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Appointments and Updates 9/3

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When is your appointment?

How far along will you be?

What is being addressed?

Questions/Comments/Concerns:
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  • middleschoolmommymiddleschoolmommy member
    When is your appointment?
    Wed. afternoon - 9/5

    How far along will you be?
    29+3

    What is being addressed?
    Cervical length and just checking on baby girl at my MFM. I expect to talk more about scheduling NSTs  to start at the end of the month. My OB already said she wanted weekly NTSs and BPPs.

    Questions/Comments/Concerns:
    I'm always a little anxious nowadays about my cervical length. My OB expressed concern a couple weeks ago, but there was no change between that week and last week thankfully. I'm afraid that if there is more change than the MFM wants then he might start suggesting things that effect my work. There just isn't really any realistic way I can "take it easy" at work and it is WAY to early to have to take time off. 

    So FX'd everything looks good on Wed.
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  • wildrainbowwildrainbow member
    When is your appointment?
    Tomorrow (Tues)

    How far along will you be?
    30+2

    What is being addressed?
    Weekly monitoring, u/s, check cervical length, talk about starting NSTs and delivery

    Questions/Comments/Concerns:
    I am starting to wonder if I have bronchitis. My cough is really bad and just gross. I'm not running a fever, but it's definitely not showing signs of letting up. The contractions when I cough are getting old. Really old. 
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  • middleschoolmommymiddleschoolmommy member
    @wildrainbow so sorry you aren't feeling well. Third trimester is hard enough, as is. Hopefully you can ask your doc about it tomorrow. 
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    @offtoneverland Yes, I take steamy showers, and use a humidifier. I'm coughing so hard it physically hurts. 
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  • mamabee1113mamabee1113 member
    When is your appointment?
    I have two this week: Wed 9/5 and Fri 9/7

    How far along will you be?
    29+1 and 29+3

    What is being addressed?
    The first is a prenatal appt with the pediatrician I’m pretty sure we’re going with for baby. The second is a check up with OB and a u/s. 

    Questions/Comments/Concerns:
    Nothing really. Just looking forward to meeting with the pediatrician and making sure he’s a good fit. He is my OB’s top recommendation and I loooove her, so I can’t imagine I’d dislike him. 
    Of course we are reallyyyy looking forward to the u/s. I don’t think getting a little peek at baby will ever get old. It’ll be 10 weeks since we last saw baby and s/he measured 2 weeks ahead. Wondering how s/he measures up now! I feel huge and everyone around me says I look big for how far along I am :| so I wonder if baby is still bigger than average.
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  • offtoneverlandofftoneverland member
    @wildrainbow Ugh, I'm so sorry. You have such bad luck :(
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  • mockingjay1mockingjay1 member
    @wildrainbow - I hope you get better soon!

    When is your appointment?
    Thursday with the PA (the OB is out of town this week, so I won't meet her until 32 weeks!)

    How far along will you be?
    30w4d

    What is being addressed?
    Just a routine appointment. I forgot to ask what my fundal height was measuring last appointment, so I am going to make sure I do this time. I look 35+ weeks pregnant I think so I just want to make sure baby isn't getting too big and that i don't have too much fluid. 

