January 12, 2012
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second midwife appointment
Today was my second midwife appointment. I decidedly like going to these appointments. They went over my blood work results, both prenatal and hematology, and the ultrasound results. I had no idea what else they would take from a dating ultrasound, but apparently cervix is tightly closed, amniotic fluid was full and the placenta was developing properly. I was measuring 3 days ahead too, and of course noted that baby had a FHR of 154. The blood work results FINALLY confirmed my blood type to me. I always thought I was O+, but it's nice to know that IS in fact what I am. Oh! And they're setting me up with my anatomy scan for when I get back from Mexico.
They took my health history as well as my family's. I don't know if it makes me an easy patient or a boring one, but there was absolutely NOTHING to report when it came to my health history. As she went down the list I kept saying No and I thought, Wow, aren't I just soo interesting.
After all that they had me lie down and they looked for my uterus. It's a lot higher than I expected: almost up to my belly button. Then she pulled out the doppler to check the heart beat and found it right away. I said, "What the heck! You found it right away, I'm searching at home and it's taking me forever!" I guess she just knows where to look? Anyway after that they had my pee on that little strip that tests for glucose and protein present in urine. That was normal too. So yeah, great appointment. Sorry it's so detailed, but it's a whole new experience for me and it excites me. My next appointment will, obviously, be next month, but they've already pre-scheduled my entire pregnancy so I have to reschedule my Feb one because I'll still be in Mexico.
And oh yeah! I should mention that I'm leaving for my fourth annual Mexico trip on Feb 3rd for two weeks. Sooo excited and only a three week wait until we leave!! I'll be 17-19 weeks pregnant during the trip so I should hopefully have a cute little belly, but nothing too big to make it uncomfortable. And then I'll come home and have my anatomy scan. YAY! We're finding out the gender!
