Went to the OB today for a regular check up. Ultrasound showed Chance is definitely a boy. LOL His HR WAS 164 bpm, strong and steady. Everything looked good.
I felt my OB was a little hurt I didn't ask him any questions last time, so I had a list of silly ones for today.
Since I have no breasts to breast feed, which formula is the best? No clue.
Any way I could get breast milk bank milk? No clue; he though it was for preemies only.
Circumcision or not? 20 years ago he would have said no. Now: studies show is lessens the chance of contacting herpes or genital warts (HPV and HSV). Good enough reasons for him to do it.
Percentage of epidurals in his patients? 99.9%
Percentage of C-Section rate? 20%
Continuous or intermittent monitoring? He doesn't like intermittent. Things can go wrong quickly and not be caught with intermittent.
He won't induce me unless he has to.
No, he won't be there except for the delivery. LOL
If we choose to bank cord blood, use ViaCord since they have been around the longest. Should we or shouldn't we? It's like an insurance policy. It seems like a waste of money until you actually need it. Better to have and not need than to need and not have. Obviously we don't anticipate Chance needing anything, but you never know. It's pretty expensive, like $400 a year. He said if we do it, to bank both the cord and the blood.
Delayed or immediate cord clamping? Only delayed for the past 20 years! Delaying the cord clamping by 2-3 minutes allows a bolus of iron to be pushed into the baby from the placenta. This supply of iron is about 2-3 months worth of iron. Only thing is this much iron can cause the baby to be jaundice for a couple of days. It benefits the baby more than it hurts. I'm glad he does delayed clamping.
Which Pediatrician does he recommend? Anyone in the group on 3.
I feel good. I am finally shaking this 2 week cold. Before that I had enterovirus. That was bad. Throwing up for 5 days sucks. Still not showing, and haven't gained any weight yet. He wasn't concerned about either.
My prenatal vitamins are still making me vomit them up, so they told me to get gummies. They don't taste any better, but so far they are staying down.
Everything is good. Chance had turned head down and to the right. Not as active today, but at least the DH finally got to see an ultrasound.
Next appt. in 4 weeks.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Monday, December 12, 2016
13 Weeks 5 Days (184 Days To Go)
We have had an interesting week this week. We went to Vegas and our Australian Shepherd Syd decided to die on us, and a really close friend left her husband. Dang. To top it all off, I caught the mother of all colds. It's so bad, it's even caused a strange rash on my legs and arms. Odd. The rash doesn't look like a normal rash. It looks more like the little white spots you get right before you start peeling from a sunburn; except with raised whitish bumps. Itches like the devil. Benadryl nipped the itching in the bud. Haven't been able to sleep for the congestion and coughing. Gross.
Went today for my Nuchal Translucency Scan. The neonatologist office was trying out a new ultrasound machine, so the pics are incredible. This thing is so advanced, it showed all 4 chambers of Chance's heart, as well as his aorta, stomach, bladder, and both hemispheres of his brain. The clarity of the bones was crazy. He was the most active baby they have every seen (of course). The ultrasound tech just played with the machine and took lots of pictures waiting for him to stay still long enough to get the correct view for the NB test. Turns out the NB measurement is 1.5 mm, which is absolutely normal. They asked me if we had considered any genetic testing such as CVS and Amniocentesis (because of our ages). I had to disappoint them and let them know we had tested the embryos and we knew there were no chromosomal abnormalities. Since the scan was so normal, the doctor didn't feel it necessary for the accompanying blood test, and she felt there was no need to come speak to me. In and out after pics and playing with the new machine.
Chance is once again measuring big. He's now a week big. His head and stomach measure 14-5 and his femurs measure 13-5. So he has a Buddha belly, a giant noggin, and normal legs. In the pics, he is sucking his thumb in the arms pic. He is crossing his legs in the leg pic. One of the 3-D he has wiggled and is turned on his side. Super cute.
Next appointment is with my OB Dec 22.
