Appointments: 5/15-5/21

[kinipela7]

When is your appointment? Thursday, 5/18


How far along are you/will you be? 16+2


What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc) Ultrasound. They are monitoring me for incompetent cervix (given the D&E I had) and I guess an early anatomy scan as well.


Any feels? (vents, rants, worries) Worried all the time. Deep down I know everything is going to be okay but it gives me anxiety about being closely monitored although I'm thankful they seem to be on top of it!

[bootsorhearts]

Welp. Spent the afternoon at L&D. Am i the first? My practice is pretty risk averse with us. I called the nurse after having mild cramps for 18 hours straight and they sent me there.

We got a surprise ultrasound because they needed to know where my placenta was before checking my cervix.

What we learned: baby is transverse and I have a posterior placenta. Her heart rate was 145 or so. She is also WILD. We kinda knew because we have to chase her with the Doppler but she was moving non stop on the ultrasound. Good luck to the poor tech who has to do our AS in two weeks. I mean she was all over the damn place. DS was nothing like that. He rarely moved around at all. Of course now he's a wild 3.5 year old! But he was a super chill baby. We may be in for a world of hurt with this one.

Anyway my cervix was fine and they couldn't find any reason for the cramping so they let me go. I took a nap when I got home and it went away for now.

[starmile]

When is your appointment? tomorrow morning


How far along are you/will you be? 19+2


What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc) anatomy scan with MFM


Any feels? (vents, rants, worries) twin B doesn't move very much, or at least I don't feel it if he does. PGAL brain has me convinced there's something wrong so I'm hoping to learn I'm just crazy and wrong.

[gamergirl360]

When is your appointment?
Wednesday 5/17, on my birthday!

How far along are you/will you be?
19 + 6

What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc)
A/S and OB check up after

Any feels? (vents, rants, worries)
This will be my first time seeing baby, so I'm feeling very excited yet nervous. I just pray everything is developing as it should, and we see a healthy baby wiggling around.

[cougarette]

I'm glad everything was OK, bootsorhearts. I hope the cramping is gone.

[bootsorhearts]

@moonandback141, good idea to get it checked out. They said sometimes cramping can be caused by a UTI.

[starmile]

May 15, 2017 20:41:55 GMT -5 starmile said:

When is your appointment? tomorrow morning


How far along are you/will you be? 19+2


What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc) anatomy scan with MFM


Any feels? (vents, rants, worries) twin B doesn't move very much, or at least I don't feel it if he does. PGAL brain has me convinced there's something wrong so I'm hoping to learn I'm just crazy and wrong.

AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):


How was it? Great, except for the lengthy wait


What did you expect? I was hoping to see that they were growing well and healthy.


What did you learn? They're right on track. My MFM said the previous ultrasound techs had A and B mixed up. But I guess it doesn't really matter too much? Especially since they're opposite sexes. 


New feels? So happy to see everything is looking good! Relief. 


Next appointment/follow up: Next Thurs for OB, 4 weeks for follow up u/s with MFM.

[littleowl913]

AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA): Appt was last night

How was it? Everything is fine but it was very overwhelming.

What did you expect? A simple doc appt with a doppler. It was the first appt with the MFM at my practice so I figured we'd go over the general plan for the rest of my pregnancy

What did you learn? Yeah not a simple appt. I guess since things have gone well this pregnancy, I have forgotten how high risk I am. Well MFM reminded me last night. She kept saying that I'm so high risk with so many high risk factors. So in addition to my weekly progesterone shots, she wants a cervix check every two weeks so that's ultrasounds and appts every two weeks. She talked about cerclage (which scared the bejesus out of me). She had me go do a quick cervix check and it was super long. The tech said I had the length of two cervices lol.

New feels? It's going to get nuts in the third trimester bc last time she also had me strapped to a fetal heart monitor every week. The doctor's office will be my second home. I know lots of monitoring is great and I feel very well taken care but I'm so overwhelmed right now.

Next appointment/follow up: Probably two weeks with a ultrasound to check my cervix. There was no openings so they need an override from the office manager, who isn't in yet.

[racegurl87]

When is your appointment? Friday


How far along are you/will you be? I'll be 17w


What kind of appointment is it? (OB, ultrasound, bloodwork, etc)
OB appt... so I think just pee in the cup, hear the hb, and maybe measure (not sure when that starts)

Any feels? Not really. Since I'm borrowing a Doppler I can use it when the doubts in my head start to mess with me. Not feeling much movement since I have an anterior placenta (that means it's in front right).

[bootsorhearts]

littleowl913 sorry you're feeling overwhelmed. MFMs are super risk averse, sometimes it can feel over the top. There's nothing wrong with pushing back a little sometimes and asking if something is really necessary or not. Ours will usually work with us.

[littleowl913]

May 17, 2017 13:16:08 GMT -5 bootsorhearts said:

littleowl913 sorry you're feeling overwhelmed. MFMs are super risk averse, sometimes it can feel over the top. There's nothing wrong with pushing back a little sometimes and asking if something is really necessary or not. Ours will usually work with us.

Thanks bootsorhearts.  During the appointment I did wonder if some of it was absolutely necessary so early. I should have spoke up but DH was like well you have to come here every week anyways for your shot. I'm also the type to almost blindly listen to doctors and these docs got me to my rainbow the last time so I do feel like I need to do everything they say. My anxiety over this really manifested itself more today after I started calling and making the rest of my appointments for the next two months. If they call me saying I need to come in two weeks, I'll talk her about it and how I'm feeling. 

[gamergirl360]

AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):


How was it? Great!


What did you expect? To see baby


What did you learn? There's an active baby girl in there!


New feels? Much excitement! Still waiting to hear back about results and if we need a follow up. She was very wiggly!


Next appointment/follow up: June 16th at 24 weeks

[kj808]

When is your appointment? Friday morning


How far along are you/will you be? 18w 1d


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


Any feels? (vents, rants, worries) Not really, just wanting to confirm that baby is a girl like the DNA test says. Probably super irrational since the DNA test is like 95% accurate. Either way, i'm excited to see the baby again!

[goofynewfy]

gamergirl360, happy birthday!

[kinipela7]

AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):


How was it? Good! Minus the super long wait with a toddler in tow


What did you expect? Ultrasound to measure cervical length. I have a doppler at home so I knew baby was in there and alive so that made the appointment easier to go into.


What did you learn? Cervical length 4.1 which doc said was fine. I'm making them check again in 2 weeks. Then again at the anatomy scan in 4 weeks. They also did ultrasound of the baby and looked at all the stuff they look for at the anatomy scan. All looks good so far so hope to stay on this track. Also have an anterior placenta which is annoying so I probably won't feel the baby for a long time. Bummer.


New feels? Feeling good for now


Next appointment/follow up: OB appointment next week!

[racegurl87]

AFTER YOUR APPOINTMENT (AYA):


How was it? Good, just listened to the hb and doc asked how I was feeling


What did you expect? Pretty much that


What did you learn? Sequel likes to hide behind my placenta and make it tough to get a good hb reading


New feels?
Nope

Next appointment/follow up: Anatomy scan on 6/14 and my 20w OB appt after