First OB appointment

Well I am back from my first OB appointment for pregnancy ever. The ironic part of the day is I realized that the doc I saw for infertility, my home study worker for the adoption and my OB are all in the same building. Every transition I have had on this journey has happened in that building.

He said there was no point in trying to get an earlier u/s, they are quite backed up these days and he was happy with the June 12th one. He is a very thorough doc and I feel very comfortable with him. He is watching my thyroid closely.

There was some confusion with my edd. Based on ovulation, edd would be Oct 18. Based on the early u/s, it would be Oct 20. I accidentally told my gp my last period was Jan 17 (meant to say Jan 12) so my OB was going to give me an edd of Oct 23 because u/s can be +/- 3 days. I finally expalined to him I was mistaken and it was Jan 12. So he gave me an edd of Oct 20. But I don't want to change my ticker! I live changing weeks on Saturday... oh well very minor.

I also asked him about my headaches and he said there was no reason to suffer, I am perfectly safe to take advil up until 33 weeks but no more. He even said I can take 2 pills every 3 to 4 hours as needed. I won't take that much but it is good to know I can take 1 if it gets really bad.

He is sending me for the bloodtest that tests for downs and spina bifida. The reason he likes to send women for it is so when the u/s comes, if there is an abormality they can look at the test and determine if more testing is necessary or not. It makes me nervous because what if... but I know we will have this baby no matter what and it is no harm to either of us, but it will help prevent questions later.

And then he checked for the heartbeat. Just like at home, a steady 158. He had a little trouble at first, I wanted to grab the wand and guide it to where it should me, lol. But it did come through nice and loud. I am measuring 15 weeks and I have gained 6 pounds so he said it will pick up once my appeitie is back to normal.

Overall, I am pleased. I wish I could have gotten an earlier u/s so I can see pink or blue and so Matt can be there (he will be out of town on June 12) but I have a healthy pregnancy so I am not complaining.