We are being dealt with by the women and childrens at adelaide as well and dont get me wrong they have been great and it isnt their fault that they dont know.

They suspect bubs has an aortic coarctation without valve involvement. Basically the aorta is narrowed after it leaves the heart, which would restrict blood flow to the abdomen and legs. Usually this is associated with some damage to one of the valves in the heart, but luckily for us, they do not think that this is the case with our girl. If at 32 weeks they can confirm aortic coarctation our little girl will need 1 surgery in melbourne to rectify the situation as soon as possible after birth. Most often 1 surgery will fix the problem, very ocassionally they need to go back in after a few years just to stretch it a bit more. If there is valve involvement this is more of an issue and could require multple surgeries to keep the valve working until 18 years of age when an artifical valve can be used to replace the damaged one.

They also mentioned that surgery could be delayed for a few weeks, up to about 4, if they really need to. Ie if bubs does make an early appearance and is to weak/small for surgery.