Upcoming Appointments/Updates

[littlelion]

snoris awesome news. glad you have such a supportive dr! GL juggling all those appts. and inserting the prog (eww). I wonder why some women need to do that instead of pills?

[birch113]

snoris wahoo for a great appointment!

Like mrssqueegy, I did 2 pills, 2x daily up the hooha my last pregnancy. +1 for messy. I bough U by Kotex liners like they were going out of style. They definitely worked the best for me. I also would try to plan to lay down for at least 30 minutes after inserting so it would have time to absorb.

You mentioned being on cream rather than pills. Is it Crinone? I know some ladies that were on Crinone (though I think that was more of a gel?). It would build up, and they would need to "scoop" out the excess gel periodically. Not sure if cream is the same.

The joys of being a woman!

ETA: I meant to add that your doctor sounds awesome! So glad you are being monitored so closely!

[teraiin]

Glad your doctor is being proactive snoris!

AW: My appointment went well, but was pretty darn short. They had me pee in a cup. Test came up positive so they scheduled me for an appointment between 8-10 weeks (October 1st).

My only complaint is I O on the later side so FF has my due date as May 13th. She explained to me that although Oing late does have an impact their policy is to always start with LMP and then adjust later on if they need to.

Since it's my first pregnancy in general, and I have nothing that would make me high risk, I most likely will not have an ultrasound until 12ish weeks. I was sort of expecting that, but still was hopeful maybe they'd want to do an earlier one to verify dates.

Overall it went well.

[snoris]

Hooray for a good appointment teraiin! As annoying as it must be to wait, I'd take it as a good sign they don't need to see you until later.

birch113, yes it is Crinone. I don't take it until before bed (probably to help with leakage issues) so I haven't looked too much into it yet. You're right, it says gel but it also says white. A white gel? "Scooping" it out sounds disgusting. Blech! Whatever it takes I guess?? & you're right my OB is amazing. He actually just called me personally, and I mean he is a busy dude, to tell me about a chat he had with the high risk Dr. They looked at my little charts together and talked about me! They care!

mrssqueegy, we'll have to compare the effects of the different kinds of progesterone Thanks for the messiness heads up! Usually H likes a little extra juice down there but I don't think this will count.

littlelion, your guess is as good as mine!

[teraiin]

snoris, you're so right! When I was disappointed about needing to wait until 12ish weeks for an ultrasound I reminded myself that I am very lucky!

My nurse actually called a few minutes ago because she felt bad about LMP vs Ovulation thing. She didn't want me to feel like I was being ignored. She just wanted to make sure that I knew she had noted my concern and scheduled my appointment so that it is 8ish weeks based on O date and 9ish weeks based on LMP. So that way I'm still in the 8-10 week range they like to see, regardless.

She didn't have to call, but I appreciate that she did!

[snoris]

teraiin, that is so thoughtful of her!! Cheers to good medical care!

[tincupchalice]

This is why I now lie about my LMP. Not that it mattered this time.

[singingsea]

Sept 9, 2015 11:41:04 GMT -5 emc said:

Sept 9, 2015 8:04:35 GMT -5 jbm said:

Good luck, everyone! My dr won't see me until 8 weeks, so I have to wait until October 7. Booo.

I just made my appointment. October 14! That feels like forever. I feel like I will be so anxious until then.

My first appointment is October 14th as well. I agree it does feel like forever.

[mrssqueegy]

Sept 10, 2015 11:50:31 GMT -5 snoris said:

mrssqueegy, we'll have to compare the effects of the different kinds of progesterone Thanks for the messiness heads up! Usually H likes a little extra juice down there but I don't think this will count.

Omg gross!  Haha!  We do not have sex when I'm on progesterone.  Which sucks because I've been on it after ovulation for several months now.

[mrssqueegy]

Sept 10, 2015 12:15:21 GMT -5 tincupchalice said:

This is why I now lie about my LMP. Not that it mattered this time.

Yup, I do the same, although this time I O'd on CD13 so I don't care about one day.  With DS, my RE told my OB exactly what my due date was because we were being monitored and knew exactly when I O'd and she still wouldn't use that date!  

