Not sure if this belongs here or in the COVID-19 thread, but I am having concerns about my upcoming AS. It’s scheduled for 4/13, but my provider referred me to the “big hospital” in a neighboring county due to my nephew having an organ deformity at birth. They do anatomy scans at my provider but I guess their equipment is older and their techs are less specialized. The biggest concern I have is that the “big hospital” is handling the majority of the COVID-19 cases in the state, and that county has over 50% of the total cases vs. my county at just under 8%. The hospital is large and the emergency room has a separate entrance from the OB center, but I am just concerned that I am more likely to be potentially exposed than if I had the scan at my local OB (I am at additional risk having asthma FWIW). No one really knows for sure whether my nephew’s issue was genetic or just a random fluke so there really is no way for me to know what risk I take potentially by having my AS locally. Am I just being paranoid? Does it make sense to try to reschedule with my local OB instead?
@hypermusic if you are really concerned I would have a conversation with your doctor and express your concern. Your doctor is aware of what is happening locally, but they are sending you to the big hospital for a reason. The a/s is an essential appointment, so I would continue with the appointment. Ask the doctor what precautions you can/should take or ask if they can call you when they are truly ready for your to start your scan instead of waiting in the waiting room for them to call you back. Like I said in the other thread, my doctor canceled my 24 week appointment because it's not a necessary appointment and there is no reason to expose me to more germs, but he said that my 27/28 week appointment is an important one that I need to come into the office for. I'm sure doctors are not putting us in harms way unless it's necessary, but your concerns are still valid.
Married: August 2012
TTC #1: July 2015
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@hypermusic I would agree that you should contact your doctor and voice your concerns. I would not skip the AS as it is such a vital scan in ensuring that everything is developing properly with baby. Originally, I was going to have my AS at the specialist's office, in a major hospital, as my brother was born with a cleft lip. However, after speaking with the genetic counselor at our 12 scan, she told me that the statistics went from only 0.1% to 0.6% chance of our baby being born with a cleft lip since it was my brother and not me. I spoke with my MW office and she said that they have the 3D capability and can scan for such at their office. I decided to cancel the appt with the specialist and have the scan done at the MW office. I'm sure if anything were to look off (knock on wood everything is fine!), they would refer me to a specialist at that point. Perhaps you can discuss this with your doctor to see if something similar is right for you. It's such a wild time in the world, so I'm sure they would prefer to discuss with you rather than you having anxiety over this. Good luck and keep us posted.
Me: 33 DH: 36 Dating 4/2008 Married 6/2016 TTC #1 9/2019 BFP 12/13/2019! EDD 8/27/2020 Baby Girl
GUYS!!!! Oh my god I cannot sing praises about my OB enough. They took my blood yesterday to check my liver enzymes to send to my gastro who was wanting to do an MRI on me to look for liver damage the results of the blood work showed I am completely NORMAL. I am healthy and normal and I no longer need to see him and words cannot describe how happy I am and how relieved I am that my OB listened to me and trusted me and took the blood work and is calling the gastro on my behalf to tell him that I am normal and healthy. For over a month now I've had this heavy weight on my shoulders being told something was wrong with me but I felt so fine and normal and it was so confusing hearing over and over again that my body was sick but I felt fine. I'm legit BAWLING my eyes out over here because I finally don't feel scared. I just needed to shout this out loud sorry to spam about it.
i have my anatomy scan in like a week and a half and I'm excited even though it's not happening exactly as i had hoped at the start of this pregnancy! I thought my practice would do it in office since they have an u/s (that's where I had the NT scan done), but they refer out to an MFM clinic to do the anatomy scan. Then a few days later I'll have a follow up with my midwife (should be virtual), but supposedly an MFM will tell me the results before I leave from the anatomy scan.
Then a few days after that my second trimester (virtual) appt with my endocrinologist... and i'm not mad about that one being virtual 😝
I have my second part of my AS screen coming up on 4/22. The last one couldn't be completed since my little girl didn't want to get her heart measured. Glad that I have an additional opportunity to see her through ultrasound tho.
I had my anatomy scan yesterday. They couldn’t get a good pic of baby’s spine or aorta arch. Every other scan was good thankfully so I have to go back in 4 weeks for a follow up scan. They also noticed I have placenta previa so I have to be extra careful now. In two weeks I have a regular ob appointment, I’m assuming they will keep it in person since I’m high risk. Then 2 weeks after that I go for the follow up scan. I hate having to go out, but it really does reassure me being seen in person.
