Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Worse OB visit ever

So I am now 34 1/2 weeks pregnant and am ready for the baby to come. The OB office wants the baby to wait until I am at least 35 weeks...after that they consider it safe to give birth. I would like to wait until I am 36 weeks, but as we all know, the baby will come out when it is ready.

Had an OB visit yesterday and met one of the five OBs for the first time. I don't remember his name, but I do know I do NOT want him to deliver my baby. I sat in the lobby for 10 minutes, which really isn't that bad. Then I sat in the private room partially disrobed for another 10 to 15 minutes. When the OB finally came in he spent less than 2 minutes with me, did not address any of my issues, and obviously did not read my chart. For goodness sakes, he didn't even know I was scheduled for a c-section or that I have been in several times over the past two weeks getting monitored because I am having regular contractions. He didn't even address issues I was having that week. I was so steamed when I left, it took hours for me to calm down.

The only thing he did was a quick listen to the baby's heart beat, and checked my cervix, which is still closed (but he did feel the baby's head). I mean damn, he didn't even measure to see if my belly was on point.

Okay, done venting now...was just so upset. Next week I will meet with a NP and let them know that not only do I never want to see him at an OB visit, but I want to schedule my delivery around him, if possible. If he rushed me in the OB office, I am sure he will rush the delivery as well.

This means I really don't have an update on my delivery schedule. It could be as early as August 1 or as late as August 22. The wonderful OB, yeah right, said they would not reschedule my c-section until I was at least 2 centimeters dilated. Hopefully that will give me the time needed to notify my work and anyone else that needs to know.

On a more happy note, my mother is coming this weekend. I cannot wait to have her here. I could really use the support and Jasmine will be so excited to spend some time with her grandmom.

This past weekend was a blast as well. Christine, Mike and their girls Maddy and Kamryn (Ken's cousin) stopped by our place in route to Myrtle Beach. Jasmine and Maddy played with everything they could get their hands on. Kamryn kept to herself mostly, but still played just as hard as the other two girls. The adults, at least in age, spent time playing games, going into the pool, and chatting in up. It was one of the best times I have had in a while. I really enjoyed myself. Hopefully we can do it again sometime in the future. Now if only they would move from PA to NC, that would be awesome!

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