That makes sense. WCH and RCH are fantastic! We see Gavin at WCH and have had him since our scan at 20 weeks. I go in for appts there with my son still and will be having my scan with Gavin in two weeks to see if this bub has heart disease too (). He is an amazing man who has saved my sons life - not only by his management of his care but he also resuscitated him once. I cant speak highly enough of him. I dont know if you are going private or public but see if you can get him to care for you and bubs. Tell him Roman's mum sent you! Check out the photo board in WCH cardiology waiting room - look for a photo of my boy Roman! My boy was on pg 38 of the Advertiser this Tue just gone if you want to see how well he looks now - after many trips to RCH and a very complicated set of heart abnormalies (six in total).

Our boy was early and too small for surgery - we managed to wait for 5 weeks in NICU before he became too sick and was airlifted to RCH.

Ross Haslam is the head of NICU and a very skilled and dedicated man, he is recognized across Aust as a leader in NICU medicine and care and a very sweet man.

Make sure you spend some time talking with Wendy Duncan (cardiac nurse) too. She if invaluable. She can help you with coping with all this as well as being a very skilled and experienced nurse who can explain things better than the Dr's a lot of the time. She will also be able to help prepare you for Melb. Ask Wendy for the book we just launched in Jan "No such thing as a silly question". If she doesnt have any left I have one more copy that I can leave at WCH for you. It is designed to help you find your way through this.

Appologies if I am bombarding you with suggestions. I am an "old hand" now and would love to help you if you want it. If you want to catch up for a coffee in WCH one day let me know.

Rachel