I have a virtual appt with my OB on the 8th. They scheduled an in person OB for the 24th since they changed the one on the 8th to virtual but said it was dependent on the situation around that time if they decide to make that one virtual or push it out another 2 weeks for in person. I also have my follow up A/S on the 24th since they were not able to get all the pictures they needed. The U/S tech said what they got looked good but needed a few more images that baby wasnt in a good position for. The follow up A/S is at the hospital.
@WishesSheCouldCook Mine is on Tuesday - I would think they’ll have them if they think they’re necessary, but I’m going to call in the morning before I leave to see what precautions they’re taking.
@WishesSheCouldCook Good luck at your appt tomorrow!! My as is Wednesday and I'm planning on wearing a mask. I was in the mw's office this past week and everyone but one nurse I interacted with had a mask on. The one who did not handed me a urine sample cup and spoke to me... so we were pretty close. I was wishing I had a mask on then. 🤦♀️
Me: 33 DH: 36 Dating 4/2008 Married 6/2016 TTC #1 9/2019 BFP 12/13/2019! EDD 8/27/2020 Baby Girl
@lachnessmomster I got word from my OB late this afternoon, a mass email, that they encouraged all patients to follow as many CDC guidelines as they could, and those have officially been updated to include wearing homemade masks out in public. I'm gonna wear one Wednesday morning when I go in to my OB office.
My regular OB appointment will be over the phone this Wednesday. I have a fetal echo scheduled the 17th and I plan to wear a mask. It’s with high risk and she’s in and out of the hospital daily. Also, I want to do my part in reducing the spread in the event I’m an asymptotic carrier.
My AS is tomorrow and I called today and they said to wear a mask so I plan to! Still a little Bummed DH can’t go but I know everyone is in the same boat. Also bummed they won’t let me FaceTime or record. But excited to see the babes!
My appointment went well. I did wear a mask. Dd looked good. My placenta is anterior and low lying. I’m so glad I’ve been able to feel her move as much as I have. I’ll go back at 32 or so for another scan to make sure the placenta has moved. Both tech and dr said it probably would and did not classify it as Privia. Measuring about 5 days behind so sounds a lot like a smaller little girl like big sister.
I called my Dr and spoke to them about my concerns last week and they were basically like "we understand your concerns, and stand by our initial referral, but would also understand if you want to do the AS in office. So whatever you feel more comfortable with." Gah! I'm a middle child; don't make me made DECISIONS! Lol
Ultimately I opted to reschedule with my local OB, and was lucky to only have to move it out by 2 days. It's in their office vs. at a hospital so there should only be pregnant women coming and going vs. all the activity at the (much larger) hospital. I can't bring DH, but he has to watch DD anyway. He hasn't been to any appointments this time compared to almost all my appointments with DD. I think they said I could take a video though *fingers crossed*. So now I have a week and a half to rig up some kind of mask...
@hypermusic That is so great that you were able to switch the scan to be done at your local OB vs going into the busy hospital! Wishing you a smooth appt!
Me: 33 DH: 36 Dating 4/2008 Married 6/2016 TTC #1 9/2019 BFP 12/13/2019! EDD 8/27/2020 Baby Girl
I got a call today that I won't be able to continue with my current doctor, who is a family medicine doctor. From now on all my appointments will be with an OB. Which I'm fine with, I just wasn't doing it before because it is further for me to travel to that office.
Then I called the OB office to reschedule my appointment next week to be with someone in their office. I was originally still having an office visit but now I found out the OB's office is only doing phone appointments for anyone before 28 weeks. I'm only a little concerned just because I'm high risk and I'm afraid that the person making the appointment didn't see that when making my appointment. My family doctor was still having come into the office for that reason. I might call back tomorrow just to check.
I would definitely call back tomorrow and mention. @catana15 it doesn't hurt to be a bug in their ear and advocate for yourself! I'm sure a bit of it is them going on autopilot, setting up the televisits, but if you know you are high risk, so they should really be seeing you in person, speak up! Especially if it's to establish a whole new relationship, sounds like.