    Questions/Comments/Concerns:
    See above re: looking so big already. I also will have to wait until I actually meet my OB to ask her these questions. I asked a nurse that works at the hospital I was going to deliver at if DH could video baby being born (just baby coming out of the c-section, not the rest of it) and she said it's against hospital policy, but my OB will likely let me do it. I also asked her if it was standard to do skin to skin right after delivery in the OR and she said no, not until recovery because otherwise they'd need a nurse to stay with me while I did it (for baby) and aren't staffed to do that. I about lost my shit. At the hospitals I've worked at it's standard for mom and baby to have their own nurses until you leave the OR in case one of them starts to deteriorate. Also I'll likely have an LGA baby, I have gestational diabetes, and will likely be a repeat c-section, all risk factors that could affect baby's blood sugar, temperature, and respiratory status so skin to skin is very important for both of us if we're both stable. The hospitals staffing issues should not affect whether I get quality care. Hopefully my doctor is on board with it. DH can stay right beside me to make sure I don't drop baby (rolls eyes). I wish I was meeting my OB sooner because she only delivers at one of the two hospitals in the city, and this seriously might be a deal breaker if the other hospital does it and this one won't. 
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    Dx: PCOS
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    DS2 born 11/2018
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  • highsteakshighsteaks member
    @mockingjay1 i sincerely hope the hospital will work with you to get the chance to do skin to skin after birth. 
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  • mockingjay1mockingjay1 member
    @highsteaks - thank you! A healthy mom and baby are my top priority. If that's the case I just want to do what is best for both of us. I hope I didn't sound like a whiny brat. I just want hospitals to provide the best evidenced based care. I know this one is quite a bit behind where I worked/delivered DS, because the nurse on the tour was telling me something their NICU just implemented that the one I worked at started doing more than 6 years ago. 
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    DS1 born 11/2014
    DS2 born 11/2018
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  • ashkee05ashkee05 member
    @wildrainbow that sounds terrible and I hope you feel better!

    @mockingjay1 I really hope they will work with your wants! Brith should be such a beautiful thing I always get so sad when I read people’s nurses and hospital were terrible to them 

    When is your appointment? tomorrow 9/4

    How far along will you be?     31+2

    What is being addressed?     I will be finding out if I had an off week or if I need to be fully tested for pre eclampsia. I also hope who I see tomorrow will actually check my cervix like we were supposed to last week.

    Questions/Comments/Concerns:     the whole hbp and protein in my urine last week has got me on edge and I’m really hoping it was just an off week. I again have been having a lot of contractions and shooting pains so I’m interested in know if there are any cervical changes. Over all I’m kind of nervous for this appointment.
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  • highsteakshighsteaks member
    @mockingjay1 didn’t strike me as whiny at all! i do understand the frustration when it feels like we don’t have the opportunity to follow through with what we have researched (with sound studies) is the best for our and our child’s well-being because of “hospital policy.” i get that they ultimately have to mind their own liability, but it just really really stinks nonetheless... especially when it’s not a standard of practice across all hospital systems.
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  • mockingjay1mockingjay1 member
    @ashkee05 - I really hope you get good news tomorrow and that last appointment was a fluke. 

    @middleschoolmommy - I hope there isn't any change in your cervical length, and baby girl continues to stay put (much longer than her big brother)

    @wildrainbow - I can't imagine coughing so much while pregnant and contracting. Girl you need a break! I really hope it passes soon.

    @highsteaks - yes it really is frustrating. I wonder if I can sign a waiver of some sort? It's not like I'd be putting my child in danger, quote the opposite. Hopefully my OB is awesome and it won't be a big deal to just do it. 
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    Dx: PCOS
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    DS2 born 11/2018
    3 previous losses
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  • pelorunningmamapelorunningmama member
    @wildrainbow I can’t imagine bronchitis this late in the fam. I had it in the first tri and was miserable. I’m so sorry!

    @middleschoolmommy hoping everything stays where it is at now and that baby girl is nice and cozy and stays a while longer!

    @ashkee05 fingers crossed it was just an off week and everything looks good!

    @mockingjay1 I hope the hospital will work with you. I honestly thought it was just standard practice to do skin to skin immediately after. They have to know how much it matters to moms and how important it is.
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  • lifesabeach85lifesabeach85 member
    mockingjay1 said:
    @highsteaks - thank you! A healthy mom and baby are my top priority. If that's the case I just want to do what is best for both of us. I hope I didn't sound like a whiny brat. I just want hospitals to provide the best evidenced based care. I know this one is quite a bit behind where I worked/delivered DS, because the nurse on the tour was telling me something their NICU just implemented that the one I worked at started doing more than 6 years ago. 
    yes! they should! It’s so frustrating when you have to fight for it. I really hope you get immediate skin to skin. I’ve had quite a few frustrations with the outdated policies in the city I currently live in (DD was born elsewhere) and I don’t at all think it’s whiny to want the best maternal care. 


