Appointment #5

I was sort of excited about this appointment today since I would be finally seeing one of my original doctors. I feel like we have a good rapport so I knew I could feel comfortable talking to him, not like I'm just a "file" like I have with the other doctors. Yesterday, I also had those horrible pains again so I was glad I was scheduled to go in today so I could talk about that with him.

The nurse first took my blood pressure - a nice 110/70 like usual. She asked how I was feeling and I told her I felt too old to be having a baby since I felt like I was 80 years old with all my aches and pains! After she left, I had the mind-numbingly boring wait for the doctor. On a side note, why can't they have magazines in the office so when you are sitting there you could actually do something?!

Finally Dr. T came in. He seemed happy to see me and asked if Dominic was happy about #2. I said he was until we started seeing more and more of the terrible twos with #1! He laughed. We then discussed my due date. I told him I was not happy with the due date, didn't see how it was possible, etc. He went out and discussed it with another doctor and came back to talk to me. He said they want to keep it at 6/6 but assured me that I can refuse an induction and completely understood why I was so vehement about pushing it back. Then he laughed and said that maybe I should "never say never" and see how I feel come being 41 weeks pregnant. True!

We discussed the ultrasound. He said everything is looking good but I do have to go back in 2 weeks to get those spine shots that Baby S 2.0 did not cooperate for. He also surprised me and said that on the first ultrasound they saw a blood clot. I told him no one had told me about that. He said they don't worry about it unless it shows up on a subsequent ultrasound, which it didn't. Still!

He listened to the heartbeat, he measured me. I asked him about my strange pain. He thinks it's round ligament pain. He said there is a chance I could have a hernia, but they don't diagnosis that until AFTER I deliver. He said that pregnancy affects the body in many ways that he doesn't feel comfortable making any decisions until after the baby is out. But, he's still leaning toward the round ligament pain.

So, in all, I feel that was a productive visit. At the next appointment we'll discuss the glucose test and getting my rhogam shot. Ugh!