Today (okay yesterday, by the time I actually finish up this post).\u00a0 So Tuesday.\u00a0 I had my 16 week OB appointment.\u00a0 Which I’ve been VERY excited about.\u00a0 Not as much for the appointment itself (though that too).\u00a0 But also because I knew I was supposed to schedule my big ultrasound today.\u00a0 But more on that later.\u00a0 Here’s how the appointment went:<\/p>\n
Got there early (as usual, I mean I try to show up 15 minutes early for most any Dr appointment, though I know for these I probably don’t need to be quite so early since they don’t need a ton of information from me every time).\u00a0 When I checked in, I asked if I can head on back to do my urine sample (I misplaced my specimen container, plus I wasn’t sure how I was going to tote that around with me to and from work and everything.\u00a0 They said sure.<\/p>\n
So I went on back.\u00a0 On my way down (it’s a long hallway to the bathroom, and you pass all the exam rooms along the way), I passed my Dr at his computer workstation, and he said when I was done, I could just go into the exam room rather than walking all the way back down.\u00a0 Awesome!\u00a0 Except I’m early and Pete was supposed to meet me there.<\/p>\n
I got into the bathroom, and before I even peed in the cup, I sent Pete a text to tell him the room number and that I was getting in early.\u00a0 Actually, I sent the text to my mom first (oops), THEN I messaged Pete.<\/p>\n
I was about to turn down the hallway to go to my room when the nurse (or I think MA) called me over to the scale (never noticed there was one on that end of the hallway because we usually stop at the one on the other end right when you go back).\u00a0 Then we went into the room where she took my blood pressure, which was 126\/62 this time.<\/p>\n
I still hadn’t heard anything from Pete, and I was pretty sure he was going to miss the appointment.\u00a0 I think I sent him another text.\u00a0 But the Dr was in in no time at all.\u00a0 We chatted just a bit, I think mostly he asked if I had felt movement yet.\u00a0 I told him I really wasn’t sure.\u00a0 There was one night around 15+5 I really thought I did.\u00a0 But it’s so inconsistent, I have no confidence.\u00a0 I did tell him I was 8 days away from when I first felt movement with my daughter, so I am definitely paying attention. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Then I got up on the exam table.\u00a0 He said I gained some weight this time, so he was happy about that.\u00a0 I only gained 23 lbs with S, and I worried that my Dr would be onto me for that since based on BMI, I was underweight pre-preg.\u00a0 Only barely<\/em> in the underweight category this time, but at least on paper “they” say normal weight folks should gain 25 lbs.\u00a0 I wouldn’t mind gaining 25 lbs with this pregnancy.\u00a0 I will do my part!\u00a0 But we’ll see how it goes.\u00a0 I don’t like being reprimanded. \ud83d\ude1b\u00a0 I looked at my records online the night following the appointment, and I saw I gained 3 lbs.\u00a0 I guess it’s progress.\u00a0 I keep thinking the weight gain is going to ramp up soon.<\/p>\n THIS PARAGRAPH IS A TMI PARAGRAPH. Please skip past this one if you’re worried about TMI woman stuff.\u00a0 He asked me if I had any questions this time, so I told him I’d had some itching last couple of days, and I wondered if I might be getting a yeast infection.\u00a0 So he suggested the generic Monistat and just apply the cream inside.\u00a0 He answered some of my questions about that, which was all pretty much what I thought, but I felt better hearing it from him.\u00a0 (Update from the night after the appointment: I was kicking myself for forgetting to go to the store for the cream on my way home from the Dr appointment.\u00a0 But the itching was so mild, I wasn’t even totally sure I was going to need anything.\u00a0 The main thing that concerned me was that it was persistent.\u00a0 But it wasn’t so bad that it bothered me all the time.\u00a0 If I were the least bit distracted–like driving, working, talking, etc.–I’d forget about it.\u00a0 But then I went home and sat down–ahhh, the itching.\u00a0 So finally on my way home from work tonight, I bought some and just applied some out of the little tube of cream.\u00a0 It kinda felt like a waste to buy it and not even use the applicators\/suppositories–just the cream which is this tiny little tube that almost seems like an afterthought.\u00a0 But I’m already feeling better after just one application of that, so I’m thinking that was $6 well-spent.<\/p>\n SO anyway, the appointment.\u00a0 Dr did check my fundus height this time (I had wondered about that at my last appointment).\u00a0 He kind of palpated starting from below where my uterus definitely was, and with the other hand he felt from above where it most likely wasn’t.\u00a0 Then kind of merged to the middle where he felt the top of it.\u00a0 (At least this is how it appeared to my untrained eye.)\u00a0 He didn’t get out a tape measure or anything, but he pointed “right there,” and said it was just right.\u00a0 So that’s good enough for me.<\/p>\n Next I heard the heartbeat.\u00a0 It was so wonderful to hear.\u00a0 Perfection to my ears. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I wish now though that I’d paid more\u00a0 attention to where he found it.\u00a0 It seems to me like MAYBE baby likes hanging out on my left side.\u00a0 But again I’m not really sure what I’m feeling!<\/p>\n Then we talked about scheduling my next appointments.\u00a0 The most exciting of which is my morphology scan!\u00a0 Here are my next appointments:<\/p>\n Monday, June 16 – 11:15 AM – ULTRASOUND APPOINTMENT!!!!<\/strong>\u00a0 If I could make that in big, glittery, flashing type, I would.\u00a0 I will be exactly 19 weeks along on that day.\u00a0 That’s 2 weeks and 5 days from when I’m typing this.\u00a0 I seriously can. not. wait.\u00a0 The only thing I’m bummed about is the fact I can’t bring S with me.\u00a0 Which I get.\u00a0 But she’d get the hugest kick out of it.\u00a0 So it’s kind of unfortunate.\u00a0 Anyway, the coming days are going to crawl.\u00a0 My doctor said they’ll tell me the sex at this appointment, but we’d discuss any further details at my next visit with him which will be . . .<\/p>\n Monday, June 23 – 11:00 AM – 20 week appointment.\u00a0 Hopefully it will be all good news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today (okay yesterday, by the time I actually finish up this post).\u00a0 So Tuesday.\u00a0 I had my 16 week OB appointment.\u00a0 Which I’ve been VERY excited about.\u00a0 Not as much for the appointment itself (though that too).\u00a0 But also because I knew I was supposed to schedule my big ultrasound today.\u00a0 But more on that 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