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  • laasmithlaasmith member
    Hi! First time poster :)

    When is your appointment? Sept 4

    How far along will you be? 30+4

    What is being addressed? Ultrasound with MFM specialist-- I have chronic hypertension that's been getting progressively better (was normal at last appt!), but they send me to the MFM for that (and because I'm overweight). He had scheduled this ultrasound a long time ago, I think just to check on everything. No big problems thus far :)

    Questions/Comments/Concerns: I'm excited to see my baby again, it's been since the 20 week anatomy scan, but also scared that they'll see something wrong that they didn't see earlier. I have no evidence that this would happen-- I just am great at worrying. Have also been really struggling with the idea of being a mom, and am pretty scared that I'm going to be terrible at it.
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  • laasmithlaasmith member
    My appointment was ok-- my blood pressure was high so they retested manually after the appointment and it was back to normal. The doctor said I had polyhydramnios-- he recommended dietary changes (no sugar, etc), though I don't have GD. He didn't seem hugely worried, and a nurse had previously warned me that this doctor really likes to emphasize low-carb diets... and I think he had the info sheets pre-printed and already ready? Then I google and it says there could be birth defects, stillbirth, etc etc. So now I don't know what to think. 
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  • wildrainbowwildrainbow member
    UPUPDATE: Just left my appointment and I dunno how I feel. I've been very crampy and uncomfortable all day, which the Dr said is definitely not helped by being sick (no shit, Sherlock). He also said, that I will probably feel this way until I deliver. Sigh. He also said that I will absolutely under no circumstances go past 36 weeks. He also said that if there is a significant jump in my liver enzymes then he is taking the baby. Basically, I am looking at delivery from now until 36 weeks. He redid my lab work today, and u/s showed Babe is practicing his breathing, which is great. I mean I know things have been serious, but today proved that shit just got real. 
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  • highsteakshighsteaks member
    @lurvleybunchococonuts thanks! and fingers crossed you pass your 3hr and don’t feel too ill afterwards.
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  • emjohn517emjohn517 member
    @wildrainbow are they or have they given you steroid injections yet? I got them last time, around now, 30w and when my DD was born at 35w she was breathing on her own. Im going to ask at my next apt if he wants me to get them again, I’m honestly hoping to get them again bc I know I’ll be going early as well. 
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  • ashkee05ashkee05 member
    @wildrainbow I’ll be sending all the good vibes your way! Definitely get the steroid shot(s) too! When I went at 32 they gave me two and even though they stopped it when he really came at 36 his lungs were great! Just remember that while yes it is scary we are at a good point and with all the advancements we have baby will be great! (Can you tell I had to give myself this speech many times?!)  <3<3<3
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  • lifesabeach85lifesabeach85 member
    @laasmith I think if you’re uncomfortable with your doctors advice, the best course is to ask another doctor at the practice (or even another one) rather than google. I agree it’s weird to just blanket tell people to go low carb if your weight and sugars seem normal but google is never a pregnant woman’s friend!

    @ashkee05 yay! 

    @wildrainbow so stressful, but glad that baby is working on breathing in there 


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  • wildrainbowwildrainbow member
    I haven't had steroid shots yet. I know I will get them, but we are both hoping we can hold out. I think it will mainly depend on how my labs come back. I had two with ds, at 27w and at 32w. He came at 35 and was perfect, so I'm hopingthe same will be for Babe. @ashkee05 @emjohn517
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  • smulrich16smulrich16 member
    When is your appointment?
    One was this morning with MFM and tomorrow is my last appointment with my current OB. 

