<b>Update</b>: AS went great! I haven't put pics on my phone yet, but we even got a sweet little 3D image. 😍 All the fingers and toes are present and accounted for! HR was a perfect 150, and baby already weighs about 15 ounces! 😲 So neat to see, and baby's head is waaay up high my my ribcage, so that accounts for the increased indigestion, I'd imagine lol. She had to take a little extra time at the end to get the last heart image we needed (especially since most likely my fetal echo will be cancelled), but she got everything she needed and the doctor let us go.
It was actually the same sonographer who did our fetal echo for DD a couple years ago, so that was kind of cool. Her daughter has the same first name! Lol
Unfortunately, DH got called into work last minute tho, so our compromise was I just went in for the scan in the morning, and then we had to reschedule my midwife appointment. We will plan to have SIL hang out with S for that one tho, so no more last minute work calls throwing a wrench into things.
My 24w appointment apparently will be a tele visit, so they won't plan to see me in person again till 28w. Not sure why we couldn't just do the 20w by phone, and come in person for 24w and 28w instead, but this is how they wanted to do it. 🤷
@rivercitynik Best of luck at your appointment, sending positive thoughts your way!!!
@BusinessWife Congrats on your successful A/S today!
I had my first appointment with my new OBGYN. She seems so sweet and kindhearted. She went over every chart from 9weeks and on with me. I was surprised she didn’t bring up the fact that the ultrasound clinic wanted to see me again after my second A/S to check babys kidney as it measured a tiny bit smaller then the other. My GP mentioned she wasn’t concerned about it, so maybe she forgot to mention it in my referral.
She measured me and said we are right on track. Checked babes heart rate and it was up at 158. Just 4 weeks ago it was 140.. she seemed the most excited that we’ve decided to keep the sex a surprise lol Next appointment will be glucose test which I have yet to book with the lab.
@rivercitynik Sorry for the worry. I’m happy they’re having you come in. Everything is so scary right now as it is this will be nice to have reassurance for at least one aspect of your life 💙
Aww, that is so cute that she is excited for you to be team green. @charhar0820. I feel like everyone in our circle is like, are you suuuuuuure you don't want to find out now?
Thanks @BusinessWife and @maelove I did call and they said I would just do the phone visit for the first appointment. And during the call they may decide to have me come in to the office. I'm glad I called, they're always very reassuring with my questions.
Thanks for the good vibes today ladies (and so glad to hear about all the other appointments that went well...it was a busy day for our crew)!
He is a-ok! He just changed positions and is now facing my back towards my placenta so that's why I'm not feeling him as much. Was nice to see him again today and I even got a little thumbs up from him that made me cry. The hospital was a little overwhelming (my practice is inside the hospital) so that added to my anxiety at first, but everyone in the practice was sweet and kind and didn't make me feel silly for coming in. My next appointment is next week and since I went in today we decided we all feel comfortable doing a televisit next week. Since I won't go in again until 28 weeks they gave me the drink for my glucose test...I thought it would look different! I need to put it somewhere safe since it looks like a mini water bottle and I might just drink it!
@rivercitynik I'm so glad all is well, and that no one made you feel silly! I felt like a complete dope because I didn't bring my wallet okay.... Except they needed to see my insurance card and Photo ID. 🤦🤦🤦 Luckily, we found a workaround, but man did I feel like an @-hole lol. Plus you knocked next week's appearance out of the way! Great job!
I had my anatomy scan today. Everything went well! Baby is doing well and they got all the pictures needed. Little baby was all over the place which was neat to see. They did not say anything about changing my next appointment, so I'm assuming it will be business as usual unless I hear otherwise!
@rivercitynik I'm so glad everything was ok! It's really unnerving when you can't feel them moving around (says a FTM lol). I am sure you are not the first mom who has called needing that reassurance, especially with everything happening in the world and our heightened stress/anxiety levels.
@BusinessWife I'm glad your AS went well too! I have definitely had preggo brain about my wallet too. I got into a bad habit of leaving my small wallet in my coat pocket after work (since I don't bring a purse with me when I'm driving around), but then when the weather started to get nice I kept forgetting to switch it to my other coats!
