So yesterday morning, DH and I went to my gynecologist for our first ultrasound. We got there pretty early because I wanted to get it done with as soon as possible so I could get to work and not be too late. Of course when we get there, the doctor isn’t even there. I heard over the phone that he didn’t know he had an appointment. Grrrr…I try not to be annoyed because the assistant is very nice and helpful. So the doctor gets in quickly within 10 minutes and sees me right away. Unfortunately in the 5 minutes between me peeing and the doctor arriving, my bladder has filled up again. So instead of getting dressed I pop over to the bathroom with my a$$ hanging out of the sheet! But whatever, I’m not overly modest and the nice assistant made sure that no one saw me. Then we got our picture. There wasn’t much to see. But there was a gestational sac and a yolk, which the doctor said was good. Based on the research I’ve done online and looking at my chart, it looks like I’m about 5wk4d, which means my due date is July 17th. I didn’t have a bunch of questions to ask but the doctor told me everything looked great and referred me to a couple OBs. I’m not sure if I’ll use any of them. I’m kind of tempted to get a female OB. DH was a little uncomfortable watching some guy stick something up my hooha. But I really don’t know much about finding an OB. I’ve been doing research online, googling names and reading the reviews. That’s been helpful. Also, we need to decide what hospital we want to deliver at. I’m not overly impressed with any of the hospitals nearby as far as their c-section rates go, but DH is reluctant to go to a hospital farther away. Also, a hospital farther away means that the OBs office would be farther away making it harder to get to appointments and balance working the in the city.
Lots of decisions to make and I guess we have plenty of time to make them, but it is rather overwhelming.
My confession is that I really don’t know tons about babies or a lot of stuff. I never had younger brothers or sisters. I babysitted some, but not babies. I’m learning from the book that I’m reading, Pregnancy: Week by Week, but there is still so much to learn.
Ok now that is out of the way, onto non-baby related topics (I guess this baby related a little). I have another confession to make. I’ve been keeping this out of my blog because I’m worried about being judged. But I haven’t stopped playing flag football. The truth is my team needs me. If I had bowed out last week or if I bowed out this weekend, then they would have to forfeit the game. We’ve been missing a lot of people lately and without me, they don’t have a full team. There are only two weeks left and I’m going to finish them out. Our game last weekend was awesome! We came back at the very end and won. I played decent defense. I was covering a girl that was a foot taller than me and I stopped her from catching a number of passes. We were the scrappy underdogs since we only had 7 (so no substitutes) and this team had beaten us once before.
This weekend one of DH’s friends and his girlfriends will be in town so we’ve been tidying the place up. Another confession, we only really clean when the place gets really dirty like once a month and when people come to visit. We NEVER have people stop by randomly and our friends rarely come to our place because we live far from them. DH and I are content for the most part with our messiness. We keep the place clutter free as much as possible but deep cleaning like mopping floors, cleaning off counter-tops, etc, we don’t do that frequently. I’m debating whether I want to tell our local friends this weekend about the baby. I really do want to tell them but I can’t decide. I’m worried that the flag football thing might cause a problem. I don’t want to tell my team because I’m worried they won’t let me play anymore. But whatever, I’ll figure that out.
Lots of decisions to make and I guess we have plenty of time to make them, but it is rather overwhelming.
My confession is that I really don’t know tons about babies or a lot of stuff. I never had younger brothers or sisters. I babysitted some, but not babies. I’m learning from the book that I’m reading, Pregnancy: Week by Week, but there is still so much to learn.
Ok now that is out of the way, onto non-baby related topics (I guess this baby related a little). I have another confession to make. I’ve been keeping this out of my blog because I’m worried about being judged. But I haven’t stopped playing flag football. The truth is my team needs me. If I had bowed out last week or if I bowed out this weekend, then they would have to forfeit the game. We’ve been missing a lot of people lately and without me, they don’t have a full team. There are only two weeks left and I’m going to finish them out. Our game last weekend was awesome! We came back at the very end and won. I played decent defense. I was covering a girl that was a foot taller than me and I stopped her from catching a number of passes. We were the scrappy underdogs since we only had 7 (so no substitutes) and this team had beaten us once before.
This weekend one of DH’s friends and his girlfriends will be in town so we’ve been tidying the place up. Another confession, we only really clean when the place gets really dirty like once a month and when people come to visit. We NEVER have people stop by randomly and our friends rarely come to our place because we live far from them. DH and I are content for the most part with our messiness. We keep the place clutter free as much as possible but deep cleaning like mopping floors, cleaning off counter-tops, etc, we don’t do that frequently. I’m debating whether I want to tell our local friends this weekend about the baby. I really do want to tell them but I can’t decide. I’m worried that the flag football thing might cause a problem. I don’t want to tell my team because I’m worried they won’t let me play anymore. But whatever, I’ll figure that out.
My advice would be to start by choosing a hospital and then an OB who delivers there. You want to be comfortable with your doctor, but IMO there is a lot more variation in care between hospitals than between OBs. And bear in mind that from 30 wks on you'll be going to appts every 2 wks, and from 36 wks on every single week!
ReplyDeleteAs far as football goes, just talk to your doctor. If you are physically fit before pregnancy, you can be fit during it. Most exercise activities pose a lot more risk to you (back injuries and so on) than to the baby, especially toward the end.