Had my 16 week checkup today. Seemed quite pointless except for the 2 seconds of hearing the heartbeat which made me feel better. (I had a good friend lose her baby and she found out at this appt) The doctor turned out to be a guy that I helped a lot when I worked at the dive shop here in town years ago. I never liked the dude because I thought he was annoying and honestly kinda creepy and I find out I might have to deal with him for one of the most painful days of my life?! I'm praying I get another doctor on the day of delivery. I really wish I had some say in who will deliver me. Though in reality, I still am not fully decided that I am having this baby at this hospital. My biggest fear is being induced when it is not medically necessary and this hospital is HUGE about doing that. I just feel like they would ignore my birth plan and do what they feel like. There are a few biggies that are really important to me for my delivery day.
Today's appt was supposed to be when I got some screenings done for abnormalities but that didn't even happen. Apparently, I have do that Monday-Thursday mornings, so why where they not scheduled together? Who knows. So now I have to go in early next week to get some blood drawn. When I had my first meeting with the OB department (like a welcome class, really) they took a TON of blood. Someone dropped the ball and didn't get my blood type the first go round so now that's on the list along with the quad screening test and something else for abnormality testing (horrible memory for what doctors tell me) Really, both Dono and I were stumped as to the point. He asked if anything was going on or if I had any questions (Doc, I don't need you, I have Google and I would go in the ER if I had any serious problems), listened to the heartbeat (150bpm), and then that was it. At least it was fast and I have some reassurance that Baby Stup is still healthy and happy inside he/she's little home.
Apparently this week my baby is about 4 to 5 inches from head to rump and weighs about 3 1/2 oz. Getting bigger! :)
Going to the doctor in general can be a pain so it's unfortunate than pregnancy requires so many visits! I wish you weren't having to do this through a military doctor. Not that there is anything wrong with them but it would be nice to have more options. If it's any consilation my sister was kind of weirded out by her doctor at first too but after seeing him sooooo many times he kind of grew on her. Anyway I'm wondering, what is your birth plan. I remember talks about what we might do but now that it's a reality I'm curious as to what you've decided. I love these blogs. Keep it up. Plus you can never have too many pic ;)
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