1st normal OB appointment
On Tuesday 6/1 I saw my regular OB for the first time
- the one I'll be seeing through to the birth. She's in a group practice with a
few other female OBs, and they share on-call duty at the hospital with another
group practice... so I think there are 6 or so OBs who could be the one there
for the delivery.
a repost from the boards....
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her asst. was really friendly, but i wasn't quite as comfortable with the OB. still, i think she'll be fine.
i got the 20 questions, and gary and i asked her our questions. she also told us some about pre-natal screening, and it was only after we asked her some questions about it that she said she wasn't advising for or against, just giving us information.
we said we were planning to hire a doula, and asked if she and her colleagues in the group practice were comfortable with working with doulas. at first she sounded really positive, said they'd all worked with doulas before and it was just fine. we had felt encouraged because there were flyers for a doula network festival in the waiting room. but then she started saying that we really didn't need one - that the l&d nurses at the hospital are just great and that getting a doula is like having a belt and suspenders on at once. she also said the main purpose of a doula is to give the father a break so he can take a nap, get some coffee, and not feel guilty about leaving the mom. whatever...
we also said we were interested in natural childbirth classes, and did she know of any good ones in the area? she said - it all depends what you mean by "natural" - all the classes teach techniques for a "natural" birth. she recommended we take the hospital's standard childbirth class and that we look into their hypnobirthing class as well. i think we might find a private class and just take a free tour of the hospital.
she did tell me to stop taking the low-dose aspirin the MF specialist told me to take because of my high blood pressure. from what we both understood - the most important time to take it was the 1st trimester as the placenta was forming... now it's formed, and we should be off to a good start! baby's heartbeat was just fine yesterday i asked her to show me how to feel my uterus... and i still can't entirely be sure i feel where it starts and ends... but it's in the right place.
oh, and my blood pressure's been stellar for the last month less to worry about!
...
oh yeah, and she said no soft cheese, not even pasteurized. grrrrr. in the pre-natal info she gave me there was a handout that said the same thing, and a book from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that said only non-pasteurized was a problem
so i guess i'll avoid it if i can, but won't start treating it like a food allergy....
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a repost from the boards....
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her asst. was really friendly, but i wasn't quite as comfortable with the OB. still, i think she'll be fine.
i got the 20 questions, and gary and i asked her our questions. she also told us some about pre-natal screening, and it was only after we asked her some questions about it that she said she wasn't advising for or against, just giving us information.
we said we were planning to hire a doula, and asked if she and her colleagues in the group practice were comfortable with working with doulas. at first she sounded really positive, said they'd all worked with doulas before and it was just fine. we had felt encouraged because there were flyers for a doula network festival in the waiting room. but then she started saying that we really didn't need one - that the l&d nurses at the hospital are just great and that getting a doula is like having a belt and suspenders on at once. she also said the main purpose of a doula is to give the father a break so he can take a nap, get some coffee, and not feel guilty about leaving the mom. whatever...
we also said we were interested in natural childbirth classes, and did she know of any good ones in the area? she said - it all depends what you mean by "natural" - all the classes teach techniques for a "natural" birth. she recommended we take the hospital's standard childbirth class and that we look into their hypnobirthing class as well. i think we might find a private class and just take a free tour of the hospital.
she did tell me to stop taking the low-dose aspirin the MF specialist told me to take because of my high blood pressure. from what we both understood - the most important time to take it was the 1st trimester as the placenta was forming... now it's formed, and we should be off to a good start! baby's heartbeat was just fine yesterday i asked her to show me how to feel my uterus... and i still can't entirely be sure i feel where it starts and ends... but it's in the right place.
oh, and my blood pressure's been stellar for the last month less to worry about!
...
oh yeah, and she said no soft cheese, not even pasteurized. grrrrr. in the pre-natal info she gave me there was a handout that said the same thing, and a book from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that said only non-pasteurized was a problem
so i guess i'll avoid it if i can, but won't start treating it like a food allergy....
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Posted: Fri - June 4, 2004 at 08:57 AM
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