So my first appointment was yesterday afternoon, and so far, so good! I'm at a new office with a new bunch of midwives since they were fired from the old office just over a year ago. I was a little worried, not knowing what I was getting into, but I had a great experience and think I will like the new office SIGNIFICANTLY better than the old office :) Of course I will miss my first round of midwives, but I still am able to keep in touch with them (yay facebook!), and I already know two of the three new midwives I'll be seeing, I meet the third at the end of Oct.
The visit was mostly family history chit chat type stuff (all done with my midwife I might add - not a nurse). She did schedule a dating ultrasound for next Thursday am since there is some question regarding my exact dates. There were no surprise needles, they actually don't do any needles on site, which is a HUGE relief for me (the old office was constantly springing needles on me), but at the same time, it is now my grown up responsibility to go to the lab and get the needle on my own. I've got 5 weeks before I need to get the bloodwork done.., I'm totally going to make Jay go with me. Since Finn was such a beast, I do have to do the GD testing twice, once in a few weeks, and again after 24 weeks I think. No biggie, that is just a finger prick, and those don't freak me out. I was a little shocked to learn that since Finn had shoulder dystocia, and it was documented (ie - actually written in my chart) that I have the option to have a c-section. I will NOT be having a c-section. Or I should say, I will not be having a planned one - it would have to be a life altering emergency for me to say yes to that. My midwife said she was required to let me know, which is the only reason she even mentioned it - but seriously, I thought squeezing that kid out meant I had a proven pelvis, but apparently that's not the case. Whatevs, the plan for next time is less milk. Less milk *hopefully* equals smaller baby (with Finn I drank about a gallon of 2% per day for the last month and a half to two months... the thought makes me want to vomit).
I'll shoot for getting a picture up between now and Thursday, and hopefully an ultrasound picture on Thursday!
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glad you like your new office! I wonder if there is some truth to the milk thing. I drank a moderate amount of skim milk while pregnant with Travis. And he was 7 pounds. I drank more milk when I was pregnant with Justin and it was Travis' whole or 2% milk. And Justin weighed 9 pounds. hmmmmm - interesting!
and just to file away in the back of your mind... if you were to end up needing an emergency c-section - they aren't *that* bad. I've had 2 and the emergency one (Justin) went better than the unplanned-but-not-emergency-yet one (Travis). that said, i have nothing to compare them to since I failed to ever deliver through door #1. i'm a little sad about that.
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