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Feeling old at the doctor

Country Girl in the CityCountry Girl in the City
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I had an appointment with my regular OB yestereday. He is sending me to the MFM to make sure that my blood pressure is being appropriately addressed.  He also commented that this has been a really long hard pregnancy and it usually is not this hard.  He did make up for that comment by complimenting me on my abs and that I still have the ability to do a sit up.

I did the GTT so I had to go to the lab after we were done.  There were two other girls from my dr office that went down to the lab at the same time as me.  I was the only one that was old enough to sign my own consents.  One girl had to call her mother from the office to tell her that she was pregnant again and then said that she was keeping this one because she could not have any more abortions.  the other girl told the lab tech that she was not happy at all about the baby but it was too late to do anything about it.

I was sitting there with my new 24 hour urine container with all of the staff looking at me like I should say something to these girls.  The the tech started asking questions like how long did you try and boy you must be very excited to finally be pregnant.  I could literally have been the mother of the two girls.  I was very sad for them, both were alone.  

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  • danieleandwaynedanieleandwayne member

    I think you should change your subject title to "Feeling Responsible at the doctor." Sadly, there are tons of people out there like those 2 girls. Just because you're old enough to be their mothers, doesn't mean you're old. It means they're babies. The fact that they can't sign their own consents because they're too young proves my point. Smile

    And go you, with your wicked hawt abs!

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  • emikatemikat member
    Wow, that's unbelievable.  Certainly, if you can't sign your own consents, you should be rethinking how you live your life and the choices you make that put you in that situation.  Don't feel old.  Feel responsible, as Daniele said!  
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  • Country Girl in the CityCountry Girl in the City
    But I was the only one in orthapedic shoes Tongue Tied.  I had to go to a work baby shower after the appointment.  Even that girl was still rocking her 4" spikey boots.  I also just realized that I started sleeping with DH before these girls were born.
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  • kgs0505kgs0505 member

    Every time I go to the MFM, i see so many teenagers with their parents.  The teen pg rate in my county is pretty high.  Just a reminder for me that I need to make sure these girls get all the sex ed I can provide along with a supply of condoms and a trip to the OB the second they think they might want to have sex.  Same for the boy except for the trip to the OB, although if that was an option....

    Burying your head in the sand as a parent isn't helpful.

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  • danuli8danuli8 member
    I agree with the others--you are not old, just responsible. And I bet you have better abs than they do! Stick out tongue
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    Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
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  • ba23ba02ba23ba02 member
    I found this post very sad.  Here you are waiting to hear about your results and being happy about your new baby coming and you are faced with teenage pregnancy and its 2012.  These kids today have so many options and birth control than we ever had back in the 90s.  I cannot understand why the kids let themselves be so irresponsible.  They want and want but they do not want to be responsible.  They are the instant give me generation.  They text message while driving and probably while having sex!   I am sorry you had to go through this but we all see it in the OB offices today.  Not much changes in the teenage spectrum.   
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