Appointments Week of 4/6 to 4/12

[ThePalindromicOne]

Let us know about this week's happenings at your appointments!

[belle0720]

This Thursday I have an appointment to check on baby's position! Hopefully she's head down. Last ultrasound I had she was breech, but that was like 2 months ago.

[mrskblack11]

I have a check up and the Tdap shot on Friday. I was supposed to get the Tdap at my last appointment but they were out. I am secretly hoping they are out again so my arm isn't sore this weekend (I have my shower and a friend's baby shower to attend). OB said I just had to get it by 36 weeks so I will still have time.

[mrsdee1982]

I have a check up today at my OB (I am 31w4d). She's going to be mad at me.

I gained 5 pounds from my last appointment (3 weeks ago - stupid cookies), and I never went and got my repeat glucose test.

I want to talk to her some more about the repeat glucose test. I took my first one at 24 weeks and passed with flying colors. But, about 4 hours after the test, I ended up in L&D for 6 hours being monitored for severe abdominal distress. After they ruled everything out, the hospital nurse/OB told me it was a bad reaction to the sugar drink. My body just didn't respond well to it.

And at my last appointment (28w4d), my OB says she wants me to have the test done again. I asked why, since I had just had it done and I passed. She said "Because baby is measuring a little big (32w)."

I just want to talk to her about it some more and see if she really feels like it is necessary. I'd love to not have to end up in L&D again.

[alayne926]

I am waiting to get my blood drawn for the GTT and dreaming about the Taco Bell I am going to devour after I am done. I feel ok, but am starting to get a headache. 13 minutes left on my timer and then FOOD!

Everything looked good with baby and I got my consent form to read through for my RCS.

She also said that as long as I pass my GTT, I can come back in 4 weeks instead of 2!

[trixi282]

Had my weekly Monday appt. today... size was up, another shunt procedure tomorrow... see my other post for more info.

However at today's appointment, I was going to ask about "regular OB care" since I haven't gotten much recently and as we were walking back to the U/S room the care coordinator stopped at the scale and had me hop on!  Not too shabby, I haven't gained as much as I thought I would have by now... of course I had a shitton of food yesterday, so why not start weighing me today! haha. 

Anyway, she mentioned we'll start doing the routine care now mixed in with my other MFM care.  So I was also going to get my TDAP today, but she accidentally dropped the syringe on the floor right after she filled it, so she had to order another one since they only keep 1 or 2 in suite.  But since I'll be back Thursday, we'll just do it then... or maybe I'll get it tomorrow while I'm hanging out in L&D all day...

[fuccimama]

Had my 32 week appointment today at 31w 4d. I got my TDAP shot, and scheduled my RCS for May 27th.

I have my MFM appointment Thursday 9 April!

[amber311]

28 week appt today. Had Tdap. Gained 3lbs this month. Didn't tell me what I measured but she smiled so I think we are good

[tiffbot]

Had my 32 week today!

I had DS at 33 weeks so my doctor decided to take a last month approach and basically treated this like a 36 week appointment.

1) Had my strep b test done. Never got to do this last pregnancy so she just wanted to make sure. Said the results are valid for 5 weeks, so if I go to 36 weeks, we'll do another one.

2) decided to get me a third tri ultrasound, which is booked for April 21. They only got a good shot of 3 of the heart chambers, but also really wants to know how baby is positioned frequently just in case.

3) was given my prenatal paperwork to take to the hospital should I need it anytime, and wil get an updated copy at every appointment from here on out.

But in general, everything checked out normal, fundal height at 31 weeks (I'm 31w3d), which has actually slowed down from my last two appointments as I was measuring a little ahead then, weight gain and blood pressure in the 'great' zone, so like she said, there no reason to think preterm labour is in the future again, but we had no reason to think so at my 32 week appointment with DS so just starting to take some early precautions now and make sure all our bases are covered!

[mrsmonogrammed]

3 hour GTT tomorrow morning and an appt to get my rhogam shot. FX I pass this time! Although I'm planning to be "that patient" and set my own timer since I failed because the girl drew my blood at 40 minutes last time....I hope they're ready for me;)

[belle0720]

mrsmonogrammed fingers crossed that you pass!

