10w5d

Well my appt was okay, not the greatest. They did all the basic first prenatal appt stuff. He then tried to see the hb with the portable u/s machine, but it wasn't working well. Screen was fuzzy and could only see the sac. So then he asked if I was able to hear already with the doppler and I said yes. I last found the hb at 6:30 this morning since I like to listen before going on to an appt. So then he tried the doppler and picked up the placenta artery so he was pleased. I really wished I could have had an u/s though since I wanted to check on the baby's growth and the SCH. I could use a doppler at home. Then he made the next appt for 4 weeks away which I asked to be seen sooner and he said that no there isn't much that can be done in early pregnacy. He also said that he will start doing twice weekly NST at 32 weeks and scheduled c-section at 39 weeks. I wasn't too impressed with this. My last pregnancy I was getting 3 NST a day starting at 29 weeks and had a c-section at 31 weeks. Though I don't want to give birth preterm again, I also would like more involved monitoring since things started going down hill last time at the end of the first trimester/start of 2nd trimester. I also showed him ds's autopsy report and then he tells me that they can't really tell why a baby dies at 21 weeks when it says very clearly in the autopsy report the placenta was entirely infarcted and that the cause of death was placenta insufficiency.

So over all I wasn't too impressed with the doctor or how the place was run. I had to wait 30 minutes for a blood draw. I really think this is the only ob place in Providence from how busy it was and really don't think all those women there could really be high risk.

The only thing different he is doing for me right now is checking out my organ levels and doing a 24 hour urine to get a baseline so if I do develop pre-eclampsia again he will know what my regular numbers are.

Also my weight is 226 which is almost back to my prepregnancy weight so I was happy about that. Though I was 220 three weeks ago, at least over all I haven't gainned anything this pregnancy compared to my starting weight.

I have my NT scan next Tuesday so that is the only thing making me okay with not getting an u/s today. Unfortunately I had dh take today off work to come with me and I didn't even need him - they didn't even let him come back into the room with me so he just sat in the waiting room the whole time. And now I will need him for next Tuesday, but he can't take another day off work.