2nd OB appointment

I went for my 2nd OB appointment today. It was nice to meet one of the other doctors. Although I saw my doc in the hallway and she gave me a big hug, saying "can we relax now?" :-) She's really great. I like her so much. She just has a really compassionate yet non-sappy way about her.

Anyhow, it was very uneventful. They had the report from the ultrasound I'd had at the antenatal center last week. Everything measured just fine (as we were told then.) I told the OB I was seeing about the plan to go back next Friday to the antenatal center for an ultrasound to check the length of my cervix. I was surprised to learn that they'll then probably want to see me for additional cervix checks at weeks 24 and maybe 28 (and they'll also be looking at this at my 20 week scan which is scheduled for May 9.) Again that kind of makes me happy since my OB's office doesn't have an ultrasound machine. I just hope there's no problem with my cervix. Ok, I'm not going to worry about that yet......

We did hear the heartbeat (around 146 or so) today. Very loud and clear!!

I had blood taken for an Alphafeto protein test and to check my homocysteine levels (since we didn't have record of this from my thrombophilia panel and I had asked about stopping the Folgard.)

So, all is well. Which is great. Really.

It's just that I feel like I'm becoming a really boring pregnant person now. No, no, no! (before I jinx myself) I do not want more drama!! But, it's all kind of anticlimactic. Ok, that's a good thing or at least I'm going to keep telling myself that.

Meanwhile, we're starting to get the word out. I was setting up lunch with my good friend (and bridesmaid) for Friday and she invited us to join her and her husband and daughter in France end of July/beginning of August since they'll have an extra bedroom for a week in the house they're renting this year. Other friends will be coming from their new post in Berlin as well. So, I had to tell her I thought we probably wouldn't be able to join since I'd be something like 32 weeks pregnant! (I guess theoretically we could go but I have a feeling I might just be pretty big and uncomfortable by then anyhow).

So, more people know. It's a good thing. I know it is. We've made it this far and the odds are pretty darn good we'll keep going. (Caveat an incompetent cervix, neural tube defects and just random events.) But I'm going to try to revel in my boring pregnant person status for the moment. Ahhhhh.........