February 20th, the day we were to get A*’s biopsy results was also my 30th birthday. I never thought I’d be spending it sitting in a doctor’s office, awaiting news that would change my life forever. In fact, I didn’t honestly feel I was actually turning thirty until all of this started transpiring. Thirty had always seemed so grown up, so old, and I didn’t feel I was there yet. This first real health scare helped me to see that we’re not as young as I imagine us to be.
The news we got from the doctor could not have been better. NOTHING. There was nothing there. We didn’t think nothing was an option. There was something abnormal showing on the PAP, the colposcopy showed something (four somethings) that the doctor had biopsied, but the biopsies showed nothing. What a relief!
Dr. V was a little surprised herself and isn’t willing to just brush this off. She wants to do another colposcopy in six months, pregnancy or no pregnancy, just to verify. She also offered to take A* on, as her obstetrician, during the pregnancy. We honestly believed we were lucky to have a family physician in time for the pregnancy, let alone an offer like this. We’ve only seen Dr. V twice now for gynaecological issues but we’ve made a real connection and get along with her fabulously. Her own maternity leave is coming up soon but she’s only taking a brief leave from her practice so she’ll be returning in plenty of time to support A* through her second and third trimester, and birth.
It’s crunch time here now. We leave for Mexico in just two days. We’ve made a last minute decision to inform our families of our plans. Right now we are out of province visiting A*’s parents. This puts a bit of added pressure on us as we still have packing and preparations to make for the trip at home. Hopefully this will take some of the stress off of us during the trip though. Our families have shown more than a little concern that we seem to have dropped everything to “move” to Mexico for a month on little more than a whim. Telling them the reason for the trip should ease some of our own tensions at least, if not theirs too.
Wish us luck as we try to find the right way to break the news!
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