    How far along will you be?
    28w 5d & 28w 6d

    What is being addressed?
    Just general checks for me and the babies. MFM did scans and everything looks good - babies are measuring at 2lb 13oz and 2lbs 8oz. Tomorrow will just be a standard OB appointment, but since the OB office is closing on October 1, it will be my last visit with her. I have another OB lined up and have an appointment with him next week.  

    Questions/Comments/Concerns:
    I found out that the reason I've been at MFM so much is because my current OB only has a part time US tech. So, I may be able to start seeing them every 4 weeks instead of 2 if my new OB's schedule will allow me to see the US tech and OB on the same day. It would be nice to have one less co-payment since the MFM is a "specialist" on my insurance and the OB is considered part of the pregnancy global charge. I can't believe that the babes will be here in about 8 weeks!!
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  • wildrainbowwildrainbow member
    I had to go back to the dr today to get my second rocefen(sp?) shot. I'm getting them for the UTI and being sick. Right now they are the only thing keeping me out of the hospital. Found out that I will get a steroid shot at 32 weeks, so all I have to do now is figure out where to deliver. Honestly, my decision will be based on when I deliver, whether I go to the hospital with the better NICU or where I delivered ds, which has a NICU as well. 
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  • lifesabeach85lifesabeach85 member
    @tessiesmom26 that's interesting that your doctor said you're immune to shingles...I wonder how they can tell that? I know that if you had chicken pox that is what actually makes you susceptible to shingles because the virus apparently never goes away it just goes dormant. I asked mine about it because my sister (also pregnant) got shingles earlier this summer and I was concerned since she was pretty miserable and he was just like yeah it is more common in pregnant women because you are immuno-suppressed and you just have to hope you don't get it, but it wouldn't affect the baby. It's only worrisome if you have never had chicken pox or been vaccinated because chicken pox can affect the baby.


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  • tessiesmom26tessiesmom26 member
    @lifesabeach85 I thought it was interesting too because I had read different online. I'm wondering if what he meant was that if I did get it, it wouldn't affect the baby since I had chickenpox as a kid. He told me the name of what they tested me for, but I don't remember what it was. 
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  • ginny_203ginny_203 member
    @rosebud1230 would love to hear the questions you asked! 
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  • mamabee1113mamabee1113 member
    edited September 2018
    @ginny_203 When I can get on my computer I will edit this comment and type out my list. It’s too much to do on mobile and keep my sanity :D

    Sorry it took a while.. But heres the questions I asked the pediatrician:
    • What is your childcare philosophy? (stance on vaccinations, circumcision if this baby is a boy, feeding method, sleep, medication use like antibioitics etc.) Follow up: Are all children being seen here required to be on the same vaccination schedule?
    • Are you part of a group practice? Who would tend to the baby in the chance that you are not available or on call when s/he arrives?
    • What is the policy on calls for non-emergent (or maybe even emergent) questions? Since I'm a FTM, I will probably have a million.
    • What is the typical wait time for a response if I leave a message for you?
    • How are after-hours calls handled?
    • Are same-day sick appointments always available?
    • What is the typical wait period for getting a well appointment scheduled?
    • Will I ever be forced to an NP as opposed to you (or another Dr and the practice) or will there always be the option to see a Dr over an NP, or vice versa.
    • How soon will you meet the baby? Will I/can I be present for this meeting?
    • How frequent will Dr visits be in the beginning?
    • When would circumcision occur if baby is a boy? (we're team green, so we don't know yet!)
    • Where do lab tests occur? (with my OB, I have to go to an outside lab for blood work which is a first for me with any doctors)
    There were other questions/topics that came up in covering all these questions as well. Then I took mental note of the demeanor of staff I interacted with, wait time, waiting room set up (separate for sick/well or not), overall cleanliness, and other basic things like that. What weighed heavily with me was how generally comfortable I felt with the pediatrician. Knowing me, I'm gonna be a little helicopter-ish in the beginning, so I want to really be able to trust the doctor caring for my baby.

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