Today I had another OB appointment. I had more blood drawn (always a good time). The results of my last blood tests were all good. I was positive where I should have been and negative where I should have been. They went over my past medical history and my past family history for as far back as I know. I dont know how what my great grand parents died of has to do with my baby but whatever. I got to hear the baby's heart beat again, everything is still good there. We went over lamaze and if I plan to go to the classes for that. There are also like 7 other child preparation classes that they recommend. Plus I have to pre reigister at the hospital, ben and I have to go take a tour of the hospital and we have to pick a pediatrician. It never even occured to me that the baby needed its own doctor. So yeah we have to pick a pediatrician who is able to work out of the hospital where I am delivering so the pediatrician can come to the hospital and take care of the baby when the baby is born. I am feeling incredibly overwhelmed right now with all this new information. Plus they kept asking me do you plan to do this or that??? and I felt really stupid because I was like ummm I don't know. Plus there was an early pregnancy class that I was supposed to go to in my first trimester that I didn't go to so now I am behind. Plus it sounds bad but ben and I really don't have time to go to classes two nights a week for childbearth awareness, lamaze, anasthesia, breastfeeding, and whatever other classes I'm supposed to go to. Also they gave me this huge bag full of info about formula, diapers, wipes, breastfeeding, anything and everything. I even got a bunch of samples of diapers, wipes, formula...don't know what I am going to do with it for the next few months but I have it. Plus I got all these samples of different flavors of tums!! Those I will use immediately! But in there there was a TON of coupons for a bunch of free diapers, formula, wipes, and other things. The catch is i have to fill them out and send off for all my free junk. I guess I should probably get to doing that soon too because I definitely won't have time when the baby comes. Alright so enough about all that stuff that is stressing me out....the good news....I made the appointment for my next ultrasound to find out the baby's gender and it will be november 19th!! So a little less than 4 weeks from now!!! I am so excited. I am ready to know now!!
Side note: I forgot to do the what's happening with baby and mommy for this week and since tomorrow marks 17 weeks I am just gonna wait and catch up on 17.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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Jenni,
You can cover a lot of questions with your Mom and Mary Ellen. Maybe Mary Ellen can help you fill out things when she comes this weekend, or we can all have fun doing it at Thanksgiving. I'm sure your mom can help you sort out what's important. Picking a birth method is important. I really like lamaze, but I know there are some new ideas. A friend of mines daughter has a doula which sounds really great. Don't worry about not being able to do everything. You do the best you can with the time you have. That's all a mother can do. Guilt is an enemy you don't need.
Love,
Grandma Karen
Ok - What COLOR is your hair??? Oh yeah - BLONDE!!!
Let's see, I believe you were majoring in nursing and you
DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE BABY WAS GOING TO NEED HIS/HER OWN DOCTOR!!!!????
Yeah - they are called pediatricians!! ha ha ha That is just priceless. :-)))
Oh no no, no no. I KNEW the baby would need his/her own doctor...I did NOT know that the baby needed its own doctor immediately. Hospitals have lots of doctors, I have 4 myself. I wasn't aware that when I go into labor not only do I have to call my own doctor but baby's doctor. I thought sometime in the first month after baby was born we would shop around and find the baby a doctor. I was wrong.
OHHHHHHHHHHh - I see what you mean.
Yeah - I understand now.
let me know what all the differents choices for childbirth are and I will help you research.
When I had you there was only 2 choices......with drugs or without.
I choose with..........
I had never heard the term doula until Grandma Karen mentionedit. I started asking around to all my young mothers here. I don't know about in Orlando, but here you have to go to a birthing center (usually not in a hospital) to use a doula. It may be totally different in Florida.
Lamaze is always a good choice.
Do you have a link to your hospital where we can go on and read some of this stuff?
Love you bunches........
MOM
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