[belle0720]

I went to my appointment this morning and all looks good. The nurse from last appointment apparently scheduled this appointment 2 weeks early (appointments should have been 4 weeks apart). Could have been because I saw a different doctor last time while mine was on vacation, not sure though. So my u/s appointment wasn't today (will be next time), but the doctor did some measurements and said that it feels like baby's head is downward right now.

Also, I got really confused when my doctor said that she'd like me to start watching my weight gain because I'd gained 10 lbs. I didn't understand the time frame she was talking about because I saw my weight on the scale and had not gained 10 lbs. I told doc that I had been walking nearly every night and doing my hand weights and when I weighed myself yesterday I had gained 2 lbs. She realized that my last appointment was only 2 weeks ago and 10 pound weight gain would be a lot and asked the nurse to weigh me again. Turns out that the nurse had entered my weight incorrectly into the computer. Thanks lady.

Anyways, looking forward to my next appointment in 4 weeks when I'll get to see my little lady on the u/s screen!

[turtletyme]

I had my first two week appointment. She said fundal height is at (between?) 29-30, which is right on track. I asked about my one hour results, because I never got a number, and turns out it was REALLY high (182!) I didn't ask about the three hour, because normal works for me. Previa check again in two weeks. I am running out of time for it to move out of the way!

[trixi282]

I've had a rough week of appointments...
I updated earlier in the week that at my Monday appt. MFM told me I had to have another fetal shunt placed this week....

After the unsuccessful drama Tuesday (update in comments of my other post about nugget) the procedure yesterday went a little better... Nugget was still in a bad position first thing in the morning (they brought the U/S into my L&D room), so I took a walk around L&D and tried to push a bit to get baby to shift... Then we had another round of push and shove with baby to get the right angle once I got to the OR.

Luckily it finally worked, not as much as my MFM would have liked, but she was able to drain the cyst a ton, almost down to nothing, and also place a shunt (#6)! Its really far back this time on the back close to the spine. So hopefully getting it drained down as much as she did, and getting the shunt in will sustain us a little longer than our track record of 2 weeks! One can hope at least.

I was released around 1pm and my sister picked me up. We got some lunch on the way home, then I got home and relaxed and even got in a small nap, which felt really good.

Today I actually came into work, and no appointment, but I feel like crap.

Tomorrow I have a follow up, and we'll see how things are doing.

[gilder40]

Had an ultrasound and met with my doctor today. Fluid and movement of the munchkin is good...will get another set of measurements next week. They did find a nice cyst on my ovary that no one has noticed up to this point. My doctor said its a simple cyst, and no cause for alarm. Just that if it ruptures, I'll feel it. Also, if it gets twisted (which it shouldn't), it causes acute pain and usually calls for surgery. Whooooo! Lol

[pghtruelove]

Had a check up on 4/8, my 25 birthday. Went well, baby is measuring a few weeks ahead. Didn't write in here on my birthday because it was just a bad day from the start. Got lost going to a different office than usual, went to give my urine sample and dropped it all over my feet, while wearing my brand new sandals, then had a panic attack and vomited all over the office. So wasn't a great start! All better now though! Hope everyone else's appointments go better than that!!

[omgtree]

Had my MFM ultrasound today. I have extra amniotic fluid. It could mean something is wrong but based on prior testing doctor thinks it's just because of my bicournuate uterus. However she doesn't want to blow it off so I'm getting weekly checks here on out to make sure she's ok and if something does start to go wrong they can deal with it ASAP although in my heart I think it's just my goofy snapped uterus. Dialated to 1 but everything is looking good and stable wahoo!!

[holliberry28]

mrsdee1982, a friend of mine who is a nurse failed her 1 hr glucose test, and refused the 3 hour. If the sugar drink makes you that sick, you could tell your doctor you won't redo it, and will just watch your sugar intake.

pghtruelove, happy belated birthday! Sorry you had such a rough day! Hopefully you can get some fun celebrations in this weekend to make up for it.

My appointment was last week, so I don't go here, but when I asked about the tdap, they didn't seem to think it was urgent. They said if I don't get it by my primary care doctor, they do it after delivery. Anyone else's doctors tell them that?

