Expectant parent club! Where the pregnant people hang out.

[MrsKemmerlin]

Don't blame you at all! Glad I'm not the only one that didn't want to share, haha!

Everyone at my work about had a heart attack when I mentioned that I wasn't blabbing the name until he/she is born!

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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Pick a name that you find cute/funny with your last name, but would NEVER EVER dream of giving to a real child. Use that. Works better if you can do that with a dead serious face.

Thus, the twins will be named Rufus and Reginald. Or so I claim. Thus people have stopped asking me what their names will be.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Well, second appointment down! We were able to hear the baby's heartbeat and it was in the 160s. Everything is looking good so far!!! Next OB appt is set for May 25th and our US will be on June 15th.

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Oye, I feel huge today. I'll be 36 weeks on Saturday. I know I'm not THAT big, I just feel that way. Almost there... *sigh*

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Yay, another GIRL for this thread!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Okay....here is my (long) update...sorry but I'm still worked up!

I called the clinic right at 8am this morning. I got transferred twice…the lady I spoke to said it’s in Omak, tomorrow at 8:30am.

However, when I told her my doctor had told me Spokane and a “level 2” she said she didn’t and wouldn’t know anything about that—so she suggested I call back in a ½ hour or so and speak with my doctor's nurse. She said to also have the nurse call and cancel my appointment tomorrow in Omak if I do have one in Spokane for the same time/day.

What a CLUSTER. I am pretty unimpressed.

I have to go to court at 8:30 and I have 13 cases on so now (this is my job, not an issue of mine!)

I have to wait until probably 10:30 or so before I can call back.

The nurse called me three times while I was in the court.

Message #1: It’s scheduled for tomorrow in Omak at 10:30am

Message #2: "Please call me as soon as possible. If I don’t answer my voice mail, please have the receptionist page me."

Message #3: Hang up

So I called her back. She started off by saying that the appointment is tomorrow in Omak. But maybe I had amino scheduled for tomorrow in Spokane??!??

I explained that my doctor denied my request for a referral for an amino after the March 30th ultrasound, which showed the two EIF’s. And on April 5th (when I had my next appointment with her) that my doctor said it was a “Level 2 ultrasound with a specialist at Sacred Heart in Spokane.”

The nurse seemed all confused. She then had me hold while she grabbed my file to look at her notes.

She read off everything that had happened and concluded that maybe there was a misunderstanding and the ultrasound should have been in Spokane but was scheduled for Omak on accident? She was not sure. I told her that both myself and my husband had taken days off work for traveling to/from Spokane and how upset we’d been if we’d gone to Spokane and found out that we were supposed to be in OMAK. She was shifty and said she’d need to check with my doctor before she told me anything for sure. And my doctor was on “hospital duty” until the afternoon. So she said she’d call me back at work and let me know.

WHAT A MESS.

So a few hours later, the nurse calls me back and says there was a “misunderstanding” and it SHOULD have been scheduled in Spokane but wasn’t. So they are going to keep my appointment tomorrow in Omak and send the results to a radiologist (like last time) for review. If the ultrasound tomorrow still shows the two EIF’s, they will make me a referral to Spokane for an ultrasound & for a perinatologist but that might be 6-8 weeks away because they are so booked up. This is what they were supposed to do A MONTH AGO!

So basically, they screwed up and after the ultrasound tomorrow, there will be MORE waiting, MORE stress and basically even MORE TIME we have to wait until we get an answer one way or another. I’m almost in tears here.

I am hoping we can get our clinic here to Omak send the results to Spokane for review? I think I’d like to that no matter what. This was their mistake that caused all of these issues and it would give me some peace of mind if that happened…otherwise, how I am supposed to enjoy the next 15 weeks?? Or look forward to when the baby gets here? I can’t…I’ll be worrying/wondering/stressed, etc. up until she’s born “normal” and checked out to be “healthy.” Or not.

 

[rcentner]

sorry you have to deal with all that crap rare feathers, it's bad enough things are not perfectly routine then they go muckin it up.

I would be fuming mad.

hopefully all this stress to find out all is well

 

[happytxchick]

@rcentner - I meant to say "chickens AREN'T popular" but I see you understand what I mean. I wonder if I would need to get Baytril online, too. I see it's a flouroquinolone as opposed to a tetracycline, so it may really be better for respiratory infections specifically. It may be too late for this group. I am going to go out and check on them again before bedtime.

@RareFeathers - girl, I am so sorry! This is awful! What a disorganized bunch of mess; I bet you won't use that OBGYN office again, huh? You know, you might consider switching now, or at least getting a second opinion somewhere. Most likely the EIFs are nothing to be concerned about, but I, too, would be dying to find out for sure!!!! Keep us updated!

 

[SpringChickens]

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Wonderful!!! Congratulations on your GIRL!!

 

[SpringChickens]

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What a great feeling! I love hearing the heartbeat for the first time - there's just such a sense of reassurance that everything is ok. May 25th is a GREAT date too, that's my DD's birthday!! It'll be lucky for you!