Prenatal Appointment Synopsis (and 3rd entry in 1 day!)

Scheduled Appointment Time: 2:45pm
Actual Appointment Time: 4:05pm
Weight: 124lbs (+12lbs pre-pregnancy)
Blood Pressure: 91/61
Fundal Height: 20cm
Baby's Heart Rate: low 140s

I am so glad that the doctor and I both agree routine visits out-of-state are no longer necessary. In fact, we very much agreed that it's not necessary and she even agreed with me about keeping a very relaxed ultrasound schedule here at home. Well, we agreed on the latter until she found out that I've been having on-going symptoms this past week and decided an ultrasound next week would be wiser than waiting another 2-3 weeks.

While I have never been a huge fan of routine ultrasounds, I will definitely say that ultrasounds when there are visible complications are very reassuring. At this point, though, I have been feeling our little girl moving so often and so clearly for a couple weeks that I've stopped using the fetal doppler I have here at home for the most part. The sense of wanting to see if the baby is OK has diminished significantly so that the sense of worrying about the unnecessary effects (affects?-- I'm bad at this, too, Danica) of ultrasounds is stronger. I understand that it is important to make sure the baby is growing as the pregnancy progresses, but I am admittedly unsure of how often we should be checking. And I do feel that this decision is up to me as well as a doctor.

That said, I also understand the gut reaction of the doctor I sat across from today who said, Bleeding in pregnancy is just wrong. I want to make sure things are OK. And I that's why I told her to go ahead and schedule the ultrasound for Monday of next week.

And that basically sums up my appointment. It was a good one, and I felt more like a "normal" pregnant woman today than I have at any appointment I've had this pregnancy so far. Now I'm hoping that next Monday's ultrasound will be nothing but a report of improvement.