Thursday, December 4, 2008

a trip to the dr

so yesterday my mom calls about 10 minutes til 9am. she's on her way.
we were going to go to target and ikea and my dr's appt together. 20 minutes after her call the dr's office calls. my dr has called in sick - can i come tomorrow?
um, not really. my baby sitter is already on her way. not that we couldn't have atleast still gone shopping. but it would be much easier to have her at the clinic to hold the baby while i had to do 2 handed things like pee in a cup. can't hold a wiggly toddler and do that very well.
so i asked if i could just see another dr.
there are 2 dr's there i haven't met yet. it's always a good idea to meet all the OB's that work in the clinic so that if someone other than your dr ends up delivering your baby you don't have to wonder "who are you and why are you in here looking at my 'stuff'?"
so i got in with one of the newer dr's. he was funny. i wouldn't have minded if he had to deliver my new baby aside from the fact that he is HOT! just like the anastheisoligist last year that i was silently cursing for looking at my pregnant butt during the epidural -although he probably wasn't looking. that's one thing about pregnancy. they say all of your modesty goes out the window after you've had a baby. not for me.
back on track now:
the first words out of his mouth -aside from the standar introductions are "i noticed your insurance was military insurance. is your husband active duty?"
so we chatted about that while he's trying to find the heart beat. he's ex air force.
still searching for the heart beat.
we chatted more about where TJ is and what he's doing.
dr was very impressed.
i notice him sneaking peeks at my face. "don't worry" i say "we had trouble last time too"
(atleast my regular dr would say soothing things like "don't worry." and " i know you're in there") so i wouldn't freak out.
he seemed to be wondering where the heck the baby was hiding.
we'd catch a whisper of a heartbeat every now and then.
"it's probably a girl" he mumbles. aparriently girls are fast swimmers and tend to shy away from the sound waves. little TJ loved them. he was NEVER hard to locate.
eventually he starts to laugh "well, where haven't i looked??" he exclaims as he's whizzing the micraphone thingy across my tummy.
"i might just get out the ultrasound and take a peek."
a few more seconds go by.
no baby.
he throws the door open and says "i'm tired of chasing this baby! i can't find it! bring me a machine!"
all is well.
the baby is in there.
just hiding way down there.
the heart rate suggested it's a boy.
so now that dr is stumped.
we all think it's a boy.
but we find out dec. 22.
he didn't seem concerned about anything. though the fact that the baby was so low seemed to bug him a little. or it could have been my imagination.
he said they'd call if the ultrasound looked like there was a problem.i guess they have them review all ultrasounds -even if they aren't look for anything more than a heart beat.
i should have asked him if he could tell what the sex was. but i was just glad to know that there was indeed still a healthy baby in there and didn't think of it til it was too late.

:)

2 comments:

Cupcake Blonde said...

I am so haoppy he finally found the little one and things look well. I am holding out for a girl but you probably know best! So you find out the sex on the 22nd? Would you ever want to wait and be surprised? And will TJ be back for that visit?

jellybean said...

VP- yes TJ will be back for that dr's visit.WHEW! we actually are having this particular appt done a little late so that he can be present. he missed finding out with little TJ. he missed alot actually. he's going to miss a lot with this one too but i guess so long as he's there when little one arrives that's all that really matters.i don't that i could stand waiting to find out the sex of any of my babies. i'm too anxious and excited! i think i'm too much of a planner really.it makes it easier to decide on names - for some reason i can just pick a boy name and a girl name and stick with them -it makes the names more solid-they make more sense to me -if i know for a fact what type of name to choose. and i can shop! -if it's a girl anyway. if it's a boy i don't even want to have any baby showers. i have enough boy stuff to open my own store!!
maybe if we ever have a 3rd child we will let that one be a surprise.i figure this time we'll either end up with 2 boys -or a boy and a girl -in that case i could handle not knowing til the very moment that baby arrives.