I had my first appointment yesterday with the new practice here in our new hometown Jackson. I'm not loving seeing a new doctor and midwives and I miss Saginaw! I met with the midwife yesterday and went over paperwork things. Pat took the morning off and we hired a sitter for the girls. I thought we'd check for a viable pregnancy but she said no we're just doing history. She said at 12 weeks is when you meet with the doctor and he does an ultrasound and physical. I asked why they wouldn't just do that all in one visit. She said, well I can do your physical today, so we did. She ended up getting out the doppler and checking for the heartbeat. What do you know? She heard it right away! 170's. She said there was no way that I was only 8 weeks, that my uterus felt like 12 or 13 and she has never picked up a heartbeat at 8. She ended up setting up an ultrasound for that afternoon. (Which we had to find another sitter for and we missed nap:( )... She said maybe I had a fibroid or cyst that was making me big or maybe my dates were wrong or multiples. There was no way my dates were wrong! We were nerved up and the ultrasound tech was kind of cold not divulging much of what she saw. She did tell is the baby looked good and had a heartbeat of 180. The baby measured 8 weeks 2 days..exactly my calculations! She then said we had to sit outside the room and she would call my doctor. Very odd situation! Finally, she came out and said the midwife was on the phone and wanted to speak with me. The midwife said all is fine and your baby is a super baby! She's never heard a heartbeat that early...which I think is weird. So yeah, we praised The Lord as we left and felt relieved. She scared us for nothing, but I'm glad we got to see our baby. I guess your uterus makes it way up a lot faster with each pregnancy :).
8 week survey
How far along: 8 weeks 3 days
Weight: 123
Weight gain: not sure what i started at
Symptoms: short of breath, vivid dreams, peeing a lot, queasy, tired, moody, dizzy sometimes and headachy...oh, I tried sea bands and they work! They hurt your wrists after awhile though.
Maternity clothes: no, but I feel like I'm showing already.
Gender: thinking another girl, like 90% sure in my gut. We are waiting to find out this time :)
Movement: nope
Sleep: not good...Colette cosleeps with us and still nurses. Ready to end that!
Food: I'm hungry a lot but also feel queasy. Depends on the day with what sounds good or not.
Milestones: heartbeat!
Weekly wisdom: nap when kids nap and rest as much as possible.
Sisters updates: Amelia will be 3 next month and is a typical 2 1/2 year old. She loves learning, art, watching shows, puzzles, whining, talking and singing. She can count to 20 and knows most sight words. Been potty trained since last Christmas and sleeps pretty good. She attends the 3 and 4 Sunday school at church and will be taking dance this fall. She wants a brother :).
Colette just turned 1. She is a happy baby most of the time but is very clingy to mama. She says hi and bye and loves to clap and wave. She is not a good sleeper. She loves to eat and nurse. The girls love each other but also fight daily. Looking forward to adding another one!!
1 comment:
Congratulations on your healthy superbaby!!! yay!!!
Not making excuses, and sorry you had to go through such a crazy day of appointments...but the ultrasound tech could have been newer or maybe their practice has gotten in trouble before for saying something to the patient. I know technically they are not supposed to say anything about the baby to you and it is supposed to completely be the doctor or midwife, for liability issues. Before I got my ultrasound, I asked my midwife if the tech would tell me where my placenta is lying (which isn't even an abnormality..just a location! lol) and the mw said no, that'd I'd have to wait until my next appointment to find out! But I had a very experienced tech and she told me anyway, ha! I mean, usually they will tell you if everything is fine, so I can only imagine what was going through your head while you had to wait to talk on the phone. But like you said, Praise God everything is completely fine, dates are good, and baby is growing healthy. Maybe because you have several other pregnancies you just tend to show more? It wasn't that long since Colette, right? So your body is just ready to make some room for the next little Kelly miracle :)
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