OB Nurse meeting
Today I had my group meeting with the OB nurses. There were probably 6 pregnant women there for the information session. Before we all got together they took our weight & blood pressure and scheduled my appointment with the nurse practitioner. (Oct 14th, Tuesday). My blood pressure was great as usual, I remarked to them that several times at work I have checked my heart rate and it was ~120, during my check in the office today my heart rate was only 108..they didn't seem concerned as your blood volume is greatly increased during pregnancy.
At this meeting we saw several different groups from the hospital. The OB nurses went over what we could expect during some of the early appointments. A nutritionist went over that information. A person from Family Advocates group talked to us about support programs they offer (baby classes, financial classes, etc) And they gave us alot of handouts, videos and books. In fact they gave us 3 big books for free (What to expect when your expecting, what to expect the first year and what to expect in toddler years).
So next Tuesday I have 2 different appointments. First thing in the morning (8am) I meet with the nurse practitioner and I assume get a baby heart rate check and physical. Then at 11:15 I have an appointment with ultrasound for a Nuchal scan. This scan along with some blood work looks at certain birth defects. The main things they check for is Downs Syndrome and they will look at its heart and make sure all four chambers look normal.
Until next Tuesday!
2 comments:
Take the "what to expect" books with a HUGE grain of salt - they should be titled "Everything that could possibly go horribly, horribly wrong and you can't do anything about it when you're expecting." There are some much gentler books out there - Your Pregnancy Month By Month is quite excellent. . .
The Nuchal fold scan is awesome - you can really see a little alien floating about in there - take a bottle of OJ with you to the test - if the lil bean is not cooperating, the sugar in the juice may stimulate some better poses.
I had morning sickness from week 12-delivery. I recommend constant nibbling - I subsisted on Life Ceral (very portable)and ginger snaps. Frozen grapes were great, too.
Good luck!
-Beren
Sounds like a great first meeting. Can't wait to hear about the next ones! xoxoxomomxoxoxo
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