Jun 3, 2009

Posted by Kayla in Myself, Silas | 1 Comment

My Prenatal Appointment Today

So I had my prenatal appointment today and I was not very happy at all. I didn’t get to see my regular doctor today. I saw a guy I haven’t seen before and let me tell you he was so passive and pessimistic and such a jerk.
He started by asking me questions about how I have been feeling and he was in such a hurry to get me out of there he didn’t even listen to anything I had to say. It was asKing me about my head aches and he asked me how long they last and I told him I think they are from not getting enough rest and just being under to much stress and he said well how long do they last and I said until I get some sleep. So then it was well we have a few issues we need to address. First thing he talked about was my 1st trimester screen coming back for me being high risk for having a baby with down syndrome or other complications. He said you declined the amenio and I said yes we did well if it was me having a baby I would have wanted to have it done so that I new what I was facing. And I replied with well that test is an estimated risk it gives you a number and until you have some type of proof on a sonogram or something else that there is a problem with our child’s organs heart digestive track whatever I refuse to believe that there is anything to worry about. That test from what I have read has alot of false positives and negatives so I want proof and I know the amneio is proof but I don’t want to risk the having a miscarriage and to me down syndrome isn’t my worry it is making sure everything is developing correctly. And I told him that. Then it was me smoking I knwo it is not good I don’t need anyone to tell me that. I have cut back alot and I am trying to quit and he was like well if your smoking over this much a day the medicine will be more harm to your baby than smoking ok well than that gives your answer and why would I even consider put another medicine in my body that could or may cause harm to my child and there telling em this. So he says well your the one that is pregnant it’s your baby and I told him I understand that but you nagging at me is not going to help me at all. I had to say that like three times and unless you have smoked then you have no idea how hard it is to quit. The it was what do you do at work? Well we cant have you doing this and this and this and that. I am going to have to write you a note. So he was so passive an in such a hurry that when he wrote my note out he put that I had to take small breaks and eat small snakes and no lifting and so on and I got down to the lobby and I was like eat small snakes what the hell so I brought it back up to them and I said now if I give this to my work they are going to look me in my face and laugh and say that this is a joke eat a snake” obviously he meant small snacks but after I made him look like an idiot he put small meals. haha. What a moron so I informed the front desk that I did not want to see this doctor again I don’t care if I have to wait 8 weeks to see my doctor. I have another appointment july 1st and a sonogram July 6th. So at that time they are going to do the quad screen on me to check everything the babys brain spine organs bone structure and any anomalies. And at that time they will find out the sex as well. I have gained weight so now we have to keep an eye on that I am not gaining to much weight meaning to much extra amneio fluid. They will check that as well at my next sonogram. But I have gained 9lbs in the last month or two I was at 122 my last appointment which was may 8th I was at 131 this time. It seems like alot of weight to gain int his amount of time especially with 5 months to go. So as long as everythign is ok I am happy. I did this with Lucian gained alot of weight at the end. I just don’t want them to miss anything and this doctor reminded me of the doctor I had with Lucian and I will refuse to be treated like that. I knwo my body I have to live with it hello. But anyways the heart beat was good it was in the 150′s my blood pressure was 120 over 51.
In other news today Lucian I finally got his sleep study results after calling and demanding them today they told me that his sleep apnea was so mild that is was going to be almost impossible to treat and that they would recommend a fallow up sleep study in 8 to 12 months. I dont believe our son ever had a sleep apnea issue to begin with. I think the pulmonologist just wanted to feel like he was doing something so it was lets put him on oxygen at night even though eh doesn’t need it it will only cause him to have lung issues if he is getting more o2 than he needs moron. I would no if our son had a sleep apnea issue he has a pulse ox and a apnea monitor he has never desated when he has slept except for if he refluxes and it chokes him or he starts vomiting and choking and doesn’t breathe. Anyways so he is good to go on that issue as far as we know. SO now we have to worry about his esophagus staying open and him eating solid foods and pureed foods we will get here but it is going to take some time. But anyways I have to get off of here for now and get dinner situated, I’ll be back with more updates.

  1. our child had TE fistula. She did not have actual atresia. After the TEF repair, she couldn’t eat and still had narrowing in the esophagus. They did a dilation but still there was a narrowing. Two years later, when we soought a second opinion, we found she had a double aortic arch, The extra part of the aorta compressed the esophagus. Once that was repaired, the narrowing in the esophagus went away.

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