[o2girl]

AW::::::

Just had my ultrasound! Baby girl is measuring 5w6d which is right on time and we saw a HB! My NP said we are super early to see a HB, so this is really good!

[teraiin]

Sept 10, 2015 12:37:09 GMT -5 o2girl said:

AW::::::

Just had my ultrasound! Baby girl is measuring 5w6d which is right on time and we saw a HB! My NP said we are super early to see a HB, so this is really good!

Yay congrats!

[helloerrbody]

Awesome news snoris! Sounds like an awesome doctor you have!

Glad the appointment went well teraiin!

Yay o2girl for seeing baby and the hb!!!!!

Mine is in 10 minutes so I'll update soon!

[snoris]

AHH! Congrats o2girl!!!!! I love it :-D

Sending you all the positive vibes helloerrbody!

[o2girl]

Sept 10, 2015 12:49:16 GMT -5 helloerrbody said:

Awesome news snoris! Sounds like an awesome doctor you have!

Glad the appointment went well teraiin!

Yay o2girl for seeing baby and the hb!!!!!

Mine is in 10 minutes so I'll update soon!

so many things crossed for you!

[emc]

That's awesome, o2girl!

[walkek85]

So happy to hear all appointments have gone so well! o2girl, teraiin & snoris!

Thanks for the updates!!

[o2girl]

Sept 10, 2015 10:42:04 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Glad your doctor is being proactive snoris!

AW: My appointment went well, but was pretty darn short. They had me pee in a cup. Test came up positive so they scheduled me for an appointment between 8-10 weeks (October 1st).

My only complaint is I O on the later side so FF has my due date as May 13th. She explained to me that although Oing late does have an impact their policy is to always start with LMP and then adjust later on if they need to.

Since it's my first pregnancy in general, and I have nothing that would make me high risk, I most likely will not have an ultrasound until 12ish weeks. I was sort of expecting that, but still was hopeful maybe they'd want to do an earlier one to verify dates.

Overall it went well.

yay for a good appt. I am sorry you have to wait so long. Just remind yourself that you are very lucky that you don't have anything that makes getting in sooner necessary because it means that all is well.

[o2girl]

Sept 10, 2015 10:06:51 GMT -5 snoris said:

Good luck today, o2girl, helloerrbody, ivedonethisb4 (& anyone else I forgot for today)!!

AW: Appointment Update

My appt went well!!! I have a gestational sack & it measures 5W3D which is a few days ahead of what I thought :-D OB said my disease is rare enough that there is no research on how to treat me. He's trying to push for me to get in to high risk sooner than the normal 8W, like ASAP. He's making personal calls to the doctors to try and work it out. He said my autoimmune issues might affect my ovaries and make my progesterone a little low, but we just don't know yet. That's why he wants me to talk to high risk & he is having me put progesterone cream up my hoo ha every night as a precaution. I have a liver ultrasound for the possible hepatitis on Tuesday then another baby ultrasound on Thursday. my OB

I know there are some ladies on progesterone out there... advice? I had to do a similar thing for a yeast infection once... it wasn't pleasant.

congrats on a good appt! I'm glad they want you to be seen sooner.

[ivedonethisb4]

You guys!!!

I won't be having to see MFM unless something takes a turn outside of the ordinary...the doctor said since I don't have cancer this time around he feels capable of handling my hypertension and keeping that under control since my endo is handling my thyroid levels.

I told him I didn't want a csection and his response was we'll see later on if conditions are favorable for vbac but he told me not to have my heart set on it..since I have high BP and am at risk for preeclampsia again..he also mentioned the risk for rupture and I told him I was aware and I also know it's a low risk. He said he would not try to schedule for a repeat csection until 39-40 weeks unless medically necessary like last time.

I'm still torn...I don't know if I can trust him to be really supportive of a vbac if conditions are good..but he was a good doctor last time..ugh!

[o2girl]

Sept 10, 2015 14:48:38 GMT -5 ivedonethisb4 said:

You guys!!!

I won't be having to see MFM unless something takes a turn outside of the ordinary...the doctor said since I don't have cancer this time around he feels capable of handling my hypertension and keeping that under control since my endo is handling my thyroid levels.

