Weekly Appointments 4/3

canonmom413

Let's hear it ladies! If you have an appt this week share it! And don't forget to come back and tell us how it went!

1. When is your appointment? 

2. How far along will you be?

3. What will your appointment entail?

4. How are you feeling? 

canonmom413

1. When is your appointment? Wednesday the 5th! 

2. How far along will you be? 11 + 6 

3. What will your appointment entail? This appointment is my NT scan and bloodwork. 

4. How are you feeling? As long as I eat small meals throughout the day without letting too much time pass, I am okay. I get bursts of energy that don't last long , and extreme exhaustion right after. Other than that I am getting "better" day by day. 

jessafishy

1. When is your appointment? Also Wednesday the 5th. Appointment buddies, @canonmom413!

2. How far along will you be? 12 weeks

3. What will your appointment entail? Um... I don't really know. With DS I had a 6 week and then a 10 week appointment and had an ultrasound at both. No idea if they will do another ultrasound this week or just use a doppler. Guess we will find out!

4. How are you feeling? Still pretty good. Nausea mostly gone, still tired and headaches are getting a bit worse. I need to start taking my Riboflavin.

I'm getting nervous for my appointment. I'm just ready to start feeling movement so my anxiety brain isn't trying to convince me that something is horribly wrong.

canonmom413

I suffer from migraines, do you think riboflavin will help @jessafishy? Good luck Wednesday! What time is your appt? Mine is at 1pm. I hate late Appointments. 

jessafishy

@canonmom413 It couldn't hurt to try. It's water soluble so you can't overdose on it. I don't have migraines necessarily but definitely hormone related headaches and when I'm not pregnant I take ibuprofen for them. 

My appointment is at 9:00! Good luck to you too, I agree with the late appointments. They suck.

JNAthanassious

1. When is your appointment? Thursday, April 6th.

2. How far along will you be? 11w1d by LMP and/or 11w6d based on baby growth from my last ultrasound. 

3. What will your appointment entail?  NT ultrasound, genetic counseling, & bloodwork.

4. How are you feeling? In general, ok. I have this fear that I am going to get to the US and find out the baby has no heartbeat. Ugh. 

canonmom413

@JNAthanassious hugs! I get it. I didn't do the NT scan or genetic testing with my girls. So I'm a little nervous to find something difficult to process. 

ksf13

1. When is your appointment? TODAY at 2:00! 

2. How far along will you be? 13w2d

3. What will your appointment entail? My NT scan and possibly some bloodwork for more genetic screening (my insurance it being weird lol, so if they can't fix it before 2, just the ultrasound). SO excited to see how much  baby has changed since 8 weeks! 

4. How are you feeling? Pretty great today! Excitement is probably a large part of that! Excitement for the ultrasound and I get Sonic ice after my appointment! Haha, we don't have a Sonic near us and there is one near the hospital where my NT scan is (an hour away). I want like 3 different drinks (Dr. Pepper for my daily caffeine, Ocean Water, Lemon Berry Slush lol). Oh and cheddar peppers lol. It's going to be a hard decision! Can you tell I miss living a mile from Sonic!?

purplestarz

1. When is your appointment? Today! NT at 2:45, followed by blood work  and tomorrow regular OB appointment (NT scan is at a different office).

2. How far along will you be? 12+2-3

3. What will your appointment entail? NT and blood work. Not sure about the OB appointment tomorrow. Maybe they will have some results?

4. How are you feeling? So so so so nervous. It's terrible that im sitting here convincing myself something could be wrong (for no apparent reason) just so I'll be "prepared." I'm freaking crazy. 

esjones2

1. When is your appointment? Wednesday, 4/5

2. How far along will you be? 11+3

3. What will your appointment entail?
Pelvic exam

esjones2

idk why only half of my response posted. 

Appt will entail pelvic exam and Doppler. Also plan to discuss nipt. 

4. How are you feeling?  Good! Just tired which I know things could be wayyyy worse. Little anxious for appt as I'm not sure how to keep my toddler occupied during the pelvic exam. Should be fun...

JNAthanassious

@canonmom413 The whole first trimester is so anxiety producing. I feel like it's easier to relax once you can feel movement and you have verification that everything is normal. I'm with you, sister!

soprano19

1. When is your appointment? This afternoon at 3:30!
2. How far along will you be? 12w+6d
3. What will your appointment entail? Just the NT scan. I already had the blood work done and everything came out good, so hopefully everything will be good on the ultrasound as well.
4. How are you feeling? Freaking starving. I'm super crazy hungry in the mornings and then not at all for the rest of the day.

keiraanne

1. When is your appointment? Our first US is tomorrow morning at 11:45 am!

2. How far along will you be? Just shy of 10 weeks.

3. What will your appointment entail? Not sure what to expect yet. Like, no clue whatsoever! I just know that I'm supposed to drink one liter of water beforehand!

4. How are you feeling? If I'm honest, a little detached still. Even though I know, factually, that I'm pregnant, I still haven't felt that emotional attachment to it yet. I guess in a way I just haven't had a tangible experience with it yet - apart from the symptoms - and my tummy looks no different than it did before I got pregnant. I hope that with (hopefully) hearing the heartbeat tomorrow, it'll held solidify things for me.