My tele-visit didn’t happen. I was waiting for the call and noticed that in tiny letters in the corner my phone said “NO SIM” about 10 mins after my scheduled “visit”. I restarted my phone and a voicemail popped up from 3pm (visit was at 4:15) that said she was available now and I could call when able, if not she’d call closer to my scheduled time. I called the office (now about 15 mins past visit time) and the recording said the office was closed. I called back through the nurse line, waited for 10 minutes on hold and then was looped to the answering service.
I attempted to call a third time and noticed I got an email from them that said “visit summary.”
No where did it mention we never spoke or got in contact. It just pulled forward my old info and vitals and it was signed.
Yea, that’s not cool. And that seems like a major liability to sign a note like that. Obviously I’ll be calling in the morning.
@tyrion_ Oof, that's crazy. I have been wondering how all these tele visits would be going down, like if you call them, or they call you.... Argh. I hope they have a better explanation how that report just gets generated too, bc not only did you not have an actual visit / conversation, but certainly nothing BILLABLE. 😠
Glad to hear all appts went well today and everyone got to see their little babes. I had my AS today and it turns out I have an anterior placenta, which I suspected since I really haven't felt much movement yet. Looking forward to really feeling her. Everything else is perfect and baby is developing right on track. They checked her face and it doesn't look like she has a cleft lip (like my brother) so I'm a bit relieved. Next appt at 24w is via phone and 28w is in person for the glucose test. I agree @rivercitynik it looks like a little water bottle lol.
@tyrion_ Sorry your first tele-appt didn't go well and you get that cleared up tomorrow!
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Fwiw, with my tele-appointment, they emailed me a link to a video call and asked me to login a little bit ahead. But as I mentioned I was going to in the coronavirus thread, I actually canceled it since I didn't see any point in having an appointment just to tell them everything is fine and normal since they couldn't do the fundal measurement and heartbeat.
So my next appointment isn't until May. That'll be an in-person for the GD test.
@ziggymama06 I have an anterior placenta too, and didnt feel much consistently until 19 weeks and then it was faint. I'm 22 +5 today and let me tell you I can definitely feel it now!
@ziggymama06 add me to the anterior placenta club to. Unfortunately I didn't start feeling strong movement until closer to 22 weeks. Now I feel movement all of the time and love it.
Married: August 2012
TTC #1: July 2015
BFP 1: October 30, 2015; EDD: July 6, 2016- Team Pink
I had my tele-visit yesterday. My OB went over any of my concerns and my history. She said to schedule my next appt for in the office in 5 weeks since I will be due for my next round of blood work. The scheduler had already scheduled my next in-person visit for 2 weeks from now when she rescheduled my appointment yesterday to a tele-visit. Now I don't know if I should call the office and have them cancel the appt in 2 weeks (which I was told could be turned into another tele-visit based on the COVID-19 situation) and reschedule for 5 weeks from now like the doctor said or just keep it and see how things go. In 2 weeks I go for my follow up AS at the hospital so I would already be there (OB office is across the street from hospital) anyways that day.
pengy16 I would send your doctor an email and ask what you should do. I know sometimes the scheduler can miss understand what the doctor wants. Even though it's across the street from where you A/S is taking place, your doctor may not want you to come for germ purposes, especially if you are doing well in your pregnancy.
Married: August 2012
TTC #1: July 2015
BFP 1: October 30, 2015; EDD: July 6, 2016- Team Pink
@blackgirlmagic the scheduler had scheduled it before my tele-visit yesterday (a week ago). The doctor I was scheduled to see in person told her to schedule the tele-visit in place of the in person visit and then schedule 2 weeks from the tele-visit as an in person visit. Since its a practice with multiple doctors, the doctor I had the tele-visit with said at the end to schedule my next in office visit for 5 weeks from now which I didnt think about until this morning. The scheduler did say they may cancel/tele-visit the appt in 2 weeks as well but they hadn't gotten that far into the schedule yet. The one in 2 weeks is at 24 weeks so it could be they may have changed guidelines in the office since then too. I will probably call and verify what they want me to do.