I told him I didn't want a csection and his response was we'll see later on if conditions are favorable for vbac but he told me not to have my heart set on it..since I have high BP and am at risk for preeclampsia again..he also mentioned the risk for rupture and I told him I was aware and I also know it's a low risk. He said he would not try to schedule for a repeat csection until 39-40 weeks unless medically necessary like last time.

I'm still torn...I don't know if I can trust him to be really supportive of a vbac if conditions are good..but he was a good doctor last time..ugh!

This is great news! From what you are saying your doc doesn't sound like he won't be supportive about the vbac, just that he wants you to know the risks. Fx that everything proceeds normally for you and you get to have the vbac!

[mrssqueegy]

So much good news in this thread!!! Congrats ladies!

[helloerrbody]

AW: baby looked perfect!! Measured 7.2mm, 6w4d which is exactly on. Saw and heard the heartbeat - 120bpm.

[yorkielove83]

Sept 10, 2015 12:37:09 GMT -5 o2girl said:

AW::::::

Just had my ultrasound! Baby girl is measuring 5w6d which is right on time and we saw a HB! My NP said we are super early to see a HB, so this is really good!

This makes my heart so happy! She's a strong little girl! Grow baby, grow!

[o2girl]

Sept 10, 2015 16:21:13 GMT -5 yorkielove83 said:

Sept 10, 2015 12:37:09 GMT -5 o2girl said:

AW::::::

Just had my ultrasound! Baby girl is measuring 5w6d which is right on time and we saw a HB! My NP said we are super early to see a HB, so this is really good!

This makes my heart so happy! She's a strong little girl! Grow baby, grow!

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thanks lovey! This made me all teary

[cbowl]

Congrats o2girl and helloerrbody on the great appointments!!

AFM: I had some spotting last night...and basically freaked out. PGAL brain in high gear. My doctor wanted me to come in this afternoon for an u/s so I did that. Baby was measuring 5w6d (which lines up more closely to my O date) vs. LMP which should be 6w4d. The u/s tech was reserved but said it should be okay because I O'd late. There was a heartbeat so that was so reassuring.

tl;dr I'm trying not to let PGAL anxiety take over...

[o2girl]

Sept 10, 2015 17:25:20 GMT -5 cbowl said:

Congrats o2girl and helloerrbody on the great appointments!!

AFM: I had some spotting last night...and basically freaked out. PGAL brain in high gear. My doctor wanted me to come in this afternoon for an u/s so I did that. Baby was measuring 5w6d (which lines up more closely to my O date) vs. LMP which should be 6w4d. The u/s tech was reserved but said it should be okay because I O'd late. There was a heartbeat so that was so reassuring.

tl;dr I'm trying not to let PGAL anxiety take over...

((((((hugs)))))) I so get the PgAL brain! You saw a HB which is simply awesome!! Congrats!

[cbowl]

thanks o2girl that's what i keep trying to remember! i need to breathe!

[littlelion]

Sept 10, 2015 17:25:20 GMT -5 cbowl said:

Congrats o2girl and helloerrbody on the great appointments!!

AFM: I had some spotting last night...and basically freaked out. PGAL brain in high gear. My doctor wanted me to come in this afternoon for an u/s so I did that. Baby was measuring 5w6d (which lines up more closely to my O date) vs. LMP which should be 6w4d. The u/s tech was reserved but said it should be okay because I O'd late. There was a heartbeat so that was so reassuring.

tl;dr I'm trying not to let PGAL anxiety take over...

{Hugs} hope that the spotting stops and your feeling much better after getting the u/s.

[birch113]

snoris Congrats again!
teraiin Glad your appointment went well!
o2girl Wahoo!!! Hooray for a heartbeat!!!
helloerrbody Awesome news!!!
ivedonethisb4 Great news! It's so hard when thinking about changing providers. You can always get a second opinion if you're unsure, but it sounds like your doctor is open to a VBAC so long as it's safe! FX for you!
cbowl I'm so sorry about the spotting. That can be so scary. FX it's just "normal" spotting. Congrats on seeing a HB!