MrsCFB

I had an NT scan and blood work today.  The sonogram looked good!

Today (4/3), I am 12 weeks, 4 days pregnant.

I feel tired and hungry (so, pretty typical, LOL!)

hippiegirl884

1. When is your appointment? 
Today...just got done with it

2. How far along will you be?
12+6

3. What will your appointment entail?
normal midwife appointment. Asked questions and we tried to hear the heartbeat with Doppler but didn't hear it. I'm of course freaking out but midwife was not worried as she said she could hear it in the background just couldn't get a good read. I'm going to get an elective ultrasound for piece of mind in 2 weeks and possibly peek at if it's a boy or girl but right now it's furthest from my mind as I just want to know it's still all good in there. 

4. How are you feeling? 
Aversion to smells and food still. Extreme fatigue and Just wanna curl up and be left alone for a few hours. 

purplestarz

Oh, I feel so much better! NT went great, measurements looked good, HB 155, and baby was jumping around all over. So happy.

canonmom413

Maternal  Fetal Medicine just called and pushed my appointment tomorrow back a half hour. I explained I better be out of there by a certain time so I can get my girls from school. Their answer , " While under normal circumstances , you should be out within an hour, we cannot gaurentee that something abnormal won't come up and you'd have to stay a bit longer " well thanks lady. 

ksf13

Update, NT scan was yesterday and the NT measurements were well within normal range. They thought everything looked great. Heart rate was 165. We got to see baby clapping and wiggling around. Already ready for my next scan lol. 

keiraanne

Just got back from our first US! Baby measured 3cm and HB was 170. Baby didn't move around too much but the tech said they do like to sleep a lot!

It was nice to see the glittery blip of baby's heartbeat too! It's definitely starting to feel more real. Even hubby was close to tearing up a bit when he first saw the baby on the screen!

Hope all goes well for everyone else's appointments this week.  

keiraanne

We also had our EDD revised from October 31st to November 2nd, but I'm already attached to you ladies, so I think I'll stick around.

jessafishy

@keiraanne

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itsamurphything

1.When is your appointment? Stuck in a box! I had an appointment today with a new midwife practice. I wasn't 100% comfortable with the first midwife practice I met with, so I wanted a comparison!

2. How far along will you be? I am 11+3

3. What will your appointment entail? This was an initial appointment and it was 1hr long. The midwife was so lovely and answered all of my questions and really made me feel comfortable. I am so glad I didn't just go with the first person I met and now I feel like I have the right fit. Unfortunately, my fiancé couldn't come to this appointment to meet them but he is of course comfortable switching on my preference. 

We tried to take a listen with the Doppler today, knowing there was a chance we wouldn't hear anything. We didn't, and it was slightly concerning but I am trying to convince myself it's no big deal as it's so early. 

4. How are you feeling? I am slooowly feeling better. I had been fighting some major food aversions, evening nausea, and exhaustion but I have days where it lightens a bit, which is nice. I tried switching prenatals and the new ones made me puke so I am back to the fish-food smelling ones for now at least. Ugh. 

buttercream_frosting

This is not the standard appointment but I feel like it goes here and it's important to me.

1. When is your appointment?  Meeting a potential doula this Saturday!

2. How far along will you be? 12

3. What will your appointment entail? This will be a meet and greet for DH and I to see how we all get along.

4. How are you feeling? I'm really excited. I spoke to Erika on the phone and she had a real great vibe about her. I feel like she understands me, she provides the right amount of empathy and professionalism and warmth. She has a lot of experience with VBAC as well which is why I sourced her out. I hope this meeting goes well. I have one more in 2 weeks to meet.

jessafishy

Everything went great for me today! Had another ultrasound and she thought she could probably tell me the sex at my next appointment! So relieved.

canonmom413

Yay!!!!! @jessafishy so glad you had a good appt ! When do you go back ? 

jessafishy

May 8th is my next appointment, @canonmom413!

canonmom413

Baby looks amazing! Tech said I have a super stubborn one on my hands. Didn't want to give the shot they needed. He/she kept burying into my ute and curling in a ball. So amazing to see. HR was 169 - probably from the sugar in the lemonade haha. Scans looks great though. 

Next appt is my regular OB appointment next Wednesday and my next U/S is may 24th for the anatomy scan. 

Edit: Tech gave me a guess at sex too! PURE guess and of course I can't take it to heart. 

jessafishy

@canonmom413 So glad it went well! 

ForwardnBackward

1. When is your appointment? 
It was this afternoon

2. How far along will you be?
I'm 13w2d (revised from 12w5d based on dating ultrasound at 8w)

3. What will your appointment entail?
Today was our NT ultrasound.  Numbers and corresponding labwork look good - very low risk for Downs and Trisomies.  HR was 160.  Posterier placenta (so hopefully feel movement earlier than last pregnancy, it was anterior for that one).  Measuring even further at 13w6d but the radiology team left my dating at 13w2d, but it definitely supports not using my LMP predicted dating.

4. How are you feeling? 
Really fine - I just wanna start bumping and feeling movement already!  

JNAthanassious

Had my NT & genetic counseling appointment today! Everything came back normal! Such a relief! According to lmp I would be 11 weeks but kiddo measured 12weeks! Was bouncing around off the walls of my uterus like it was on a trampoline.