Went today for my Nuchal Translucency Scan. The neonatologist office was trying out a new ultrasound machine, so the pics are incredible. This thing is so advanced, it showed all 4 chambers of Chance's heart, as well as his aorta, stomach, bladder, and both hemispheres of his brain. The clarity of the bones was crazy. He was the most active baby they have every seen (of course). The ultrasound tech just played with the machine and took lots of pictures waiting for him to stay still long enough to get the correct view for the NB test. Turns out the NB measurement is 1.5 mm, which is absolutely normal. They asked me if we had considered any genetic testing such as CVS and Amniocentesis (because of our ages). I had to disappoint them and let them know we had tested the embryos and we knew there were no chromosomal abnormalities. Since the scan was so normal, the doctor didn't feel it necessary for the accompanying blood test, and she felt there was no need to come speak to me. In and out after pics and playing with the new machine.
Chance is once again measuring big. He's now a week big. His head and stomach measure 14-5 and his femurs measure 13-5. So he has a Buddha belly, a giant noggin, and normal legs. In the pics, he is sucking his thumb in the arms pic. He is crossing his legs in the leg pic. One of the 3-D he has wiggled and is turned on his side. Super cute.
Next appointment is with my OB Dec 22.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
12 Weeks 1 Day (195 Days To Go)
It's been an interesting few days. I was plagued with morning sickness Monday afternoon. However, after 48 hours of constant vomiting (well dry heaving most of the time) I started to think maybe it wasn't morning sickness. I contacted my IM doc and my OB via email Tuesday. My IM doc told me to consult my OB as she couldn't really do anything since I was pregnant. I contacted me OB once again on Wednesday as I hadn't peed in over 24 hours and I hadn't had anything to eat or drink. Phenergan oral and rectally didn't help. Zofran sub lingual didn't help. Peppermint and ginger didn't help. I couldn't keep anything oral down for more than 5 minutes or so. Pregnancy constipation has kept my bowel movements down to once every 2-3 days. I had a small one on Tuesday morning. Gross I know.
Well, the OB nurse told me to come to the office asap. They would decide what to do when I got there. Of course I got sick about 5 minutes after I arrived. Ugh. They started an IV (with the help of my DH) and gave me a liter of fluid and a push of IV Zofran. I started to feel better pretty quickly. They wanted to give me another liter but I wanted to go home. Had my DH not been an anesthesiologist, they would have admitted me. Instead, I went home with a liter of fluids hanging and a liter to give later, as well as RXs for Phenergan gel, suppositories, and pills, as well as Zofran sub lingual. I got all 3 liters of fluid. It took several hours to finally pee. Then I had to pee every 10-15 minutes. Ugh...
I ate some soup shortly after I arrived home, and then ate McDonald's...I know, gross, but it was too good. Unfortunately all that came back up about 0200. I've vomited a handful of times since then. Starting to feel better though. Pretty sure I am on the down side of this Virus. Yep, turns out it is NOT morning sickness, just a GI bug. All I have to say is it better be gone by Sunday. I have plans in Vegas! LOL
The DH showed up to the office shortly after I arrived. He works at the hospital across the parking lot. Handy. My OB was out of town so I got to see the new guy. He was really nice.
Any who, he used this handheld ultrasound called a GE VScan to make sure Chance was ok; since I was a little dehydrated. Chance was fine. My fluid looked a little low, but he wasn't concerned since I was getting fluid. This was the first time my DH got to see an ultrasound. He's been working every time I went. He was very excited. He may have cried a little..LOL
I think my DH finally believes me that I can feel Chance moving. I told him when he moved and it showed on the ultrasound. I couldn't see the ultrasound. I think the OB was a little surprised I could feel him moving already.
So I went home and have been here since. Ready to stop being sick.
I am officially past the miscarriage mark. The chance of miscarriage after 12 weeks is only 1%.
