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April 2021 Moms
BuckeyeNut05
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January Appointments Thread
BuckeyeNut05
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When do you / did you have your appointment?
How was your appointment?
What'd they do?
Feel free to ask any questions - either leading up to your appointment about what to expect or after your appointment.
Re: January Appointments Thread
When do you / did you have your appointment? 24 week appointment today at 24+6
How was your appointment? It was good. I met my new OB for the first time (moved and had the A/S and a 20 week appt with an NP).
What'd they do? I peed in a cup and then chatted with my OB.
My 2 thoughts/questions to her were around weight gain and being GBS+.
I lost 15lbs but gained it all back plus 3lbs. So I'm only 3lbs heavier than I started the pregnancy at but she seemed concerned that I gained 18lbs in 10 weeks. My theory on it is that my body cannot/does not subsist on the limited calories I was getting by having so many food aversions (or just an aversion to food in general, honestly). So it was like having a stomach bug - it's not actual weight loss and you gain it all back when you start eating normal food again. But this is supposed to be the top OB in the area - everyone raves about her and she always gets awards for her bedside manner and such. Her delivery wasn't necessarily bad I just really didn't think it was that big of a deal and/or almost better that I'd gained it back b/c I shouldn't have lost it in the first place. She said I should be gaining a lb a week the rest of the pregnancy which makes sense and would put me at the exact amount of gain I had with my prior 2 pregnancies total (from starting weight although I only lost 5lbs each with them). We'll see if that actually happens or if the holidays impacted my weight gain at all. She said I looked very healthy so idk.
For GBS+, I hadn't actually seen stats on likely recurrence, just that it's higher if you were + in a prior pregnancy. Well she said I have a 70% chance of having it and it really bummed me out. I had inconsistent labor with my second and had to go to the hospital earlier than I would have liked to make sure I had enough time to get the ABX. I'm taking a probiotic with the specific strain that was studied and showed a reduction in GBS+ results but I feel like it's so unlikely that I'll be negative this time and it sucked. I'm planning an epidural so it's not like I'm wanting to wait until the last second to show up but I was so anxious about making sure I had the full 4 hours of antibiotics last time it sucked. And I had augmented labor so I don't even have a good idea of how quickly I'd progress.
Otherwise, I really liked the OB. She gave me great info that I didn't get at my last appointment about their policies. I'm low risk for complications so don't need a ton of appointments which is nice (such a hassle at this point with 2 kids not in daycare and being 20 mins from the office).
Feel free to ask any questions - either leading up to your appointment about what to expect or after your appointment. For the GD test, I'm doing the 1hr and they gave me the drink to take home. I'm going to make a lab appointment but for anyone whose done it already this pregnancy or has done it in the past, will I get priority b/c they have to take it at the right time? That's always been the case for the 2 hour but that's 3 blood draws and you don't get priority for when it starts, you wait with the plebs and then when they call you you drink the drink and they start the timer and do the 0hr draw when you're done with it. This time I'm drinking it before I get there.
For the glucose screening, I was just at my OBs this morning (because they needed an additional scan image) and had them clarify the instructions/timing. My appt is at 3pm next week so they asked that I finish the drink within 5-10mins and have it completely finished by 2pm. So to start drinking it around 1:50pm, be finished by 2pm, and head into the office and be checked in by 2:50pm. Then they will call me back to the lab to have my blood drawn at 3pm. I believe for the glucose test they give us priority over the other patients waiting.
When do you / did you have your appointment? Had my appt this morning (23 weeks
How was your appointment? It was great... it was with my fav midwife who delivered 2/3 of my kids and was so nice to see her!
What'd they do? Just normal check up!
Feel free to ask any questions - either leading up to your appointment about what to expect or after your appointment. Not a question but I cannot believe I'm one appt away from every other week appts. This is flying by and I'm a little sad about it going so fast!
@kvh22 I just had my appt at 25 weeks and my urine was positive for GBS. I did not have it with either of my first two. I’m so annoyed about it because it is so early and I could really really easily not be positive for the entire rest of my pregnancy but just because of this random urine test I’ll now be treated as positive no matter what. My midwife ordered Amoxicillin because I guess if it’s in your urine they assume you have a UTI, I have no symptoms, but I’m taking the antibiotic just to be safe. I also started taking femdophilous probiotic and am going to adjust my diet to cut out sugar completely and eat more bitter astringent greens. I’m completely confident I’ll have it gone in a week it’s just so frustrating that even if I never test positive again it’s just a done deal now in their eyes. Between that and my 2 vessel cord diagnosis I am so disappointed to see my natural birth going out the window. I have half a mind to say I don’t trust their test because my last urine test on 12/16 supposedly tested positive for CANNABINOIDS?!? I have never once in my life touched or even encountered any derivative of marijuana—no cbd, no hemp oil, nothing— (not against it, just never needed or wanted to) so when I saw that on my result I laughed right out loud. And then I remembered that someone else’s sample was in the little cubby when I put mine in so I don’t have the most faith in them honestly.
Sorry that was long but I feel you on the GBS stress.
Oh and let me make you feel better about your weight. I’ve gained 35 lbs already, same as with my first two, and my midwife at this appointment said my weight looks good. Which is when I decided I like her. I’ve gained exactly 50lbs each pregnancy and lost it all quickly.
