The appointment started off with the announcement that my doctor had another patient in active labor and the nurse asked if I was okay with one of the other providers seeing me. I'm totally okay with seeing anyone at my clinic. They all are wonderful. And, when I'm in labor I'm going to want my doctor to be with me, too.
The boys are doing well. Brady's heartbeat was in the 120's and Cohen's heartbeat was in the 130's (the doctor wasn't exact with the heartbeats.) It appears that Cohen is still in the breach position. Brady was decidedly busy and kept kicking the doctor as she was measuring me and listening to the heartbeats. Cohen is in a funny position and the doctor had to almost listen from the top and face the Doppler down.
We did discover that the infection I had a couple of weeks ago is starting to resurface, so I am once again on the fun antibiotics. We aren't sure if the antibiotics just didn't get rid of the infection or if it is back again. So, round two of antibiotics and a culture are where we are right now.
One thing my doctor did before she left was map out the remainder of my OB visits and the correlating tests. I like it when this happens because then I can plan the rest of the visits for the remainder of the pregnancy. The big difference between this pregnancy with the boys and my previous pregnancies with my daughters is the frequency of appointments and the number of ultrasounds one gets with twins.
Since I had to go to a specialist for the 20 week anatomy ultrasound (remember, I'm now of "advanced maternal age" at the ripe old age of 35) I will be doing my glucose test at the next appointment. My clinic usually does it at the 20 week along with the ultrasound to kill two birds with one visit since you have to drink the nasty stuff and then wait an hour. More about that after the next visit.
I've also got a biophysical profile and four ultrasounds scheduled, along with the six O/B appointments. The appointments are both at my regular clinic and the Maple Grove clinic. My doctor sees patients one day a week at the Maple Grove clinic and it happens to be on one of the days I like scheduling appointments to make life easier for B & R. Hopefully, they will be able to attend some of the appointments now that we know the plan for the next couple of months.
I had to laugh about one of the appointments scheduled. It reminds me so much of my pregnancy with Natalie, 6 years ago. The last appointment scheduled is with Dr Block when I will be 35 weeks 6 days. With Natalie's pregnancy, I had an appointment scheduled with Dr Block on the day I was going to be 36 weeks. Natalie was born at 35 weeks, 6 days and Dr Block delivered her. It just seems a little deja vu to me! I guess we will see what happens…
Another laugh happened was when I was making the appointments with a scheduler I am not familiar with. She saw from the doctor's note that I am pregnant with twins and said "Oh, twins! I love twins!" I said yes, we are all happy about the boys. I received another squeal from the scheduler when I said that. She then asked if I was excited about the babies. I said "Yes, I am. And the parents are excited, too!" A shocked silence from her followed that announcement. I laughed. (Did I mention how much I enjoy messing with people about being a surrogate?)
Anyway, I should wrap this up as I am so tired and ready for bed. Hey, I can be tired, carrying around 11 pounds (and counting!) of babies all day!
Don't mind me. I'm having fun with miracles!
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