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March 2017 Moms
mrsyimster
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Weekly Appointments Check in week of 11/14
mrsyimster
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hi ladies!!!! i know a lot of y'all are having 2nd trimester appointments!!! let us know how it went!
Did you or will you have an appointment this week?
How did it go / what are you looking forward to?
Raves & rants:
Did you get an ultrasound? TV or Ab?
How far along are you?
Multi or rocking the singleton?
Do you know the gender(s) yet?
Have you announced yet?
When is your next appointment?
What are you looking forward to at your next appointment?
GTNY: what gift do you want most this year?
Re: Weekly Appointments Check in week of 11/14
Did you or will you have an appointment this week? I had one today
How did it go / what are you looking forward to?It went great, had another ultrasound and got to see him moving, sucking his thumb, moving his hands<3
Raves & rants:
Did you get an ultrasound? TV or Ab?Yep
How far along are you?22 weeks 6 days, measuring 23 weeks 2 days
Multi or rocking the singleton? Single
Do you know the gender(s) yet? boy!
Have you announced yet?yep.
When is your next appointment? Dec 14th for my one hour glucose
What are you looking forward to at your next appointment? I'm not looking forward to my next appointment, I just drink that yucky drink and get bloodwork. I failed by 1 point last time and had to do the three hour so I'm really hoping that doesn't happen again
GTNY: what gift do you want most this year? Vinyl records, I got a big box of my grandpas records so I bought a record player and now I want my records to add to the collection.
Did you or will you have an appointment this week? Tuesday (11/15)
How did it go / what are you looking forward to? It was fine... I was expecting a normal boring appointment (pee in a cup, step on a scale, hear the hr with the doppler, measure the belly, leave) so I felt blindsided when my doctor decided to throw at me that since I had a history of heart issues that they were likely going to admit me to ICU instead of L&D for the delivery. It came out of no where, so I was completely unprepared to ask the millions of questions that suddenly flooded my brain as soon as I left the office.
Raves & rants: I'm super annoyed at the above because my OB office has been aware of my heart condition this entire time and didn't seem concerned (I've had mutliple heart surgeries that fixed most of the problem and the rest is well controlled by medication). I feel like this escalated VERY quickly and I'm pissed that they just threw it at me so casually.
Did you get an ultrasound? TV or Ab? N/A
How far along are you? ~23w
Multi or rocking the singleton? Single
Do you know the gender(s) yet? Baby Girl!
Have you announced yet? Yup.
When is your next appointment? Fetal Echocardiogram in a couple weeks to make sure my heart meds aren'tr affecting baby girl's heart.
What are you looking forward to at your next appointment? Asking the 8 million questions I now have that I was unprepared to ask before. For instance - I read that ICU births often only allow the medical team in the room (which wouldn't surprise me because I have had multiple cardiac ICU stays before and I had to beg and plead for very short visits from my husband). Does this mean DH won't be allowed to be there for my delivery? Because that's not ok...
GTNY: what gift do you want most this year? To not have gestational diabetes? For some reason I am overly concerned with GD lol
Sorry for the long and ranty post... I thought after a couple days I would calm down, but I am honestly just getting more ramped up!
Did you or will you have an appointment this week? Today
How did it go / what are you looking forward to? Went well... looking forward to next appointment when we have an ultrasound just to make sure my placenta moved up. Also have to do glucose test next time so happy to be getting that out of the way.
Raves & rants: When Dr. was going to do the doppler baby kicked hard twice. The Dr. was surprised since I'm only 24 weeks and the kicks were definitely visible. She laughed and said good luck! lol
Did you get an ultrasound? TV or Ab? nope
How far along are you? 23w6d
Multi or rocking the singleton? Singleton
Do you know the gender(s) yet? Girl
Have you announced yet? yep
When is your next appointment? Dec 15
What are you looking forward to at your next appointment? Besides seeing baby, after next appt I go to a 2 week schedule!
GTNY: what gift do you want most this year? Well I already know I'm getting a sewing machine so I'm excited to start learning that. I'm gifting myself a cup of coffee xmas morning with my family (I don't do caffeine during pregnancy) so I'm really really looking forward to that!
SaveSaveDid you or will you have an appointment this week? This morning regular monthly OB appt
How did it go / what are you looking forward to? It went well. The usual 5 minute appt - hear heartbeat and go over what I need to do the next 4 weeks.....He suggested doing birthing classes....Are they worth it? Most people I know who had children didn't do them.
Raves & rants: Had a nurse practitioner student come in...I'm all about learning, so I am one that will usually allow them to be involved.
She came over to feel where the uterus was, but didn't press hard enough. She'll have to get used to that. Otherwise, she observed 
It was all good.
Did you get an ultrasound? TV or Ab? nope...doppler
How far along are you? 23w 1d
Multi or rocking the singleton? singleton
Do you know the gender(s) yet? Little GIRL
Have you announced yet? yep - had our family over for a gender reveal.
When is your next appointment? 12/15 - the dreaded glucose test
What are you looking forward to at your next appointment? hopefully a good result from the glucose test...but GD runs in the family, so hopefully we'll be good
GTNY: what gift do you want most this year? Hm...I basically told everyone that they can get us stuff for the baby, but I think DH might get me a new FitBit....I've been going crazy not having mine. But I would love to get our furniture if possible
Maybe my dad will get us the crib.
DH: 37
DD: 03/17/17
DS: 12/06/19
SaveSave@JustAnotherUsername16 that's a huge thing to learn, not something that should have been sprung on you like that - especially since it sounds like they gave you so little information! I'd be up in arms too.
Did you or will you have an appointment this week? Had one this morning (11/18)
How did it go / what are you looking forward to? It went great! I'm so excited to have become a midwife patient. There's 2 in the office and either one of them will deliver depending on who's on call. The one I met with this morning was so pleasant and she explained the entire midwife process and talked about how they believe in letting my body do what comes naturally and won't intervene unless they absolutely have to. And if they have to they'll suggest what to do but won't just say, we're doing X, without giving me an option. I love the calm nature of midwives and it makes me so much more excited for the delivery.
Raves & rants: Nothing to rant about. Great appt!
Did you get an ultrasound? TV or Ab? No, shouldn't need any more.
How far along are you? Measuring 23+6
Multi or rocking the singleton? Uno
Do you know the gender(s) yet? Team green!
Have you announced yet? Yes
When is your next appointment? December 14th. Have to do the 1 hr glucose test before then. NOT looking forward to it. I hate having to sit at the lab for a full hour and can't leave. I think it's BS!
What are you looking forward to at your next appointment? Meeting the other midwife.
GTNY: what gift do you want most this year? I literally haven't even thought about what I've wanted this year! Normally I give my husband a Christmas list with a bunch of different options and price points, but I haven't the foggiest idea what I want. Anything that I want I just buy for myself so I have to think of something.
@Gators&BoSox nooo why is your husband anti-doula?
Did you or will you have an appointment this week? Yes- today
How did it go / what are you looking forward to? Great!
Raves & rants: The blood clot is getting smaller and the choroid plexus cysts are gone! Still on pelvic rest and no heavy lifting until clot is gone.
Did you get an ultrasound? TV or Ab? Yes-ab
How far along are you? 21.3
Multi or rocking the singleton? Only one
Do you know the gender(s) yet? Boy
Have you announced yet? Yes
When is your next appointment? 3 weeks
What are you looking forward to at your next appointment? Seeing my sweet boy again
GTNY: what gift do you want most this year? I am bad at this game. I never have any ideas for myself.