Wednesday, April 29, 2009

First Doctor's Appointment

So I had my first OB appointment today. I wasn't expecting much since the nurse said all it would consist of was paperwork and getting my history. When I got there the doctor was at a delivery so we had to wait about an hour. When I finally got in they told me they would be doing an ultrasound. This really surprised me since with Eric I didn't have my first one till 12 weeks, and that was only because the doctor couldn't find the heartbeat with the Doppler. Anyways, so I called Tony to get him out of the car, and we got to have our first ultrasound. It was awesome! Tiny little thing, but still really cool. The baby measured at 1.95 cm which puts me exactly where I thought I was, almost 9 weeks, and my due date December 4th(even though the doctor wants it at December 6th and I have no idea why). Eric was 10 days early and was 8.15 lbs, which I informed the doctor of. He said "Oh, well we'll definitely keep an eye on this one." Yet still moved the due date up 2 days. Also, after I told him I had had a C-Section with Eric he told me I had to have a C-Section with this one. I really don't want to have a C-Section and all the research I've done says a VBAC is totally safe and very common now a days. He said the hospital won't allow it. Somewhat frustrated. I think I'm just going to ask not to have a C-Section, they can't make me have one if the baby is safe, right? Anyways, that's my story. Very exciting and I can't wait till my next ultrasound.

2 comments:

Sara said...

hooray for bonus ultrasounds!

did you decide if you will find out if it's a boy or a girl?

Shauna Ward said...

I think I'm going to find out. It just makes everything so much easier.