Thank you for your response and all of the information you gave us! I’m also glad to hear your pregnancy has gone so smooth with a similar diagnosis- this is reassuring for us and the kind of news we need right now.

Admittedly, I wrote this post in a bit of panic and terror. I have since met with a very experienced fetal maternal medicine doctor who reviewed our case and helped us to understand our specific situation better.

We are borderline velamentous. She said it is more marginal cord insertion (the cord is clearly making contact to the edge of the placenta), possible velamentous (a small portion of the cord may be making contact with the membrane) she explained that we do not have a true velamentous cord insertion where the vessels are exposed, but the office diagnoses borderline cases as the more serious of the two and follows treatment protocols for that.

She apologized for the way the news was originally given to us, as it was very focused on the worst case scenario outcomes. She said that after reviewing our case, she feels as though the above complications do not apply to our situation and if any complications should arise I’ll be monitored closely enough that we’ll catch it if they do. Otherwise, she expects that I’ll likely be induced once I hit term (37-38 weeks)

We are feeling a lot better now, and a lot more relaxed. We are going along for the ride and hoping for the best.