AS was today and the tech let me film a bit to show DH so that was great. Babies are doing well. Baby b has velamentous cord insertion which I guess is a slight abnormality in the cord making it higher risk for growth restriction and cord compression/detachment during delivery. We will just need close monitoring for now with monthly growth scans which we would have had to do regardless due to twins. My OB said not to worry and she didn’t seem concerned. Fingers crossed everything will be fine!
I went to the cardiologist today. I’ve been having tons of palpitations, high heart rates, and excessive exhaustion. I had this with my daughter. They put me on the same med I was on for her pregnancy so hopefully it does the trick. Since I have had it before I didn’t have to redo all the tests (I’ve also had 3 ekgs done since this pregnancy started and 1 done a month before I was pregnant) They don’t want me in any more often then I need to be. I check back in in 3 weeks via phone. If all is good then good. Otherwise they’ll look at repeating a monitor and adjusting meds/doses.
TTC1: May 2015
Primary IF May 2016; Failed HSG; Scheduled Lap Sept. 2016
@Sarah0985 I have been having heart palpitations as well this pregnancy. I don't know how often it happens, I really should track it. When you first experienced this with your daughters pregnancy did you just bring it up to your daughter and how did they have you track it or did they bring you in for a ekg right away? I don't see, hopefully, my doctor again until May 5. And I say hopefully because my insurance is consolidating offices due to the virus, so I will know more details about my appointment when it gets closer.
Married: August 2012
TTC #1: July 2015
BFP 1: October 30, 2015; EDD: July 6, 2016- Team Pink
About an hour after I posted here about my fetal echo they called to consolidate that appointment with my growth scan at 32 weeks to reduce my exposure.
I would have loved to have seen this little guy again but I am pretty relieved that I don’t have to put us in a situation to catch anything.
@blackgirlmagic with my daughter I didn’t know I was having heart palpitations really. I just knew I never felt “right”. At all my doctors appointments for her my heart rates were 80’s and 90’s though. I kept telling my coworkers though I was so tired. I would sleep all night. Nap 2-3 hours and still be tired by 9. I couldn’t stand for a 10 min morning assembly at my job. I knew my tiredness was not normal. I was wearing a Fitbit at the time as well and I started noticing how high my heart rate wS. I brought all that up to my doctor and she referred me right to a cardiologist. I had an ekg done and everything looked normal so they did a 24 hour holter monitor. It showed my heart rate was almost always at a cardio rate and reaching up to 150’s-140’s doing typical daily activities. They put me on a beta-blocker and almost over night I felt like a new person. heart palpitations by themselves are usually considered ok and are not dangerous if you’re functioning normally. In my case I was only put on meds because the symptoms of the palpitations were hindering my daily life. Both my cardiologist for my daughter and my new one today both said this.
For this one my ob knew about my history so as soon as I said I was starting to experience an increase he put a referral in with no questions asked. I had a lot of anxiety about letting it get as bad as it did with my daughter. That was just not knowing really what was happening and thinking it’s normal to be tired when pregnant. To anyone sleeping 14-15 hours a day every day- NOT NORMAL and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise just because it’s your first pregnancy.
I would describe to your doctor what you’re feeling and maybe start a log to bring with. If you hve a smart watch that tracks heart rate that can be a good source of informatio.
TTC1: May 2015
Primary IF May 2016; Failed HSG; Scheduled Lap Sept. 2016
Thank you for the information @sarah0985 that is really helpfully to hear. I will start wearing my watch to see if i notice anything off from now until my next appointment.
Married: August 2012
TTC #1: July 2015
BFP 1: October 30, 2015; EDD: July 6, 2016- Team Pink
Guys, my ultrasound tech had me roll on my left, on my right, get off the table and jump up and down a couple times... this baby girl was moving around like crazy and that was half the problem. We'd get her in a good position and she'd roll away and we wouldn't be able to get the pictures. Thank goodness we finally got everything though. Everything looks solid. I hope everyone else having ultrasounds today has a good trip into the wild!
@RedBaramid glad they got all the images they needed!
