First OB visit

I didn't expect it to take 2 hours, but it did. I'm VERY happy with my OB and the office. I've been going there for years, and with what I learned today about how they handle pregnancy, I'm even more pleased. I learned that my OB is one out of 40 doctors chosen to be an officer on the board for the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, out of all the OBs in the US. He also has a computer program that lets him access the hospital, so that when we go in for labor, he can watch from home/office and if something doesn't look right with a contraction or anything, he can basically message the nurse at the hospital and make sure they have checked on me. All OBs in Lincoln have this capability, mine is the only one to use it. I was also told today that when they refer to the end of the first trimester being a safer zone, they are talking about the heart beat. Since ultrasounds are done sooner now, once the heart beat is seen/heard, I should be in the clear. So I don't have to wait until the end of the first tri to breathe that relief. My due date, to her calculations (I saw the PA today actually) is March 17th, but when I go back in 2 weeks for an ultrasound, we'll get the actual due date. So I'm just calling it March. The u/s in 2 weeks will give much better measurements, they can check out everything else in there, too, and we'll be able to see arm buds, leg buds, and movement. It's set up for August 8th. They will also determine then if my cervix is long enough that they don't think I'll need a stitch (helps in cases of a weak cervix) or if they think I do. If so, then they'll do that in early October, instead of waiting for something to happen. In November we'll have the "tell all" u/s, and get a 20 minute dvd, too. :) I also learned that if we do an amnio much later on, they will send me to UNMC for that. They prefer to send patients to a doctor who does 20 a day than in their office where they don't do them often. In the 3 years they have been sending to them, they've had no miscarriages result from it. But that is all a decision for another time.

One last thing. I was told that, especially for all of their infertility patients, once we're past week 10, we can go in once a week, at no charge, to have them find the heart beat for me as a reassurance. I like that thought. They're used to us being scared. :)

Oh and I had lots of blood drawn. I call tomorrow to see about my progesterone, to see if we need to adjust my hormone weaning schedule further.

Alright. Those are the highlights. Probably more than you wanted to read, but hey, maybe you learned something. :)

Sheri