Today was a very exciting day for us! We had our first appointment with Dr. Curtis, the OBGYN. He spent the good majority of a half hour with us to make sure he answered every little question he could for us. He also explained a lot of different things to us such as why pregnant women are so sick the first few months. He showed Shawn how big the baby was in comparison to his pinky finger and explained that we only had a fifty percent chance of hearing the heartbeat at this appointment. Despite the small odds he went on a search for the heartbeat. It took him a good ten minutes to find the perfect spot but we could hear it! It was so exciting!! Dr. Curtis said that the baby's heartrate was 160 beats per minute which is very good news!
Part of my appointment was having a physical exam. He found that I have a tilted uterus which may make delivery challenging when we get to that point. The average woman has a 10-12% chance of having a c-section, but with a tilted uterus, my chances are around 30% at this point. He said during my last four weeks, he will monitor it very close and if the baby does not turn head down and drop or if i have not dialated or thinned at all, we will consider discussing a C-section at that point.
After meeting with the Dr. we saw his nurse who had a huge bag of goodies for us to take home! I am going to post a picture of all of our fun stuff as soon as my camera is functional again (hopefully tomorrow night!)
After we got our goodie bag, they sent me to the lab for a bunch of blood work. They took 7 viles of blood! I was warned that they would get several, but I never expected 7!
It was a fun morning for us! I can't wait to hear the heartbeat again next month!
Last week my boss told me that if I am having a boy, there will be more testosterone in my system so a good physical sign of having a boy would be that I get extra hair on my body. I told Shawn what she said and he did not believe me. While we were waiting to go in for lab work, Shawn excidely told me that while I was laying on the exam table he noticed that I have more hair and starts telling me all of the areas he noticed it in. I couldn't tell if he was excited or grossed out. Which ever one, it was pretty funny! He is now on the search for signs of any extra hair he can find! I guess I better be careful of what I say to him.
2 comments:
I got lots more peech fuzz on my belly... I heard the same thing when I was pregnant...Thank god it is already gone now though.
Congrats on your pregnancy.... If it helps at all, I have a tilted uterus also, have been told my many doctors since I was 20.... 4 kids later, I never had any c-sections, and they were all healthy pregnancies..
Good luck!
Steph
Post a Comment