Thursday Appointments

nunzchucks · April 2014

Good luck!

hjl050308 · April 2014

Good luck everyone!

dragonfly711 · April 2014

Thanks!!! Have an US at 4pm today. 31 weeks along today too!!!

Mztwilson · April 2014

Just a regular ob appt and hp17 shot. I've only got 4 progesterone shots left! Eeeek!!!!

kbellizio3 · April 2014

9:15 OB appointment. Rescheduled from Monday because they were behind (very rare for them). Just the normal bi weekly checkup

Runningmomfam · April 2014

I'm 33 weeks and have a growth scan and appt with a high risk doc at mayo clinic. I seriously hope this girl has grown!

kcartwright12 · April 2014

Normal appt at 3pm today. I hate getting on that scale, especially after vacation.

. Oh well. Can't do anything about it now.

MorganW24 · April 2014

Last week my ute was measuring small so we have an appointment this morning to check it again. I feel like I ate a basketball this week and I've been feeling baby way up in my ribs so hoping those are both good indicators. We are planning a home birth so we can risk out very easily, fingers crossed all is well and we are back on track this week.

rainbowdashh · April 2014

30 week appt in 2 hours. I'm getting the tDap and I'm nervous! I hate needles!

diagonalley · April 2014

Check up today at 4:15 est. For once I actually have some questions so hopefully I remember them! I also need to remember my hospital preregistry form and paperwork for my job (if I type it here maybe I will be more likely to remember

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lest12 · April 2014

Folloe up with my Dr. after yesterday as well as my growth scan. Excited to see the little guy!

jaybee11 · April 2014

Had a date this morning to get the first of two steroid injections. My doctors finally decided to pull the trigger since Baby A is determined to grow as slowly as possible. They monitored the babies for half an hour, then ordered the injection meds--in and out within an hour. Get to go back for another tomorrow; this gives me a little peace of mind that the girls will have an extra little bit of preparation for whenever they decide to make their appearance.

Good luck to everyone with appointments today!

puttyeast · April 2014

Just had a bi-monthly OB appt. It was with a doctor I had not seen yet and I really liked him! He was very thorough, asked me a lot of questions and gave detailed answers to my questions. Baby's heart rate in the usual 150s and I was measuring right on for 30 weeks.

I hope everyone has good appointments today!

brooklyngirl46 · April 2014

Had my u/s; bloodwork; and normal appt. LO looks to be 4lb 4oz; which is normal.I love the word normal. Seriously, I think normal (and it's friendly cousin, Typical) may be my favorite word. Weight gain is a bit much, but I knew that already, and since my BP is perfect, and my sugar test was average, I think I'm doing alright.

On to 2 week appts!!! Crazy!!!

Good luck everyone, hope everyone gets good news.

Jennylou0604 · April 2014

Good luck, ladies!

Runningmomfam · April 2014

My amniotic fluid went up from 8-10 and baby grew from 2.13 lb to 3.10 lb in two weeks. Things are looking so much better. The dr even said it's probably just genetics and this all this fuss is for no reason. Chord, blood flow and movement look great! She is still breech though so now I have no idea if they are still going to want to induce early at 37 weeks? Do an inversion? Do another c section? Basically we just have to wait and decide when we get closer to 37 weeks. I personally would feel more comfortable waiting until 38 if everything is looking good.

rachel8078 · April 2014

Had a normal 31 week check up today, why do they have to weigh me in the afternoons, with a full bladder and intestines, and after my afternoon snacks?! There's no way that's accurate. Also, four more weeks still until we see little miss again

we haven't seen her since January 10!

CherSomething · April 2014

I had an appointment today as a result of yesterday's appointment, which kept me at the hospital for a total of 6 hours. My appt was at 4, but I didn't get home until after 10pm.

This happened at my last appointment 2 weeks ago too, and I ended up seeing the pediatric cardiologist.

So at yesterday's appointment, "Skippy's" (as I have affectionately nicknamed her) irregular heartbeat sounded even more irregular. My midwife called in another midwife... who called in another midwife... who called the OB on call.

So I get sent right back up to the childbirth center to get put on the fetal heart monitor. After a few seconds, the nurse goes, "I'm just going to get the doctor in here right away."

!!

ok...

So he listens for a few then gets the ultrasound machine so he can take a look at my little Skippy.

He watches her heartbeat and says she is having pre-atrial contractions (arrhythmia), but what he is concerned about is that her heartbeat is dipping down to 60 bpm. (This is a big change from 2 weeks ago. Plus, the irregular beats are more frequent) He wants to make sure that isn't being caused by something other than the arrhythmia. So he left me to be monitored for a while so he could get some more information before calling another doctor to decide what to do next.

So they monitor her for about 20-30 minutes to get enough information, and the OB calls the bigger hospital a few cities over to talk to maternal fetal medicine. They decide they want to see little Skippy next.

But they tell me it's probably nothing to worry about, she'll more than likely grow out of it.