That’s confusing @pengy16. I wish I could meet the other doctors in the practice but mine only see his patients unless emergencies but at least there isn’t confusion like that.
Had an ob appointment today to follow up from labor and delivery. Baby heart rate is good at 155. Had protein in urine. He wants to schedule an ultrasound to recheck the placenta and make sure everything is healthy. So I’ll have that next week.
TTC1: May 2015
Primary IF May 2016; Failed HSG; Scheduled Lap Sept. 2016
Update: So before I got a chance to call, the doctors office called me. They were still planning the in person visit but wanted to move my appt to earlier in the day for social distancing but when I told her about what the doctor said from my tele-visit, she said to follow that guidance and rescheduled it to 5 weeks from now, since I will be due for my next blood draw.
I'm getting caught up on everyone's baby updates and am thrilled for all the healthy scans! I've loved seeing all of the photos in the ultrasound thread, as well!
I was relieved to learn that my placenta is nowhere near my c-section scar nor my cervix, and that baby was head down. I would love for everything to be textbook in order to achieve my second VBAC, so things are looking good so far!
Also, I couldn't BELIEVE the amount of dudes lining the hallway when I went upstairs to the floor my office is on. There have been multiple notifications stating that patients should not bring visitors, and the office was even making personal phone calls to share this news with anyone who had an upcoming appointment, and yet ladies STILL brought their husbands and boyfriends thinking they'd get away with it!? It's maddening, actually. Like, I'm here for a specific reason, and I have to be exposed to a hallway full of guys who weren't supposed to show up in the first place? None of them were allowed in the waiting room, so they just waited outside of the door, some just sitting on the floor. Why not go to their cars, even? My U/S tech joked that she calls it "Baby Daddy Row." Lol! That's exactly what it was! Another mass memo was sent out today reiterating the guidelines, but I'm sure there will continue to be people who believe they're the exception. Give me a break. #staythefuckhome
@lachnessmomster wow. Here at both my clinic and my daughters doctors they are screening at the door, verifying you have an appointment, and not allowing anyone else in. Both my husband and I went to my daughters and he had to wait in the car.
TTC1: May 2015
Primary IF May 2016; Failed HSG; Scheduled Lap Sept. 2016
@lachnessmomster Great news that things are looking good for your second VBAC!! I'm shocked that they would allow the fathers to line up in the hallway and not make them clear out and wait outside or in their car. My MW center is having all patients call from their car to see if the room is available yet as they don't even want anyone waiting in the waiting area. When I was there yesterday I heard a girl that came in without calling up and they sent her back down to her car since the room was taken. MH came with me for support (and we brought our dog for the ride), but he stayed in the car the entire appt.
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@lachnessmomster yeah, that's just idiotic. The MFMs office building had staff all gowned up in the lobby taking people's temps. No one confirmed that I had an appointment, and I walked in alone, but I suspect if I had tried to walk in accompanied, they would have asked us what was going on, whose appointment it was. Like honestly, what would it take for one of the dudes to just be like, this is dumb, let me wait in the car???
@lachnessmomster I would be so furious if I had to walk past a bunch of people in a hallway who had no business being there. At that point, it seems like they’d be less of a risk just going into the damn appointment!!
My clinic is still allowing one support person, but they’re screening at the door. We’re supposed to stand six feet away from the desks, but I wasn’t crazy about yelling my personal information to them with other people around... I wish they’d have us check in from the car instead.
So fun to read everyone's updates, and I feel strangely comforted knowing we're all navigating logistical weirdness right now and muddling through. My 20 week (virtual) appointment was on Tuesday, and was a total non-event. I did find out that my OB's head nurse is out sick for an extended period, and when I said hopefully just "regular" sick my OB kind of confirmed without confirming that coronavirus is expected. And that, my friends, is why I feel grateful for these video appointments, non-ideal as they may be.
