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[quote=Anonymous]I have been there for two pregnancies - one right now and one 3 years ago.  I went before b/c I had CMV with my second pregnancy back in 2010/2011 - they did lose their sono person back then and Poggi did most of the sonograms but she was great.  Very different experience then folks have mentioned above.  One really amazing thing about doctor Poggi - when I was diagnosed with CMV in my first trimester I went to another doctor in Fairfax hospital who is a well known high risk doctor around here - he told me to terminate the pregnancy due to a 40% chance of the baby contracting the CMV.  CMV can be very dangerous to a fetus.  I then was referred to Dr. Poggi by my OB as well and when I got there she had research papers all over her desk about CMV and the statistics of impacts, etc... She had done her research and gave me her best opinion which was to continue forward and there were some things they did such as infusions and very close monitoring.  As it turns out the 40% statistics was an older statistic and she was correct about the statistics being lower than what the other doctor stated.  While both doctors had very little experience with a pregnancy in the first trimester where there is a known CMV (most of the time you don't have significant symptoms so you find out much later when the baby has defects showing up on a much later sonogram).  
When I went in about 2 weeks ago based on my age, I had a fantastic sonographer.  She was very thorough and upbeat.  She also made a great decisiont to check my cervix which as it turns out is pretty thin and has to be checked every 10 days and I was put on progesterone.  I saw dr. ghadini that day although I have to say I unfortunatly had the same ecperience with him as I had 3 years ago - kind of rushed and did not seem to have read up on my file.  He said "so all looks good" and was ready to ship me off and i had to mention the cervix.  It was then that he looked at the measurements that the sonographer did and told me to return in 10 days and that the number is concerning.  I then saw dr. Poggi again last week she was the same as last time - attentive to my issue and took the time to talk with me about it.  Also noticed that I needed an additional test for the babies heart.  Definitly a great place to go if you need a high risk doctor.
  
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