(So why does everyone want to see me right away if it's probably nothing? Quit playing games with my heart... with my heart... my heart)

So I go down to the big hospital... the one with the freakin' shootout in the parking lot two weeks ago.... And I get lost. And I cry because I am by myself in this dangerous city, I want my boyfriend with me but he can't because he has the kids and it's late and we have no one around to help us, and I walk up to the door with a crappy map and tears in my eyes and everyone that works there (a pile of people in scrubs) just kind of looks away like they can't help.

(Reconfirming how unfriendly Massachusetts is)

So I walk in the wrong door and a mile and many tears later I find where I'm supposed to be. Get hooked up to a fetal monitor again while we wait for the maternal fetal medicine doctor to come in (who got called in from home just for Skippy, even though it's probably nothing)

So he takes me back to ultrasound and gets a good look at her. Looks at all her parts and they looked amazing and perfect (I could see her on this ultrasound, I couldn't on the last one). But the pre atrial contractions are just occurring a lot. He is a specialist and also thinks she will grow out of it as most babies do, if not by birth, then shortly after. However, he wants to monitor her closely. He said if her beat switches to tachycardia (fast) because of stress, then it's a problem. But he feels this is is unlikely to happen, as it usually doesn't. He wants me back for another ultrasound the next day (which was today), and then 3 times next week.

No big deal. Plus she sees the pediatric cardiologist again this Friday (tomorrow)... So 5 more appointments over the next week.

Oh. And he put me on caffeine restriction. No coffee, tea, soda, or CHOCOLATE... nothing with caffeine.

So they send me home. The staff in this office was very, very kind by the way.

So today I was seen at about 1030 for another ultrasound. This was kind of nice because I had an ultrasound tech and she let me see Skippy's face -- BIIIIIG yawn, so cute!

-- before looking at the important bits--her heart. And she gave me some pictures. Of course, the arrhythmia showed up so she went and got the doctor so he could take a look. He looked at her heart and watched the arrhythmia for a while and said the same thing everyone else has been saying. But he added that if it doesn't resolve by the time I go into labor, they can't usually tell how the baby's heart is handling labor, which leads to c-section... But he said that was unlikely. ? I don't know.

So tomorrow, I take Skippy back to her wonderful pediatric cardiologist and we'll see what he says.

I just don't understand how the sound of her heartbeat could change so much. It changed from normal sounding but with a skip, to something that sounds squeaky and weird. I didn't even recognize it as a heartbeat. They tell me it's the equipment, buuut her beat came through normal sounding with this equipment a couple weeks ago.

I want to say also that I am glad to know, even though they've seen it before and it's usually not cause for alarm, everyone takes it very seriously... To the point where doctors get called in and I get 5 appointments in one week, like my little baby is the most important baby in the whole world. That's... That's a pretty nice thing, actually.

I hope she "grows out of it" soon. I also don't want to deliver her at the hospital they sent me to last night and today. I don't want the sounds of gunshots ringing out to be what she first hears when she comes in to the world. I had to get an escort to my car last night... the nurse would not let me walk into the parking lot alone because she knows too many people who have been "approached" out there. I know she is safer IN that hospital because they have the NICU and all the specialists but.. uggg I hate that city!! It is listed as one of the most unsafe cities in the U.S. I want her to come into the world peacefully in the nice childbirth center I picked out with the wonderful midwives like I had planned, and she will be healthy and not need any extra help after delivery. Come on, Skippy!!

Sorry for the book. I'm so long-winded.

dragonfly711 · April 2014

Had US all seems good. Didn't get great US pics since she is still breech. Her is facing me. Was so hoping she would turn by now.
She is 4.5 pounds 16 in long and HR 129. I am huge but all belly. She is big too!!! I go back in 4 weeks. I so hope she turns by then.

2 nd pic are pics of her feet!!!

brooklyngirl46 · April 2014

CherSomething, hugs. That sounds so stressful, which i'm sure didn't help at all!

puttyeast · April 2014

@CherSomething I am so sorry about your stressful day and worry about Skippy's heart. I'll keep you in my thoughts. I hope it does resolve itself!

CherSomething · April 2014

@snuff9861‌ Thank you for the piece of mind. I'm 31 weeks.

I hope that it isn't the caffeine that has caused this, I'll feel like such shit. I cut back on coffee, but I've enjoyed a cup almost every day. I don't drink soda except maybe once a month if we go out to dinner. Sometimes I'll switch out my coffee for tea. Love tea.

The cardiologist told me two weeks ago there's no known connection and I can keep enjoying my morning cup, as long as I'm not drinking buckets of it (which I don't).
But anyway other doc said no caff. Done. I don't need it. If her arrhythmia starts clearing up now, I'm gonna feel relieved of course, but also like I did it to her. Especially since my boyfriend has been warning me off coffee since we found out I'm pregnant. I brushed him off because the midwife said its fine in modest amounts.

I don't smoke, I don't drink, I've never done drugs... My vice is my coffee. I love my kids more than coffee though.

Jennylou0604 · April 2014

@CherSomething‌ prayers for you and Skippy!

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