Oh, the DH didn't want me taking the Zofran because of those 1-800-Bad Drug commercials. I am sure you've all seen them. I brought that up with the OB yesterday. He said there had been two studies (bad ones) that showed a neural tube defect in one patient and a cleft lip and pallet in another patient. No miscarriages. He said the benefits outweigh the risks (if there really are any) early in pregnancy if you are really sick. After that 12 week mark, you're really just baking at this point and all the structures are already formed. So taking any form at Zofran at this point is fine. He also said taking it once a day won't hurt anything early on, it would be 3-4 times a day there might could be a problem. Fortunately for me, I didn't have any morning sickness. Whew. Thanks to the shots and patches I dodged that bullet completely.
I haven't started showing yet, and I lost 5 pounds (8 according to me scale, but the doctor scale is official) with this virus. I have been fortunate not to have gained any with the first trimester. Normally a person gains 5 in the first, 7-10 in the second, and all the rest in the third. Since I started out overweight, I am only allowed to gain 15-25 pounds with the pregnancy. I want to keep it closer to the 15 pound mark, less if possible and everyone is healthy.
Think I'll take a nap now....
Well, the OB nurse told me to come to the office asap. They would decide what to do when I got there. Of course I got sick about 5 minutes after I arrived. Ugh. They started an IV (with the help of my DH) and gave me a liter of fluid and a push of IV Zofran. I started to feel better pretty quickly. They wanted to give me another liter but I wanted to go home. Had my DH not been an anesthesiologist, they would have admitted me. Instead, I went home with a liter of fluids hanging and a liter to give later, as well as RXs for Phenergan gel, suppositories, and pills, as well as Zofran sub lingual. I got all 3 liters of fluid. It took several hours to finally pee. Then I had to pee every 10-15 minutes. Ugh...
I ate some soup shortly after I arrived home, and then ate McDonald's...I know, gross, but it was too good. Unfortunately all that came back up about 0200. I've vomited a handful of times since then. Starting to feel better though. Pretty sure I am on the down side of this Virus. Yep, turns out it is NOT morning sickness, just a GI bug. All I have to say is it better be gone by Sunday. I have plans in Vegas! LOL
The DH showed up to the office shortly after I arrived. He works at the hospital across the parking lot. Handy. My OB was out of town so I got to see the new guy. He was really nice.
Any who, he used this handheld ultrasound called a GE VScan to make sure Chance was ok; since I was a little dehydrated. Chance was fine. My fluid looked a little low, but he wasn't concerned since I was getting fluid. This was the first time my DH got to see an ultrasound. He's been working every time I went. He was very excited. He may have cried a little..LOL
I think my DH finally believes me that I can feel Chance moving. I told him when he moved and it showed on the ultrasound. I couldn't see the ultrasound. I think the OB was a little surprised I could feel him moving already.
So I went home and have been here since. Ready to stop being sick.
I am officially past the miscarriage mark. The chance of miscarriage after 12 weeks is only 1%.
Oh, the DH didn't want me taking the Zofran because of those 1-800-Bad Drug commercials. I am sure you've all seen them. I brought that up with the OB yesterday. He said there had been two studies (bad ones) that showed a neural tube defect in one patient and a cleft lip and pallet in another patient. No miscarriages. He said the benefits outweigh the risks (if there really are any) early in pregnancy if you are really sick. After that 12 week mark, you're really just baking at this point and all the structures are already formed. So taking any form at Zofran at this point is fine. He also said taking it once a day won't hurt anything early on, it would be 3-4 times a day there might could be a problem. Fortunately for me, I didn't have any morning sickness. Whew. Thanks to the shots and patches I dodged that bullet completely.
I haven't started showing yet, and I lost 5 pounds (8 according to me scale, but the doctor scale is official) with this virus. I have been fortunate not to have gained any with the first trimester. Normally a person gains 5 in the first, 7-10 in the second, and all the rest in the third. Since I started out overweight, I am only allowed to gain 15-25 pounds with the pregnancy. I want to keep it closer to the 15 pound mark, less if possible and everyone is healthy.
Think I'll take a nap now....
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