Appointments: 3/6 - 3/11

[thatgirlrachel]

It's a new week! Let's hear about those appointments.

When is your appointment?

How far along are you/will you be?

What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc)

Any feels? (vents, rants, worries)





AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):

How was it?

What did you expect?

What did you learn?

New feels?

Next appointment/follow up:

[NariaDreaming]

First ultrasound with my RE today at 11:30. I'm 6+5 (or 6+6 depending on who you ask) and I'm so scared we aren't going to see a heartbeat.

[thatgirlrachel]

When is your appointment? Friday, 3/10 at 1:00pm

How far along are you/will you be? 10+4 based on period

What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc) My first real ultrasound plus follow-up midwife appointment

Any feels? (vents, rants, worries) Just ready to see a picture of our peanut on a real u/s instead of the portable to know that everything is measuring correctly and looking good.

[thatgirlrachel]

NariaDreaming, I'm so glad you got in today! Sending you all of the hugs and good vibes as you go into your appointment.

[Deleted]

Appointment is Thursday

I'll be 7 weeks, and they'll do an ultrasound. Bloodwork was done a couple weeks ago.

I'm excited to finally confirm with an ultrasound and hear a heartbeat.
I'm annoyed they are making my pay so much for the first 5 appointments ($400) and insurance said that's the "new thing." Awesome.



AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):

How was it? It was great! First time meeting this OB and I looove her. Makes their crazy payment policy hurt less.

What did you expect? Just a dating US.

What did you learn? She wants to do a repeat c-section at 39 weeks since my first was over 9 pounds. Which is fine with me. I was torn on trying VBAC so I'm sort of glad she just made the decision for me.

New feels? I'm anxious to tell family now that I have picture proof. Makes it seem "real"

Next appointment/follow up: April 6. No US, I think just a routine appointment.

[Deleted]

Sending you lots of positive thoughts, Naria!

[arimaythea]

Lots of hugs and positive thoughts for you today NariaDreaming!

Finally get my first appointment this week! It has felt like forever.

When is your appointment? Friday at 10AM

How far along are you/will you be? Going by LMP I'd be 8w 4d.

What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc) Initial midwife appointment with bloodwork. They don't do ultrasounds in-office but I'm going to ask if I can get a referral for one before the 12 week neural tube check. I just really wanna see the baby and the heartbeat!

Any feels? (vents, rants, worries) By this time my first pregnancy, I had already had multiple blood draws and 3 ultrasounds since I was working with an RE at the time. I feel so out of the loop on this pregnancy so far without all those checks and peeks at baby, so I just really hope I can get one soon.

[smores]

When is your appointment? Today in about an hour!

How far along are you/will you be? *checks Ovia* 7+4 today.

What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc) First appointment with my OB. We'll do all the "new" patient stuff and have a dating ultrasound!

Any feels? (vents, rants, worries) I'm going to echo everyone else. I'm so nervous I'm nauseous. I just want everything to be ok. If all goes well we'll announce to our closest group of friends tonight.

[smores]

Good luck NariaDreaming! Hope all goes (went?) well!!

[keen]

When is your appointment? It was today at 8:30am

How far along are you/will you be? I am 8w0d, exactly what I predicted.

What kind of appointment is it? U/S and OB

Any feels? As long as everything goes well, this is going to be my last 1st U/S. #3 is it for us and it has me having feelings.




AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):

How was it? Good strong HB and only ONE of them in there!

Next appointment/follow up: 4/3/17, just a 12 week prenatal appt. No U/S

[NariaDreaming]

Guise!

WE have a baby with a heartbeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heart rate of 136, measuring 6+4. Doc says we have a 95% chance of a take home baby at this point.

[Deleted]

Naria I'm so happy for you!!! Congratulations on the awesome news!

[gamergirl360]

NariaDreaming That's fantastic!!! Yay for great news!

[Cythe]

Congrats NariaDreaming that sounds like a beautiful HB

[sunshineandbabytoes]

NariaDreaming, YAY!!!

[keen]

My heart is full for you, Naria!

[rm2013]

NariaDreaming WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!! That's so wonderful to hear!

[danvers]

NariaDreaming Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[danvers]

IWhen is your appointment? Tomorrow (Tuesday 3/7)

How far along are you/will you be? 8w4d

What kind of appointment is it? Ultrasound

Any feels? (vents, rants, worries): so nervous. so worried. I have zero reason to be except my mind is doing crazy things to rationalize why we might not see anything tomorrow. I sort of suspected with our last lost but held out hope. I have no idea what I'm feeling but it's a lot of feels right now.

[thechickencoop]

Mar 6, 2017 15:08:51 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Guise!

WE have a baby with a heartbeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heart rate of 136, measuring 6+4. Doc says we have a 95% chance of a take home baby at this point.

Great news! Congrats!!

[thechickencoop]

All I have this week is my 1 hour GTT tomorrow 😠

I'll be 7+3.

[Rama]

Mar 6, 2017 19:34:51 GMT -5 thechickencoop said:

All I have this week is my 1 hour GTT tomorrow 😠

I'll be 7+3.

DAMN that is early.  Ick.

[kboyet]

Congrats NariaDreaming, awesome news!!!

[Cythe]

Ah, I was starting to get nervous for you @moonandback141! I'm so happy you had a great scan.

[wonked]

I'm just seeing this NariaDreaming, but as a long time lurker, this makes me so happy!

[arimaythea]

AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):

How was it? Great!

What did you expect? Questions, bloodwork, exam

What did you learn? They surprised me with sneaking me in for an ultrasound right at the beginning of my appointment! Measuring exactly in line with my LMP due date (10/16) and a perfect heartbeat of 158.

New feels? Finally feeling real now that I've seen the little heartbeat. I feel like I can share the news with more people now.

Next appointment/follow up: 4/5 for my next midwife appointment, need to make my NT scan appt too. I anticipate it will be around that time as well.

[bootsorhearts]

Just got back from 1st appt!

How was it? Super boring

What did you expect? Super boring

What did you learn? Nada - it was just biometrics, a urine culture, a bunch of questions and bloodwork.

New feels? Starting to feel more real!

Next appointment/follow up: We will go in 2 weeks to meet with the genetic counselor about getting Harmony testing done, then another prenatal visit in 4 weeks.

[thatgirlrachel]

AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):

How was it? Great! Baby is measuring 11w 1d (my period says I'm 10w 4d). HB was 167-169.

What did you expect? U/s and follow-up midwife appointment.

What did you learn? I have a marginal placenta previa (sp?) so I am on pelvic rest until 6-8 weeks when they do another u/s to make sure it resolved itself. She explained to me exactly what that meant but didn't seem concerned at this point so it made me feel a little better.

They also saw a small bleed on the u/s which they contribute to my earlier spotting and say it's likely that I'll spot again when that resolves itself.

New feels? Not happy about pelvic rest, but my baby is happy and healthy so I'm celebrating that. After my appointment, I called our local 4D place and scheduled my early gender ultrasound for April 8th! Eek!

Next appointment/follow up: 4 weeks, April 10th.

[thechickencoop]

Got my lab results back from this week; passed the GTT (ffs) but I forgot to ask if I still need to do it at 20...whatever weeks too.

Everything looked normal (woohoo) EXCEPT for my platelets which are already down to 130000 (150000 is normal) so I have to go to a hematologist for an evaluation.

I went through this whole rigaramarol with DS too but not til much later (34 ish weeks) and I'm not sure what else they would be looking for this time. So...I'll find out I guess.

Next appt is Tuesday - ultrasound day finally!!!!! And then I have to schedule with the hematologist after that.

[duskymonkey]

Yay! @nariadreaming