I just read Joanne's blog and she made a baby update. So, I thought maybe I should too. I had a doctor's appt yesterday too. Everything went good. I'm 10 weeks 3 days along now. At the appointment she listened for a heartbeat, but couldn't find one. She said that it's pretty normal to not find one this early on, but she sent us to get an ultrasound just to ease our fears.
She also told us that since Alex had a moderate shoulder distosia(not sure on spelling) that she wants to take this baby early. She said that if it had been severe she wouldn't even give us the option. She would just do a c-section. I had no idea that when we had Alex it was such a serious thing. But, she said her youngest daughter had a severe distosia and she's lucky because it's not that noticeable and she can function fairly normally. She still can't move her arm in certain ways or wear a purse on her shoulder. She said that after she was born she didn't open her move her hand for a long time afterward. So, I guess it can be a pretty serious thing. She said that since Alex was so big and they babies usually get bigger with each pregnancy it's likely it would happen again and could be more serious. So, she said we'll do a lot of sonograms there towards the end to see how big the baby is getting and then see how early to take it. She said she can do it two weeks early, but might even want to do it three. But, at 37 weeks they would have to do amniosenthesis thing to test to see if the lungs are developed enough. Pretty crazy huh. I didn't know it was such a big deal.
Then, they scheduled us for the ultrasound which they usually do in the office, but we had to go somewhere else for some reason. I'm guessing they were all booked up then. It was 45 min. from when they scheduled it, so I had to get on the water drinking right away. It was plenty time for my body though. So, anyway we got there and the lady took so much longer than they usually do and I had to pee sooo bad. But, everything's looking good. It looks more like a baby now. The heartbeat is increasing like it should be. The ultrasound tech said that my uterus tilts backward and that's probably why the doc couldn't find the heartbeat. Apparently my mom's is like that too. Strange.
So, this was my fourth sonogram this pregnancy. I've had my blood drawn three times. And, it was technically my second doctor's appointment. And I'm only ten weeks. It's nice to be watched this closely though. It makes me feel like they care about our baby too. And, it makes me feel less nervous about everything.
Oh, and we decided we're going to find out the sex of this baby.
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So, I didn't know all that about the shoulder stuff. Does Alex ever have problems with it?
It's good to hear things are going well! :)
No, he doesn't have any trouble at all. And they never said that it could be an issue with him. That's why I was so surprised by what the doc was telling us yesterday.
Crazy!! I'm sure she just didn't want to worry you when Alex was born. Keep us posted, I love the updates!
My mom has a tilted uterus too. None of my Dr.s have ever said anything about mine being like that, so I'm guessing that I don't? But my mom said it's not a big deal. Wow, I had no idea about the shoulder deal! So is this a problem when the baby is coming out, that the shoulders could get stuck or something?
Wow, crazy stuff! I was talking to mom last night and she was like "so...have yo talked to Jenny about her appointment?" and I told her "no" and she was like..."well...everything's fine, but I don't want to steal all her stories" so I was gonna call you today, but now I guess I don't have to. :) Glad everything's going ok.
ya, when Alex was coming out his shoulder got stuck. I didn't realize that it could cause such problems though. You would think that his tiny little shoulders wouldn't be that big of a deal huh. But, he was a nine pounder. The doc made a comment about if we have a ten pounder this time. I was like no way. No ten pounder for me. Thank you.
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