My AS is in a couple weeks, and then I have another virtual check-in with a different OB. They've moved all the doctors to shifts for delivery, clinic and virtual appointments so it's just random who you get now. Which I completely understand, but why can't I just have my virtual appt on a different day when my actual doctor is covering?? I asked, but didn't push it -- I figure they're dealing with enough right now. Plus, it might be good to meet a few other doctors if one of them is likely to end up delivering
Same as @sarah0985, the hospital where I got my A/S had a whole velvet rope situation and you had to get answer questions, get your temp taken and verify your appointment before going in. I was given a mask to wear for the appointment since the rad tech was going to be close to me for a long time. I really appreciated all the extra measures they are taking. The A/S went great, and baby looks perfect as far as they can tell.
@roo_baby They did the whole temperature, confirm appointment, fill out a form, and hand out name tag situation for us, too, but they were still letting visitors in the main doors for whatever reason. They just couldn't get into the actual office upstairs. I don't get why they'd let anyone else through to just congregate outside the offices in the first place. 🤷♀️
MFM called to officially cancel my fetal echo. She also said she had seen the report from my anatomy scan and it was all unremarkable, so that's good.
She said they almost never find anything on the fetal echo that they hadn't already picked up on the anatomy scan, so it's reassuring that she's really not at all concerned. She mentioned that partly the guidelines are in place due to the potential for variations in the level of equipment or technical skill that patients may receive on their anatomy scans, so that's not really an issue in our case. 👍
Anatomy scan tomorrow should be getting results before I leave from the MFM and then a regular appt with midwife on Friday. Reading everyone’s experiences here was nice. Like everyone else, no one can come with me to the appt but I’m hoping I’ll get a few good pics to show my husband
@BusinessWife I also got the call today about my fetal echo. I have a regular follow up anatomy scan at the end of the month and they said as long as that’s fine they’re not going to send me 2 hours away for the echo. It would figure they would miss one heart scan last time, the aortic arch, but every other view was fine I guess.
Hi all, sorry I've been a little MIA lately but we've been trying to refinance our mortgage to take advantage of the low interest rates and I'm still working full time.
Today I had my anatomy scan, they found an abnormality. They think it's isolated but I have to follow up with a neonatal cardiologist for advanced screenings to make sure there are no cardiac problems. I guess the baby has intrahepatic persistent right umbilical vein (I-PRUV) which happens in about 1/500 pregnancies. How they explained it is that at conception there are 2 umbilical veins and usually the right one occludes and the left one is where the blood supply comes through. Well in my baby, the left one occluded. They think it's an isolated issue but there is a chance for it being linked to congenital heart issues and/or intrauterine growth restriction.
The rest of the scan looked good, and we for visual confirmation of boy parts. My husband was able to go with me and really enjoyed seeing the baby's little face, all his fingers and toes, and seeing him wiggle around.
Does anyone have experience with the diagnosis I got?
@older1sttime_mom2b I'm sorry to hear that they found something at your anatomy scan, but that is wonderful that at least your H was there with you when you got the news. (((Hugs))). This is pretty much exactly what the fetal echo is designed for, so hopefully with a closer look they will see that all is well. ❤️
@BusinessWife thanks, I am anxiously waiting for them to schedule the echo! I was told it's not emergent and likely not an issue, but I can't help to worry! Of course we all want our babies to be healthy. I can't help but wonder if it's something I did or didn't do right at the beginning....
