Today was our first pedi appointment with Matthew. Even though it was over three years ago, I remember the first pedi appointment with Christopher. He got a great report, but not 24 hours later did we get the call that we needed to go to Yale immediately - that he flagged for something on the newborn screening. I remember looking back a few days later in the folder that my OB gave us, and on what seemed like a scan of a scan of a scan I found the "metabolic disorders" listed as one of the things tested. The copy was so bad you couldn't even read what it said - it seemed like that wasn't a problem for most people. When we were first told about his 3MCC, we were petrified. Amazingly, Matthew's 3MCC was the least of our worries after his birth.
Below are pics of the first doctors visits for both Christopher (left) and Matthew (right). Christopher was born at 41 weeks, at 9lbs and 21". Matthew weighed in today (2 days short of 39 weeks gestation adjusted) at 6lb 51/2 oz, 19.5" The actual examination took about 10 minutes - the rest of the 40 minutes were spent reviewing Matthew's medical history from Yale.
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