Appointments week of 6/1

[alayne926]

I have my 36 week appointment today. I'm sure it's going to be a quick in and out appt.

Who else has appointments this week?

[turtletyme]

I just went to my last u/s for previa. I'M CLEAR! No c-section! Gotta love the drama factor of waiting til the 11th hour for the stupid thing to move out of the way.

Baby is measuring HUGE on the growth scan (8 lb) but when I asked the tech if that meant an early baby she said no. So, she is just going to keep getting bigger then... oh boy!

I see my OB on Thursday (I will be 37/6) so I will update then. Good luck to everyone at their appts this week!

[dmoney]

I have my 39 week appointment on Wednesday! Going to ask how long she will let me go past my due date. I know that the practice typically lets you go a week, but I have been having some pretty strong contractions and would not like to deal with this for another week and a half!!

Hope everyone who has appointments this week has good ones!!

[alayne926]

Fundal height is measuring 39 weeks (I'm 36 tomorrow) so she's sending me in to get an u/s before next week's appointment. She said we may bump up the RCS based on the u/s results.

[mcp6286]

Had my 38 week appt and hospital tour today. All went smoothly. Fundal height is measuring a tad small but nothing to worry about. My weight and BP are right where I wanted them to be and baby girl has a very strong heartbeat. The hospital rooms are really nice - all private with super nice private bathrooms too. I'm feeling good! Only ONE MORE APPT before my c-section!!!

[cnumbers]

I have an appointment on Friday at 40+1 where induction date will be scheduled if needed.

[amber311]

turtletyme so happy for you!
I have my first weekly appt we'd afternoon (36w 2d) so internal checking time. I will be so sad if all the discomfort is for nothing (in terms of dilation etc)

[kemdupuis]

turtletyme, that is awesome news!! So happy for you!

I don't have my next appt until Friday when I'll be 37w 6d. I am having an US to check LOs growth because fundal height was 2 weeks behind at my last appt and my OB is concerned because of my previous placental issues. FX it's nothing and everything is fine.

So glad everyone has had good appts so far!

[ThePalindromicOne]

39w3d appointment today. No real changes from my appointment 5 days ago - baby still hasn't dropped, cervix still barely dilated to attempt a second membrane sweep. Weight up 3 lbs oddly enough (maybe it's the afternoon weigh-in), but swelling and BP look okay so no worries. Scheduled an induction for June 13th/14th (8/9 days past my due date). Oy! I'm not in a rush, but wish baby would atleast start to drop a little bit!

[txngrl31]

kemdupuis, FX everything is fine!

[musicfrk2002]

I have 3 appointments this week. Ended up in L&D late friday night with contractions, which stopped, but my BP and pulse jumped and took a bit of time to come down, so DR wanted to see me today. BP is still a little high for me (120/84) and they drew labs, so he wants to see me again tomorrow. Plus my regular appointment friday morning.

I feel like I should just grab a tent and camp out in their parking lot all week

[silv3rlining]

Appt this morning. I went from a 1-2 25% high baby last week to 2 (tight 3) 50% soft, -2 station (well seated) baby this week. She did a sweep today and hopefully will have a baby in the next few days. Of course she said walk today and lots of sex. It's rainy out so I'm planning on taking a nap (once DS finally falls asleep). Trying to figure out my walk location but currently on exercise ball. Otherwise were looking at induction next weds.

In positive news I found out my hospital now has wireless monitoring (that can go in the shower) and a peanut ball available. Makes me feel more confident about an epidural free birth if I end up being induced.

[nicolec78]

Jun 2, 2015 10:27:43 GMT -5 silv3rlining said:

Appt this morning. I went from a 1-2 25% high baby last week to 2 (tight 3) 50% soft, -2 station (well seated) baby this week. She did a sweep today and hopefully will have a baby in the next few days. Of course she said walk today and lots of sex. It's rainy out so I'm planning on taking a nap (once DS finally falls asleep). Trying to figure out my walk location but currently on exercise ball. Otherwise were looking at induction next weds.

In positive news I found out my hospital now has wireless monitoring (that can go in the shower) and a peanut ball available. Makes me feel more confident about an epidural free birth if I end up being induced.

That's awesome about the wireless monitoring. I loved the shower with my first.

[Widget123]

Had an almost 37 week ultrasound. Baby's weight was estimated at 6lbs 8oz, which is bigger than DDs birth weight, which is good. What is not so good and the real reason i was there which was to check my amniotic fluid. Yep its already very low. This is exactly why i scheduled the ultrasound for the day before my OB appt because im going to be completely on edge until then. Hopefully my OB will say that they can watch me and keep checking me, but of course i am starting to brace myself for the significant possibility of getting induced again.

[alayne926]

Jun 2, 2015 14:16:25 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Had an almost 37 week ultrasound. Baby's weight was estimated at 6lbs 8oz, which is bigger than DDs birth weight, which is good. What is not so good and the real reason i was there which was to check my amniotic fluid. Yep its already very low. This is exactly why i scheduled the ultrasound for the day before my OB appt because im going to be completely on edge until then. Hopefully my OB will say that they can watch me and keep checking me, but of course i am starting to brace myself for the significant possibility of getting induced again.

Hoping your Dr. has some advice for you tomorrow.  Hang in there!

