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[T Hi]

RRF- Go with your instinct! It's DH and your baby! You guys are the ones who have to live the rest of your lives with the decisions! You are this little girl's parents! Sometimes you have to fight for them before they are ever born.

I have been there. DOCTORS DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING!!! I am glad that I demanded and stood my ground on some issues. I now have beautiful twins! Had the docs had their way it may have turned out very differently.


Prayers are with you and Mini RRF!

 

[pettec63]

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Dido!!

 

[Chickielady]

OK I am outta here, got still too much to do, and miles to go before I sleep..........

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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This may answer some of your questions. And I went onto Youtube and had quite a few of my questions answered here. I agree, I had to read over the instructions many times and then ask on here for more answers.
Lockdown: 18 days
I did not weigh eggs, just candeled on day 7 and day 14
At lockdown you take the seperation bars out - but I wonder if I could get more in if I did not use them for during incubation.

Try Youtube. Go to the sight above, she has quite a few helpful ones and I have searched under Brinsea incubator, and lockdown. There is a lot of good information out there.

Thanks T! I'll do that! YOU GUYS ROCK!

I am on only my second hatch in mine....I am also learning as I go and I am learning right along side you. I have read and watched so many of these videos..it is all so interesting and informative. I just lvoe it.

 

[pettec63]

CL Thank you for that great info! Everyone has been a huge source of information for me today! And a few laughs and a few tears as well! Good nite all! I have kitties to go to the vet early tomorrow! But, I think before I go to bed I'll have to put in the latest HP dvd! Just got it and I can't wait to see what happens! I found the last movie I was missing and I called my DD and told her I'm have a HP day and I'm going to watch all the movies in a row!! She told me I was coolest but also a bit of a dork!! I told her I resemble that remark!! lol!

 

[SadieSue]

Hey guys... I just wanted to check in give you an update....I've been really feeling like crap this week...VERY sore ribs, stretching ligaments, etc. and I have 6 boxes of eggs to box & ship tonight...

On another note--the clinic called me yesterday and left one of those automated phone calls reminding me of my appointment on tomorrow. However, they said it's at the radiology department here in town. When I spoke with my doctor--she said it was in Spokane at Scared Heart (level 2 with a specialist). So I was confused.

Of course, I got home at 5:20 and they're closed at 5:00pm

So I couldn't call until this morning.

Last night, I was wondering--where is my appointment? If it's in town--I took the entire day off work (so did DH) to travel to/from Spokane (it's a 6 hour round trip)....and they have "real doctors" and a MUCH better ultrasound machine....

However, my second thought is that if it's here in town, it must not be that serious?

Or the nurse is wrong?

Sighs...too much to think about!

Of course, I had a throbbing headache by that time!

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.

I agree Heather. What a cluster. There's nothing more frustrating than dealing with folks who have communication errors or are unable to synchronize information within an organization. Then it takes a bajillion phone calls for you to get any definite answers. Definitely not what you should have to be dealing with in your condition.
I hope you get some reassuring results with your ultrasound so you can get past all of this and be enjoy your pregnancy. Sorry you're having to endure the nonsense they've been putting you through.

On a side note - Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane is where my three younger siblings were born during the 4 years we lived there. Mention of it brought some happy memories for me. I loved when my mom brought home new babies for me.​

 

[pettec63]

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Thanks T! I'll do that! YOU GUYS ROCK!

I am on only my second hatch in mine....I am also learning as I go and I am learning right along side you. I have read and watched so many of these videos..it is all so interesting and informative. I just lvoe it.

Cool!I have read a bunch too, problem is there are varying degrees of information. So, some say this day, some say this temp, some say this humidity?? I watched that video it was good, the little one in the back ground was cute too! I wish you luck with your latest hatch. What do you use to candle?

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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AMEN!!!!!
This very clinic I have had to go toe-to-toe and force them to do a CBC blood work on me. I had done a bit of my own research...I just wanted them to follow through on my concerns. No, instead I was told I was not old enough to be menopausal...she gave me 3 prescriptions. 1 - a sleeping aid 2- antidepressant 3 - something to increase my libido. I didn't fill any of them. Went to a physician in Chelan who was recommended to me to specializes ONLY in Women's Health Care. Wonderful woman. Does not treat her patient's like cows and numbers...herd through the room and see as many as she can for the all mighty $$$$$$$. Did the correct tests, listened to me. Confirmed my suscipsions (sp?). Now I am on a cream that helps me to stay 95% sane for the most part...no more hot flashes and no more night sweats.

Quacks up here. They make me so angry.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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I am on only my second hatch in mine....I am also learning as I go and I am learning right along side you. I have read and watched so many of these videos..it is all so interesting and informative. I just lvoe it.

Cool!I have read a bunch too, problem is there are varying degrees of information. So, some say this day, some say this temp, some say this humidity?? I watched that video it was good, the little one in the back ground was cute too! I wish you luck with your latest hatch. What do you use to candle?

The first time we candeled I used a little LED flashlight I have. It was not very powerful and I have brown eggs. I was able to see some...but not as well as I wanted. I was watching them candel on YouTube on one of these...and they had a much more powerful flashlight. I did end up putting out a few more dollars and got a flashlight that is something like 200 lumens...my DH loves it and plays with it all the time. It is a tiny one, I cup my hand around it and set the egg on top. I will candel either Friday or Saturday, as this is day 7/8 for me. Someone told me to go and get a little rubber thing that is used in the back of the toilet (stopper) and cut a hole in it and put and use this and it helps. I have not got the rubber thing yet....probably will go before I do the latest candel....I want to see all I can. My flashlight was $50 and it is a small one, not a big huge one, but it is the highest lumen I could find.

 

[broodytood]

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AMEN!!!!!
This very clinic I have had to go toe-to-toe and force them to do a CBC blood work on me. I had done a bit of my own research...I just wanted them to follow through on my concerns. No, instead I was told I was not old enough to be menopausal...she gave me 3 prescriptions. 1 - a sleeping aid 2- antidepressant 3 - something to increase my libido. I didn't fill any of them. Went to a physician in Chelan who was recommended to me to specializes ONLY in Women's Health Care. Wonderful woman. Does not treat her patient's like cows and numbers...herd through the room and see as many as she can for the all mighty $$$$$$$. Did the correct tests, listened to me. Confirmed my suscipsions (sp?). Now I am on a cream that helps me to stay 95% sane for the most part...no more hot flashes and no more night sweats.

Quacks up here. They make me so angry.

I swear I'm in perimenopause. I have 10 of the 11 main symptoms and yet because of my age they don't want to listen to those symptoms. It's very frustrating! We are in a small town and have a lot of the same "problems" that RFF is going through. What do you have to do to get someone to listen?