My 15 week appointment was in mid-January. I love seeing medical professionals that don't seem like complete idiots. And don't go out of their way to make me feel stupid and anxious. *Wheee*
Concerns that the last clinic had about my pregnancy, and the thoughts of my new doctors/nurses:
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Old clinic: Your weight is a concern. You've gained too much in your first 11 weeks & you gained too much during your last pregnancy.
New clinic (and I quote!): Well, we considered reinforcing the floors to prepare for your visit, but then decided that maybe that was overkill. (This doctor is hilarious. He was deadpan-funny last pregnancy, too... Love.)
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Old clinic: You're at risk for gestational diabetes. Um... you might not be be at risk. Uhhh.... you're not at risk now!
New clinic: You have absolutely no indications that GD is a risk factor - we'll test you at the normal 25+ weeks, but it would make no sense before then.
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Old clinic: Are you sure you're pregnant? And that you haven't miscarried?
New clinic: Your measurements are perfect, the heartbeat is normal, the nuchal screening ultrasound looks like you're very low risk for chromosomal abnormalities.
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Old clinic: Your TSH is high, but we're going to ignore it even though it got dangerously high last pregnancy.
New clinic: We'd like to monitor your TSH so that we can maintain it if it gets worrisome. Can you retest in the next day or two?
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Old clinic: You are Slovakian.
New clinic: We are not asshats.
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Ahem.
I'm feeling much better now - about the pregnancy, about my prenatal care, and about things in general...
(The funeral was... good. It was the afternoon before the prenatal visit and... it helped. Earlier that week, Steve was asked to put together a photo slideshow, and... it was good to have something to do to help. Because no one knows how to help in such a hellish situation. It was also good to see friends that we don't make enough of an effort to stay in touch with - It reminded us how important people are. And it gave us strength to see how gracefully our friends dealing with the death of their child. It was... it was.)