[sgarmand]

I had my 28 week appointment yesterday and I know officially start my two week appointment schedule. I gained 9 pounds in the last 5 weeks, but I know I'm eating as healthy as possible without technically dieting so I'm fine with it. On a better note, I PASSED MY 1 HOUR TEST! I saw the NP instead of my OB, and she said my chart indicated I'd been measuring big, but that had never been mentioned to me. My fundal height was 27 cm though and as of my appointment yesterday I was 27w3d so it seems to be normal to me. I'll get my Tdap next time since I wasn't quite at 28 weeks at this last appointment.

[Deleted]

Just had my 31 week appointment. Baby is measuring at 32 weeks which she said is normal, HB of 140 and he kicked her when she was feeling my stomach.
Dr. said if she had a guess, he's about 3.5 lbs right now!!

[mrsdee1982]

I forgot to check back in here.

My appointment went good. Baby is still measuring about 2 weeks ahead of schedule, but Doc says that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

I am also really glad I trusted my instincts and didn't rush right out to repeat my GTT. My OB didn't even remember telling me to do so, nor did she have any notes in my file.

She said my amniotic fluid level is on the high side of normal. It's still normal, just highly normal. She said we'll take a watch and see approach. At my next appointment (4/27 - 34w4d), if my fluid level has increased out of normal and into the "high" category, then we will need to repeat the test. So, fingers crossed everything stays normal.

After my next appointment, I will have one at the 2 week mark and then start the weekly appointments. Yay!

[mrskblack11]

Had my 31 week appointment. Only gained 1 lb since my last appointment so I have gained about 30 total so far, which is right on track. BP is great. Measuring at 32 weeks. Got the TDap shot. My arm feels fine for now. Hopefully it isn't killing me tomorrow.

[cnumbers]

I had my midwife appointment today. Baby is head down and measuring perfect. My blood pressure is fine and my tum is measuring 32CM. I do however have sugar in my urine again.. after having the all clear for a bit.. so they want to keep an eye on that. I'm due back in two weeks for 34week checkup. She asked me if I have any questions but I never do.. I don't feel entirely comfortable with her as she sometimes forgets key information that ive told her no more than a minute before. I'm putting it down to her job and seeing so many people a day. When she asks me if I have any questions as a first time mom my mind just goes blank. The only question I had today was ''so my tummy will get a lot bigger'' haha duh... I do find it scary that baby is now engaged and ready to be born. Also she never takes my weight at any of my appointments, should I be concerned?

[periwinkledaydreams]

I had my first MFM appointment Wednesday at 29 weeks and got to see baby girl.  They did a very thorough ultrasound and confirmed everything is measuring right on target, and the doctor has no more concerns about my medications (the reason I've been sent to MFM, chronic migraine and related medicating).  This has put my mind at great ease.  Neurology can continue increasing my dosage as necessary.  She explained to me that at this point my medications cause no risk to baby's development since she is fully formed, and the only thing she wants to watch for at this point is continued growth. So far so good.  I'll go back to MFM for a growth check ultrasound in 4 weeks.   She also said she will recommend me for delivery at 37 weeks if my pain level continues to cause so many issues (which I haven't really gone into here but basically long term chronic pain of this intensity is causing constant nausea, severe insomnia, etc.).  we will play it by ear as I get closer to 37 weeks, but if I'm still in agony at that point, she said she would recommend it.

I also went in Thursday for a GD class and got all the equipment to screen my blood sugars 4 times a day, although I haven't been diagnosed with GD but my OB has me doing this as an alternative because I could not drink the drink (migraine trigger).  I guess I'll just be self screening until she feels she has seen a pattern stable enough to say "all clear" or a pattern that says "woah, somethings wrong".  Dear GOD I hope I get the "all clear" for this one!!! 

[billyhorrible]

32 week appointment today. It was super quick - in and out. Weight, BP (which was down from 2 weeks ago! Yay!), heartbeat, fundal height, and TDAP.

[Deleted]

Had my 31 week appointment on Monday. It was super quick. Heartbeat checked, weight checked, measuring 2 weeks ahead which he says everytime. Next appointment is in 2 weeks. Then at 35 weeks he wants to do a final ultrasound to make sure everything is still ok. Does anyone else's doctor do a 35 week ultrasound?