I had my anatomy scan yesterday. Like a few of you, I was all set to leave at the end but then had to get back on the table to get some more images of baby’s heart, because baby was in a strange position originally. I won’t know my results until tomorrow, but I always try to gauge the tech’s demeanor and she seemed happy and lighthearted, not super serious so fingers crossed Am I the only team green mom who found the us super stressful? Firstly, I was scared to look at the screen in case I saw something I shouldn’t so I stared at the ceiling half the time and secondly, she looked at the sex first, since baby was in a good position to see what she needed to see, so the entire us I was holding my breath, so scared that she’d slip up and say “he” or “she.” I thought I might have heard her say something about “his hand” but I’ve convinced myself she said “this hand” since she used “this” a lot (look at this thumb, check out this foot). Anyway, I genuinely couldn’t WAIT to get out of there, which is kinda sad. I enjoyed my scans with my daughters more since I wanted to know the sex those times and was eagerly looking at the screen (of course both of those times I couldn’t tell what I was looking at and the techs never slipped up so I had no clue during the scans). I think if DH had been there I wouldn’t have been so worried - if we thought we found out together, oh well, but I was so nervous I’d find out and then have to hide it from him. I guess I’m like 30% convinced she slipped up and said “his” but am trying to tell myself these techs never slip up and realizing it’s still about 50/50 whether I have a boy or girl! I do need to prepare for the fact that I could have a boy though, when I was at the scan I realized that oh my god, it could be a boy, and as a girl mom that was such a shock to me
@laur84ns I'm sorry you found it so stressful! I just wrote in big caps on my intake form that I didn't want to know the sex, which she confirmed with me verbally, and then we went from there. I wasn't really stressed about it (though I can't help but be paranoid that I saw something I wasn't supposed to see. :# I probably didn't.) It maybe helped put me at ease tho that I remembered the tech from last time, but anyway I'm glad you got out of there in one piece! :)
@laur84ns I was pretty nervous going in, mostly because if there had been a slip up, then I would find out without my husband there and I would feel bad for him! As soon as I walked in, they confirmed I didn’t want to know the gender (they noticed I didn’t have it reported on the NIPT). I didn’t take my eyes off the screen the whole time and I only realized that she must have gotten the between the leg shot after it happened. For every other shot, she said “this is the XXX, everything looks good here”... and there was one shot that she took and then moved on without saying anything so I think that was the sex shot and I completely didn’t notice that’s how fast it went. Even on the final report they just wrote “genitalia normal” without specifying the sex! I’m pretty sure that means even my midwife doesn’t know the sex so I’m hoping there won’t be any slip ups in the future 🤞
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It was actually the same sonographer who did our fetal echo for DD a couple years ago, so that was kind of cool. Her daughter has the same first name! Lol
Unfortunately, DH got called into work last minute tho, so our compromise was I just went in for the scan in the morning, and then we had to reschedule my midwife appointment. We will plan to have SIL hang out with S for that one tho, so no more last minute work calls throwing a wrench into things.
My 24w appointment apparently will be a tele visit, so they won't plan to see me in person again till 28w. Not sure why we couldn't just do the 20w by phone, and come in person for 24w and 28w instead, but this is how they wanted to do it. 🤷
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she seemed the most excited that we’ve decided to keep the sex a surprise lol
Next appointment will be glucose test which I have yet to book with the lab.
He is a-ok! He just changed positions and is now facing my back towards my placenta so that's why I'm not feeling him as much. Was nice to see him again today and I even got a little thumbs up from him that made me cry. The hospital was a little overwhelming (my practice is inside the hospital) so that added to my anxiety at first, but everyone in the practice was sweet and kind and didn't make me feel silly for coming in. My next appointment is next week and since I went in today we decided we all feel comfortable doing a televisit next week. Since I won't go in again until 28 weeks they gave me the drink for my glucose test...I thought it would look different! I need to put it somewhere safe since it looks like a mini water bottle and I might just drink it!
Thanks again...love our little community here!
I had my anatomy scan today. Everything went well! Baby is doing well and they got all the pictures needed. Little baby was all over the place which was neat to see. They did not say anything about changing my next appointment, so I'm assuming it will be business as usual unless I hear otherwise!
@BusinessWife I'm glad your AS went well too! I have definitely had preggo brain about my wallet too. I got into a bad habit of leaving my small wallet in my coat pocket after work (since I don't bring a purse with me when I'm driving around), but then when the weather started to get nice I kept forgetting to switch it to my other coats!
@tyrion_ Sorry your first tele-appt didn't go well and you get that cleared up tomorrow!
Dating 4/2008
Married 6/2016
TTC #1 9/2019
BFP 12/13/2019!
EDD 8/27/2020 Baby Girl
So my next appointment isn't until May. That'll be an in-person for the GD test.
labor and delivery. Baby heart rate is good at 155. Had protein in urine. He wants to schedule an ultrasound to recheck the placenta and make sure everything is healthy. So I’ll have that next week.
