9 Weeks!

This appointment came very fast. I guess it was a little less than two weeks. The appointment only took a few minutes. My blood pressure was good and I gained one pound. I told him if was from all the Jelly beans! The Dr. did an ultrasound. The baby still looks like a little blob, but much bigger. We saw the chambers of the heart pumping and the baby was squiriming around. The Dr. said everything looks really good. I asked him if he sees a difference between this pregnancy and the last one and of course he said no. This concerns me but there is nothing i can do about it. Anyway he said to stay away from the Jelly beans and come back in three weeks from the NT. I was a little upset when he said come back in 3 weeks becaue in my mind I was going to see him every other week, but the NT needs to be done at 12 weeks so I have no choice but to wait. Three weeks is a long time!! I was throwing the idea of getting a doppler around and decided to ask the girls on babycenter.com. It seems to me there are mixed feelings about it. I think it would help to ease my worries during the next three weeks but I can't help but think that I would feak out if I couldn't find the heart beat. Espcially since I am home at night by myself. I also think I would become a little obsessed with it. I am still not opposed to the idea, I guss I will just have to see how I feel over the next couple of weeks.
Overall, it was a good appointment. Chris and I than went to Bobby Flays new burger place which was excellant!! I think I will be sending Chris there often for take out!! I had the best night sleep last night. Usually I am up most of the night because of my stuffy nose. I went to be with reenforcements, humidifier, saline spray, used the netti post, vix under my nose and a nasal strip on top. I know it seems a little excessive but it worked and I was albe to sleep 10 hours!!! I forgot to set the alarm and slept until 8am!!! HopefullY I will get many nights of good sleep over the next seven months!

I love my OB!!

So last night we went to see my OB, Dr. Gallo. I was so nervous about seeing him since I haven't seen him since the D&C and the last time we spoke he had deliverd such terrble news. As soon as I walked in the nurse smiled at me. She remember who I was and it seemed like she was happy I was back. She called us in right way. She took down all my new information. I explained to her about the blood thinner and Dr. Alvarez. She took my blood pressure and my weight and than told me my due date is Nov.23rd. Just in time for Thanksgiving and hunting season. Chris is thrilled. She walked us to the room and congratulated us. By then I was starting to feel much better. Dr. Gallo walked in the room talking as usual. He is so kind and compassionate!!! He was happy to see us and congratulated us as well. He didn't ask many questions about my 6 months journey. He was happy about the blood thinner and baby aspirin. He said I can also take a regular vitamin instead of a prenatal since I am taking so much folic acid. He said he wants me to take in real easy for the first 12 weeks. No cleaning, no exercising, no lifting and if I start to spot again he is going to put me on bed rest for 24 hours. I am not complaining! He wants to see me every other week until the second trimester. I wish I could see him every week, but every other makes me happy as well. He will also determin when I will go back to Dr. Alvarez. After we did all of our conversing he turned on the ultrasound machine. I got a really nervous feeling in my stomach. I guess that is going to happen every time I have an u/s or when the Dr. checks for a heart beat with the doppler. He found the baby right away. He said the sack was perfectly round and the baby looked really good. The heart beat was 140 and we got to hear it this time. It was amazing. I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my face. He also said my fibroids are no where near the baby and he didn't think they would be a problem. He really took his time with us and I appreciated it. Neeless to say we left the office feeling really good!!!! Its the best I have felt in the past 6 months! I can't wait to go back on Monday.

We Got a Heart Beat. 122!!!!

Today I had my first MFM appointment. I have been dreading this day all week. After spotting on Satuday day I had convinced myself that there would be no heart beat. Chris to me to the Dr. at 0930. We waited just a few minutes before we were called in. The tecnition took us right away for the ultra sound. He had asked me a few questions and once he saw my stomach and the bright purple brusies he asked me if this was my first pregnany. I politely said no. He asked how many children I had at home and I politely said none. He than said he was very sorry and asked me how far along I was when i lost my baby. Its been a while siince any one had asked me about my loss. It stirred up so many emotions, but he was very kind and polite and he kept telling me how sorry he was and just before I was about to burst into tears he told me he sees the heart beating. He said the baby was too small and the frequesncy ws too low for us to hear it, but he was able to see it and he showed me it on the monitor. 122 beats per minute. He probably spent around 20 minutes taking lots of picutres of the baby and the the two fibroids he found.
After the u/s we went back into the waiting room for what seemed like an hour. I thought I was going in for a physical exam but the nurse brought me into the Dr. office. After a few minutes of silence he asked why I had scheduled an OB appointment. I was taken back a little. I explainted to him that his receptionist told me that I would be seeing him exculsively and that I didn't have to see my OB. He said that was crazy and that I shlould make an appointment to see my OB with in the next few weeks. Thank God I had already made an appointment for next week. He said that my OB, Dr. Gallo is the boss and if he wants to deliver me he can unless he feels like I would be in better hands witht the MFM. I was so happy to hear this. I love Dr. Gallo and dreamed of him delivering my baby. The. MFM Dr. Alvarez said everything looked good except my fibroids. I was shoked to hear him say this becuase i have alwsy been told that fiborids were not a big deal. I think my Frioend Eleonora has 2 huge ones and her pregnancy was fine. I also mentioned the fact that he had previously said he would put me on prednisone. Well he didn't have that in his notes and he didn't think it was a great idea. This really concerns me and I will have to bring it up with Dr. gallo once I see him next week. Dr. Alvarez really didn't say anything else. I have an appointment with a Hemotologist tomorrow. I don't know what kind of test he is going to do but it should be interesting.
So, I guess the appointment went well and I should be really excited, but I just feel OK. Maybe I'll feel better after I speak to Dr. Gallo.