[bendherova]

37w check up today-- GBS neg, cervix closed.

27.5 days from this point in pregnancy I had DS1 (at 41+2) I'm trying to prep myself for this reality.



Eta: and now I feel menstrual crampy.  Yay! 

[wegrowsheep]

40 weeks +1. Had NST and appt this morning. LO is fine, although not interested in moving much for an audience. Dilated to a "stretchy 2," and measuring 36 weeks. Membranes swept, and induction scheduled for next Monday, just in case.

[sordidvolition]

37 week check up (really 36.5) everything looks great and gbs neg.
Baby is transverse again so section is back on. Sigh...

[alayne926]

Jun 2, 2015 15:23:15 GMT -5 wegrowsheep said:

40 weeks +1. Had NST and appt this morning. LO is fine, although not interested in moving much for an audience. Dilated to a "stretchy 2," and measuring 36 weeks. Membranes swept, and induction scheduled for next Monday, just in case.

You're so close!!  Sorry you're "overdue"....hang in there!

[sully326]

Had an NST today. Baby girl is still doing well. Have my NST & 38 week OB appt on Friday.

[apollo11235]

39 week appointment today. I'm full term! Everything looked good, except baby is still sitting pretty high and posterior. Still haven't had an internal check, so we're just waiting to see when baby decides it's time. I've been ordered to crawl around on my hands and knees a lot to help baby turn and engage. That is significantly harder on the knees than I expected...

[wormgerm]

Bpp today. He was stubborn/lazy as usual but passed. He does lots of practice breathing each time we see him so I'm excited about that. The tech even pointed out some fuzzy hair on his head. So I saw his giant scrotum on Friday and his grumpy face with fuzzy hair today. Such a proud mama.

[musicfrk2002]

2nd appointment of the week today. Dr was running 30ish minutes behind, but at least they told me when I checked in. Was there almost 2 hours because BP was up again so they wanted to do an NST. Have to do a 24 hour catch and go in Thursday for an AFI (whatever that is, haven't looked it up yet), another NST, then my regular 37 week appointment. Dr wants to see me twice weekly now until the baby decides to come out.

[ladymouse]

Blood pressure was highest yet (122/80), but it was my first scheduled OB appointment (I normally see a midwife.) Turned out to be my lowest stress appointment to date. I can see why my midwife recommended this OB.

[dogmama22]

I had another BPP and OB appointment today. Fluid is still slightly high, but not too high. Baby was totally showing off for the U/S tech and would do tricks on demand. I even said "I'm surprised we're not sucking our thumb this week" and sure enough LO went searching for the mouth with the thumb. The plan is still on to induce next Thursday afternoon, but she said we'll make a final plan next Wednesday. I'm hoping nothing changes - that would totally mess with my mind.

ETA: still no real dilation or effacement. She said she could maybe get one finger in if she really tried. I'm taking that as nada.

[dogmama22]

Jun 3, 2015 10:26:17 GMT -5 budders said:

I just had my last OB appointment until postpartum! I had the doctor do a cervical check, and got a similar answer as dogmama,: she said if she really tried she could eke out 1 cm, but otherwise pretty much no dilation and that the cervix is soft but thick still. Blood pressure is still elevated, so she said we are still doing the right thing by inducing.

As long as the hospital is ready for us tomorrow afternoon, we report for our induction!

Good luck tomorrow, due date twin!

[gigi3126]

Had my 38 week appt today. Baby is measuring right on target, but no dilation so far. I'm kind of okay with that. Also, my doctor made a point to tell me how well I've done with weight gain during this pregnancy. I almost cried when she said that. As someone who struggled really hard with weight pre-pregnancy (and really, my whole life), it was reassuring to hear that this week.

[ravinraven216]

39 week appointment. Baby is estimated to be in the 8lb range and I haven't made a lick of progress in terms of dilation/effacement in 2 weeks, which is disheartening. They normally start looking at inducing after 41 weeks, but that if things look okay I can go past that. My personal cut off date is the 20th. Hopefully baby comes before that, but I'm having my doubts. He seems to be perfectly content where he is.

[megd893]

I had my 37 week appointment yesterday. Doc had said he was going to attempt a membrane sweep. Well, attempt he did! Sweet Jesus it felt like he tried to touch a 2x4 to my tonsils through my vagina! lol No luck though. Cervix thick and at the back.
HOWEVER, he poked the beast (not literally). Last night there was lots of discharge, some pretty severe pelvic cramping, vomiting and a little of what I think was my plug. Today? Peachy discharge (tmi?) and the liquid poops. *sigh*

Attempt number two is next Monday. We'll see!

[dogmama22]

Jun 3, 2015 12:09:32 GMT -5 megd893 said:

I had my 37 week appointment yesterday. Doc had said he was going to attempt a membrane sweep. Well, attempt he did! Sweet Jesus it felt like he tried to touch a 2x4 to my tonsils through my vagina! lol No luck though. Cervix thick and at the back.
HOWEVER, he poked the beast (not literally). Last night there was lots of discharge, some pretty severe pelvic cramping, vomiting and a little of what I think was my plug. Today? Peachy discharge (tmi?) and the liquid poops. *sigh*

Attempt number two is next Monday. We'll see!

Ugh! That sounds awful! I really hope he managed to do something.