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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Baby predictions

So, I'm just a little frustrated with this pregnancy. I am in such a rural place that unless I drive over two hours, I can't see an actual OB doctor. So, I drive just over an hour each way and see a family practice. He's very nice, but not my old doctor. He doesn't know me and doesn't trust my past experience with pregnancies. At 32 weeks my due date was changed due to measuring small. It was decided to base it on my first ultrasound and put my due 15 days later on 11/11/11. Yeah, I know that's a cool due date, but seriously how could I be ue 15 days later. That would mean u found out I was pregnant at 3 1/2 weeks a long...doesn't seem likely to me. Now I know a due date doesn't matter, the baby will come when it's time, but it has made me so confused about timing. We are still counting Oct 27 as my due date at home, but always realize there is the possibility of going late. I'm pretty certain of my dates, but again he decided to go by an ultrasound done by a tech who rarely does OB scans. In Idaho, my doctor did the same thing and changed my due date to a week later, needless to say I went into labor on my original due date. I'm very curious and anxious to see what happens.

My other frustration is due to my size. Those of you who have seen me pregnant know that I am always small. I somehow hide the babies inside. Yesterday I had anther appt which I was 37 weeks by his calculations. I measured at 33 the week before and 36 yesterday. He is now concerned with IUGR which in simple terms means my baby isn't growing. I tried to explain that I'm always small and the baby had dropped. In most cases measuring the uterus is not accurate after 35 weeks because of the loss of amniotic fluid and the baby dropping. Instead of listening and realizing I'm not the average patient, he orders an ultrasound to check the baby. I don't want to go. One, that means finding a babysitter for the kids. Two, we decided not to find out the sex of the baby. Each ultrasound worries me that I'm going to find out what the baby is and after going ths long I would be upset. I really miss Dr Graziano. He trusted me and he knew that not every person is average.

So, after venting, any predictions on when this baby will make the big debut?

4 comments:

  1. November 1st is my guess! keep your eyes shut during the ultrasound. wish i could be there

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  2. That does sound really frustrating. I guess he could just be overly anxious about messing up (and getting a malpractice suit against him?), since he doesn't see it as often as other more specialized doctors? I'm going to go with October 26. (Tomorrow!) Good luck, whenever it is! Any seems-like-more-than-just-BH contractions?

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  3. I'm not sure I knew you were pregnant, so it's kind of hard to make predictions. Whenever it happens, I just hope it's safe and smooth. Good luck!

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  4. I say November 5th! I'm also keeping my fingers crossed for a girl. I agree with Amy...don't look at the screen and tell them before that you don't want to know!

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