I was relieved to learn that my placenta is nowhere near my c-section scar nor my cervix, and that baby was head down. I would love for everything to be textbook in order to achieve my second VBAC, so things are looking good so far!
Also, I couldn't BELIEVE the amount of dudes lining the hallway when I went upstairs to the floor my office is on. There have been multiple notifications stating that patients should not bring visitors, and the office was even making personal phone calls to share this news with anyone who had an upcoming appointment, and yet ladies STILL brought their husbands and boyfriends thinking they'd get away with it!? It's maddening, actually. Like, I'm here for a specific reason, and I have to be exposed to a hallway full of guys who weren't supposed to show up in the first place? None of them were allowed in the waiting room, so they just waited outside of the door, some just sitting on the floor. Why not go to their cars, even? My U/S tech joked that she calls it "Baby Daddy Row." Lol! That's exactly what it was! Another mass memo was sent out today reiterating the guidelines, but I'm sure there will continue to be people who believe they're the exception. Give me a break. #staythefuckhome
Dating 4/2008
Married 6/2016
TTC #1 9/2019
BFP 12/13/2019!
EDD 8/27/2020 Baby Girl
My clinic is still allowing one support person, but they’re screening at the door. We’re supposed to stand six feet away from the desks, but I wasn’t crazy about yelling my personal information to them with other people around... I wish they’d have us check in from the car instead.
My AS is in a couple weeks, and then I have another virtual check-in with a different OB. They've moved all the doctors to shifts for delivery, clinic and virtual appointments so it's just random who you get now. Which I completely understand, but why can't I just have my virtual appt on a different day when my actual doctor is covering?? I asked, but didn't push it -- I figure they're dealing with enough right now. Plus, it might be good to meet a few other doctors if one of them is likely to end up delivering
She said they almost never find anything on the fetal echo that they hadn't already picked up on the anatomy scan, so it's reassuring that she's really not at all concerned. She mentioned that partly the guidelines are in place due to the potential for variations in the level of equipment or technical skill that patients may receive on their anatomy scans, so that's not really an issue in our case. 👍
Today I had my anatomy scan, they found an abnormality. They think it's isolated but I have to follow up with a neonatal cardiologist for advanced screenings to make sure there are no cardiac problems. I guess the baby has intrahepatic persistent right umbilical vein (I-PRUV) which happens in about 1/500 pregnancies. How they explained it is that at conception there are 2 umbilical veins and usually the right one occludes and the left one is where the blood supply comes through. Well in my baby, the left one occluded. They think it's an isolated issue but there is a chance for it being linked to congenital heart issues and/or intrauterine growth restriction.
The rest of the scan looked good, and we for visual confirmation of boy parts. My husband was able to go with me and really enjoyed seeing the baby's little face, all his fingers and toes, and seeing him wiggle around.
Does anyone have experience with the diagnosis I got?
Am I the only team green mom who found the us super stressful? Firstly, I was scared to look at the screen in case I saw something I shouldn’t so I stared at the ceiling half the time and secondly, she looked at the sex first, since baby was in a good position to see what she needed to see, so the entire us I was holding my breath, so scared that she’d slip up and say “he” or “she.” I thought I might have heard her say something about “his hand” but I’ve convinced myself she said “this hand” since she used “this” a lot (look at this thumb, check out this foot). Anyway, I genuinely couldn’t WAIT to get out of there, which is kinda sad. I enjoyed my scans with my daughters more since I wanted to know the sex those times and was eagerly looking at the screen (of course both of those times I couldn’t tell what I was looking at and the techs never slipped up so I had no clue during the scans). I think if DH had been there I wouldn’t have been so worried - if we thought we found out together, oh well, but I was so nervous I’d find out and then have to hide it from him. I guess I’m like 30% convinced she slipped up and said “his” but am trying to tell myself these techs never slip up and realizing it’s still about 50/50 whether I have a boy or girl! I do need to prepare for the fact that I could have a boy though, when I was at the scan I realized that oh my god, it could be a boy, and as a girl mom that was such a shock to me