When do you / did you have your appointment? 12/31 and I will see the MFM specialist for the first time on 1/13
How was your appointment? Other than a false positive for cannabinoids 🤪 and finding out I supposedly have GBS in my urine which ruins my entire plan of a completely unmedicated birth, at least I don’t have gestational diabetes 👍🏼
What'd they do? GD test, pee in a cup and ruin my life.
Feel free to ask any questions - either leading up to your appointment about what to expect or after your appointment. I have no idea what to expect at the MFM, both my prior pregnancies were totally uncomplicated and natural. This one seems like nothing is going right 😔
When do you / did you have your appointment? 1/5
How was your appointment? It was fine. I talked to the dr about the 1hr glucose test, which I'll do again at my 28 week appointment. I did it once already at my 12 week appointment and just barely passed, so I'm thinking I probably won't pass this time. She did say if I fail that I have the option to monitor my blood sugar throughout the rest of the pregnancy like I did last time if I do not want to do the three hour test. I am leaning towards doing the 3 hour this time though, because even though it sucks it was quite stressful to have to check my blood sugar 4 times a day for 12 weeks last time.
What'd they do? It was pretty short (maybe 10 minutes), just blood pressure, weight, urine sample, doppler and measuring fundal height. So far I've gained 1 pound more than I had at this point in my last pregnancy (16 lbs vs 15 lbs)
Feel free to ask any questions - either leading up to your appointment about what to expect or after your appointment. I can't believe this is my last "monthly" appointment before they switch to every 2 weeks. (That happens after the 28 week appointment right?)
@kadeephd good luck on the one hour! 🤞
Thanks for the input on weight gain! I went back and looked and I gained less than 2.5lbs from Dec 10 to yesterday which is one day shy of 4 weeks so I'm pretty sure I basically just started eating normally at 15ish weeks and and gained everything back pretty quickly so I'm much less concerned. I'm considering writing to her to clarify b/c a lot of my unease is from perceived concern that wasn't flat out expressed. I've always had a very healthy relationship with food and my body size (but talk to me about my freckles...that's my insecurity of choice). But last night I was all sorts of in my head about wanting a pop tart after dinner and feeling like crap about it. I have never felt bad/guilty wanting to eat junk food before. I've always essentially followed intuitive eating (without knowing that was a thing until recently) and don't have issues with binging sweets or junk because of it. Unfortunately we had packed up our scale with the move and I needed to buy batteries so don't really know when I gained the weight.
How was your appointment? It was good and finally got a couple solid answers. There’s been some debate the past couple appts on my due date because baby is measuring ahead even though I’m certain on my LMP. They sent me to a specialist between this appt and the last for a more in depth scan and everything looked great with baby boy, he’s measuring 5-9ish days ahead but they say there’s no concerns. And not moving due dates since baby comes when baby wants usually fluctuating around 2 weeks up or down anyway.
What'd they do? I had my 1hr glucose test (not as bad as I thought it would be!), urine checked and an ultrasound.
Feel free to ask any questions - either leading up to your appointment about what to expect or after your appointment. I wanted to apologize for being MIA and so hit and miss lately. Started out strong participating in nearly every thread to near radio silence but I’m hoping to bounce back. The holiday season is just always a downer period for me with lack of family involvement and I definitely felt it this year regardless of my best efforts to jazz things up for the kiddos considering how 2020 was in general. Social media makes me more blue seeing everyone’s festivities so I feel like I’ve been in a social media everything avoidance since around Thanksgiving. Just in case anyone was thinking “who the heck are you” or something else, I swear I’ve been here and will be better about jumping on again!
We talked about birth and she ran the vbac calculator again. My chances of a successful vbac are now only 47% because pregnancy weight gain has increased my BMI. I'd still like to plan for it, but I'm open to another cesarean if it's indicated. I told her I'd like to labor at home as long as possible and avoid another epidural this time, but she wants me to come in when contractions are 5-10 minutes apart (I was hoping for 3-5 min). She's fine with skipping the epi since they can quickly place a spinal in almost all cases (she said general is only required approx twice a month in their practice).
Overall, a good appointment!
This will be my 3rd time taking the glucose "challenge" (and at 3 different labs) and I've never been given a flavor option. I think for me a super sweet flat drink is just gross. I can't drink flat soda. So this is probably part of my issue. The first time I took it I almost couldn't finish it in the allotted amount of time. This time my office gave it to me to take home and I just need to show up to get the blood draw. Also - I don't have to fast before which I don't think has ever been the case.
@rexnie I already talked about this but i feel you on wanting to be at home longer and being bummed about having to go to the hospital earlier (I was told 7-8 mins apart last time for baby #2 when I was GBS+ so having a 70% chance of that again is frustrating).
@rexnie I hope you get your VBAC if that’s what you would prefer.
On a brighter note, baby's heart beat was healthy and my ob said my weight was good. I got my Tdap vaccine while I was there today and a bunch of paperwork to fill out for the hospital. I also scheduled my 32 week ultrasound (will be able to see baby's growth at that point) and also had to schedule a consult with the anesthesiologist since I have herniated discs in my lumbar spine from pre-pregnancy and to make sure there won't be any problem with getting an epidural. I also scheduled my next 4 appointments haha because now they are every 2 weeks and I like to make sure that I am rotating evenly between all the doctors in the practice, so I'm familiar with all of them since I don't know which one will be delivering.
@kadeephd and @grilledcheeezin good luck!
I asked on the virtual hospital birthing class we had the other night and the nursery is currently open at our hospital. I plan on having the baby rooming in the whole time, but good to know just in case!