Last Wednesday I had my first weekly-til-the-baby-comes ultrasound. She wasn't moving around too much, but I wasn't concerned because she moves all day while I am at work and my appointment wasn't until 4pm. After the ultrasound, the nurse comes in with this machine with cords and straps and print out paper. She hooks me up and the one cord connected to my belly sent the heartbeat streaming thru the machine, and she told me to press the button at the end of the other cord every time the baby moved. No one told me WHY we were doing this.
Thank goodness Jason was there because the nurse walked out and I was shaking and trying to keep from all out bawling. My doctor comes in and looks at the chart printing out and he says it looks ok but he is going to get me something sugary to drink and "Are you scared?" and "Don't be, baby is ok, I just want to be sure". Are you kidding me? I like my doctor. I do. But I have realized he is NOT the doctor for a first time pregnancy. He seems to not volunteer much info. He always asks if I have ?s, but I don't always know what to ask because HELLO I have never done this before.
Anyways, I drink the juice and he comes back some time later and says that it is looking "reassuring", but that he wants me back in for another ultrasound in 2 days.
Come Friday, I plan on me and Maddie being ready. My appt was earlier, at 2:30pm and I had some pudding and a coffee beforehand. I wanted to prove that Maddie was most def. a mover and a shaker. She was much more active this time, but the technician bounced her around anyways, trying to get her to do...what exactly? This time I asked. She explained that the movements were all good except for the diaphragm. When the half hour was up, I was expecting something bad. Like the OB on duty to tell me it was time for bed rest or something. SOMEONE please tell me whats going on! I go to the examine room and in comes the nurse with that damn heart rate machine again. So after hooking up this time, the OB on duty comes in and she finally tells me what is going on. Turns out that the baby is not breathing on its own and that is what this is all about. She then says that they usually don't start until 32 weeks or so.
SO WHY ARE WE FREAKING ME OUT WHEN THE BABY DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO BE DOING IT YET????
All the machine tells us is the movements in general. Which is what we just spent 30 minutes watching on the screen. So yeah, I really don't understand why my doctor A. Caused a panic in me when it was not even a necessary worry yet at this point in time and B. Can't tell me straight up WHAT IS GOING ON! Please just explain what and why you are doing things! Very frustrating.
About Me
- Kerry
- I am the queen of starting things and then quitting when they become "too hard-ish", "too uncomfortable-ish", or I just plain forget that I was doing them in the first place. Oops.
3 comments:
I TOTALLY FEEL YOU. When we arrived at the hospital, we didn't know if I was actually in labor, what they were doing about it, or ANYTHING except they were poking me over and over with needles and shots and it was miserable. Ugh. Doctors.
I'm sure she'll be FINE. They should have explained themselves to you.
Oh, how incredibly frustrating! It's so hard to find a doctor that knows what they are doing and is able to actually talk to you.
Don't be afraid to speak up, even if it's to say you are concerned but don't know what to ask.
That is weird! Everything is so routine for them that they NEVER explain it!
I did the ultrasound and button thing toward the end with my daughter. I had high BP and they were concerned about the fluid levels.
I was induced, but not until 38 weeks and that was for my health, not hers. So try not to worry - you have great care! Even if they suck at communication!
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