12 week midwife appointment
May 20, 2008
3mamasboys
I forgot to tell ya’ll about this, mainly because there’s nothing to tell.
I was SO nervous and excited for my first appointment. Here’s what happened:
-I filled out paperwork on my medical history.
-The midwife ordered the records from my first birth (the one in which I bled like a stuck pig afterwards. This is the only exciting part of the appointment–I am ANXIOUS to get my hands on those hospital records!)
-I peed on a stick. My pee is fine.
-I weighed myself, on her scale, which is a MEAN, MEAN scale and says I’ve gained a whopping FIFTEEN pounds since getting pregnant. Luckily, she didn’t bat an eye at my weight gain. Nor did she act surprised when I told her that I had gained 60-65lbs with the last three. I’m pretty relieved about that. The last thing I need is a weight-gain nazi.
All of this took about 15 minutes. Then a woman in labor came in to the birthing center and the midwife had to leave.
Seriously. Am I getting charged for this? Besides peeing on the stick, all of this could have been accomplished by mail. I didn’t get to ask ANY questions. You know, the vital stuff, like “How much am I going to have to pay you when this whole thing is over?”
It totally reminded me of my OB. She even has a little office with a waiting room and a receptionist behind a big desk and an exam table. I hate it already.
I’ll see her again at 16 weeks and maybe she’ll have time for me. I certainly hope so, since I’ve decided to get poked and prodded and tested for HIV and the whole triple screen testing.
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itsnotmurray |
May 20, 2008 at 3:55 pm
wow. triple screen?
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3mamasboys |
May 20, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Yep. We are (surprisingly?) the type of people that would terminate a pregnancy if something was wrong. False positives are scary, but I just hope that further testing would bring accurate answers.
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Jess |
May 20, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Well, that sucks! I thought the whole point of midwife appointments was the super cool interaction before the baby comes. I hope the next appointment is better!