend termination after diagnosing kidney problems, but it's the next one who offers hope: 'I can fix it.' Five years later, a mom ventures her own opinion. MY BIGGEST concerns, on the day of my amniocentesis, were the huge needle that would be stabbed into my protruding belly and whether we wanted to find out the sex of the baby. What I was not prepared for was the vacant yet grim look on the sonogram doctor's face and the words he spoke: "There's a problem with the baby's kidneys."