I'm going in today for an unscheduled appointment. He's been really quiet the past two days after being consistently active. I reached out to my doctor yesterday and she said she thought it was Iikely fine but that I could come in if I wanted. I was trying to manage my anxiety and not go in, but then I had cream of wheat which always makes him move around and nothing happened so I called in crying asking to be seen today. I've also been up since 2:30 again so I'm sure I'm also just overtired. They were so sweet and said to come at 1:30. I feel pretty confident things are fine but will be good to get reassurance.
Re: April appointments
Not sure if this belongs here or in the COVID-19 thread, but I am having concerns about my upcoming AS. It’s scheduled for 4/13, but my provider referred me to the “big hospital” in a neighboring county due to my nephew having an organ deformity at birth. They do anatomy scans at my provider but I guess their equipment is older and their techs are less specialized. The biggest concern I have is that the “big hospital” is handling the majority of the COVID-19 cases in the state, and that county has over 50% of the total cases vs. my county at just under 8%. The hospital is large and the emergency room has a separate entrance from the OB center, but I am just concerned that I am more likely to be potentially exposed than if I had the scan at my local OB (I am at additional risk having asthma FWIW). No one really knows for sure whether my nephew’s issue was genetic or just a random fluke so there really is no way for me to know what risk I take potentially by having my AS locally. Am I just being paranoid? Does it make sense to try to reschedule with my local OB instead?
Dating 4/2008
Married 6/2016
TTC #1 9/2019
BFP 12/13/2019!
EDD 8/27/2020 Baby Girl
@BusinessWife yay for an in person follow up!
i have my anatomy scan in like a week and a half and I'm excited even though it's not happening exactly as i had hoped at the start of this pregnancy! I thought my practice would do it in office since they have an u/s (that's where I had the NT scan done), but they refer out to an MFM clinic to do the anatomy scan. Then a few days later I'll have a follow up with my midwife (should be virtual), but supposedly an MFM will tell me the results before I leave from the anatomy scan.
Then a few days after that my second trimester (virtual) appt with my endocrinologist... and i'm not mad about that one being virtual 😝
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I have no idea what kind of hospital environment I'm going to walk into. I feel like I'm in a sci-fi movie.
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Then I called the OB office to reschedule my appointment next week to be with someone in their office. I was originally still having an office visit but now I found out the OB's office is only doing phone appointments for anyone before 28 weeks. I'm only a little concerned just because I'm high risk and I'm afraid that the person making the appointment didn't see that when making my appointment. My family doctor was still having come into the office for that reason. I might call back tomorrow just to check.
doing well. Baby b has velamentous cord insertion which I guess is a slight abnormality in the cord making it higher risk for growth restriction and cord compression/detachment during delivery. We will
just need close monitoring for now with monthly growth scans which we would have had to do regardless due to twins. My OB said not to worry and she didn’t seem concerned. Fingers crossed everything will be fine!
echo they called to consolidate that appointment with my growth scan at 32 weeks to reduce my exposure.
with my daughter I didn’t know I was having heart palpitations really. I just knew I never felt “right”. At all my doctors appointments for her my heart rates were 80’s and 90’s though. I kept telling my coworkers though I was so tired. I would sleep all night. Nap 2-3 hours and still be tired by 9. I couldn’t stand for a 10 min morning assembly at my job. I knew my tiredness was not normal. I was wearing a Fitbit at the time as well and I started noticing how high my heart rate wS. I brought all that up to my doctor and she referred me right to a cardiologist. I had an ekg done and everything looked normal so they did a 24 hour holter monitor. It showed my heart rate was almost always at a cardio rate and reaching up to 150’s-140’s doing typical daily activities. They put me on a beta-blocker and almost over night I felt like a new person.
heart palpitations by themselves are usually considered ok and are not dangerous if you’re functioning normally. In my case I was only put on meds because the symptoms of the palpitations were hindering my daily life. Both my cardiologist for my daughter and my new one today both said this.
I'm going in today for an unscheduled appointment. He's been really quiet the past two days after being consistently active. I reached out to my doctor yesterday and she said she thought it was Iikely fine but that I could come in if I wanted. I was trying to manage my anxiety and not go in, but then I had cream of wheat which always makes him move around and nothing happened so I called in crying asking to be seen today. I've also been up since 2:30 again so I'm sure I'm also just overtired. They were so sweet and said to come at 1:30. I feel pretty confident things are fine but will be good to get reassurance.
GL today @rivercitynik fx baby is just chilling and all is well. ❤️