First Doctor's Appointment
FIRST DOCTORS APPOINTMENT:
So the day had finally arrived. I got to have my first OB appointment for our new baby to be. This was going to be different for me on many occasions. One thing that really is different this time is around his out the whole medical system works. At a military hospital the OB doctor that you see is usually does EVERYTHING from the time you walk into the door with the exception of drawing blood. Ultrasounds or anything else is done by the military doctor. Here in Savannah, GA, everyone seems to have their own job. I was sent to so many different rooms to be seen by different people. I guess it is pretty cool. The downside to having different people do the different jobs is that you have to explain everything to everyone. We will see how it goes. Anyway, so here is how my appointment started out.
First of all I couldn't find anything to wear. I am at the stage in my pregnancy where my clothes are just too snug. It doesn't help to not want anything touching my stomach. Any kind of elastic band or whatever makes me feel sick when it touches my belly. I was the same way with Reilly too. Anyway, after I changed like 50 times and still not complely satisfied with what I was wearing, I finally got myself dressed. It was starting to get late. My appointment was at 230pm and it was already 1:50pm and Reilly wasn't dressed. Of coarse it was nothing to dress Reilly. I mean come on he is a boy! There isn't much to dressing boy.
As I was running out the door, I realized I hadn't filled out the paper work for the appointment. I thought, "Well, I will just fill it out in the car when I get there." I got on the road and was kinda driving a "little" fast. That ended up being for nothing because the freeway was bogged down from an accident. I was afraid that I was going to miss my appointment, but I didn't. The one good thing about the traffic was that I was able to fill out that crazy paperwork.
I was everything thankful for being able to get once of the closest parking spots on the premises. I almost didn't believe it. I think having that close of a parking spot allowed me to get to the appointment on time. YEAH!
I went up to the fourth floor to be sent down to the third. I learned that a practitioner had to see me before the OB doctor would. I came so awesomely prepared for Reilly. I pulled out his Nintendo DS and he started playing Mario Kart. That thing was heaven sent! We spent a total of 2hr for the whole appointment and that thing keep my Angel an "Angel"! Sometimes I would forget he was there! He was just too good for Reilly.
So everything went pretty good. I got to hear the baby's heartbeat which was beat at 160 bpm. The practitioner also stated that I might be a week or two further along than calculated and that we would have to do an ultrasound to know for sure. After all the exams I was sent down to the lab to get some blood drawn. I was afraid that Reilly would cry again, but I think Mario kept him a little distracted.
When I was done with the blood work Reilly said one of his funny sayings again. I think it was more sweet than funny. I will let you read it in another post.
My next appointment is Mar. 19 and my ultrasound will be Feb. 24. I will be sure to keep you guys up to date.
MY GRANDMOTHER:
My grandmother had major surgery on her back today. Praise God everything went well!
So the day had finally arrived. I got to have my first OB appointment for our new baby to be. This was going to be different for me on many occasions. One thing that really is different this time is around his out the whole medical system works. At a military hospital the OB doctor that you see is usually does EVERYTHING from the time you walk into the door with the exception of drawing blood. Ultrasounds or anything else is done by the military doctor. Here in Savannah, GA, everyone seems to have their own job. I was sent to so many different rooms to be seen by different people. I guess it is pretty cool. The downside to having different people do the different jobs is that you have to explain everything to everyone. We will see how it goes. Anyway, so here is how my appointment started out.
First of all I couldn't find anything to wear. I am at the stage in my pregnancy where my clothes are just too snug. It doesn't help to not want anything touching my stomach. Any kind of elastic band or whatever makes me feel sick when it touches my belly. I was the same way with Reilly too. Anyway, after I changed like 50 times and still not complely satisfied with what I was wearing, I finally got myself dressed. It was starting to get late. My appointment was at 230pm and it was already 1:50pm and Reilly wasn't dressed. Of coarse it was nothing to dress Reilly. I mean come on he is a boy! There isn't much to dressing boy.
As I was running out the door, I realized I hadn't filled out the paper work for the appointment. I thought, "Well, I will just fill it out in the car when I get there." I got on the road and was kinda driving a "little" fast. That ended up being for nothing because the freeway was bogged down from an accident. I was afraid that I was going to miss my appointment, but I didn't. The one good thing about the traffic was that I was able to fill out that crazy paperwork.
I was everything thankful for being able to get once of the closest parking spots on the premises. I almost didn't believe it. I think having that close of a parking spot allowed me to get to the appointment on time. YEAH!
I went up to the fourth floor to be sent down to the third. I learned that a practitioner had to see me before the OB doctor would. I came so awesomely prepared for Reilly. I pulled out his Nintendo DS and he started playing Mario Kart. That thing was heaven sent! We spent a total of 2hr for the whole appointment and that thing keep my Angel an "Angel"! Sometimes I would forget he was there! He was just too good for Reilly.
So everything went pretty good. I got to hear the baby's heartbeat which was beat at 160 bpm. The practitioner also stated that I might be a week or two further along than calculated and that we would have to do an ultrasound to know for sure. After all the exams I was sent down to the lab to get some blood drawn. I was afraid that Reilly would cry again, but I think Mario kept him a little distracted.
When I was done with the blood work Reilly said one of his funny sayings again. I think it was more sweet than funny. I will let you read it in another post.
My next appointment is Mar. 19 and my ultrasound will be Feb. 24. I will be sure to keep you guys up to date.
MY GRANDMOTHER:
My grandmother had major surgery on her back today. Praise God everything went well!
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