I heart my MFM

At last!!! I have a decent doctor! Finally! Dang. Took long enough.

Yesterday was my appointment with the new MFM (Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist.) I love him. Ohhh, I am so happy I am changing doctors!

So here’s a basic run-down of the appointment…

– My appointment was at 1:00. Guess what time I was in the ultrasound room? Like, 1:03. Damn!

– Ultrasound tech spent about an hour or so looking at the babies. I have a feeling they’re going to be a handful, because she’s the second u/s tech that’s said these babies were going to drive her to drink. Gulp. Okay, so they’re a bit unruly in the womb, switching positions, knocking each other out of the way, being generally mischievous.

For instance, Baby A, at the beginning of the u/s, was head down, in the “presenting” position. That means, if it was going to be born “the old fashioned way”, it’d be coming out first. Later on, Baby B decided it wanted to come out first and plopped its little butt down, right at the “exit”, as it were. Little do they know that they can fight all they want – they ain’t coming out that way. Heh. Anyway, it caused much confusion. And C was going from up and down to side to side to oblique. All over the place. Aww, those kiddos!

– The best news of all – the doctor is 80-90% sure they’re triamniotic. That is, that they’re all in their own little sacs. Hurrrrrraahhhh! This is the news I’ve been dying to hear. This means, if all stays well otherwise, no hospitalization (until they’re born, of course)! I can still work, I can still be at home, I can still celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving with my friends. I can hopefully carry them to 34-36 weeks and let them get big and healthy and not have to go into Intensive Care when they’re born!

I just really, really hope it’s true. But I’m pretty optimistic. This is a good doctor, with lots of experience.

– Upon leaving, his nurse (who herself has triplets) handed me a copy of what seems to be the bible of multiple pregnancies, Dr. Barbara Luke’s book:

This is a big deal to me. It means he didn’t yell at me for gaining 25 pounds so far, like the other doctors did. In fact, he commended me on my weight gain! Man, you have GOT to love a doctor like that! And, he said I have excellent blood! Not entirely sure what that means, but he was quite thrilled with my bloodwork.

And, (sorry male readers) my cervix is nice and loooong and doesn’t change when pressure is applied. This is good. Nice and long is gooooood. And my blood pressure was fine, he said.

So, that’s the rundown. I see my OB tomorrow, hopefully for the last time. I will need to ask him to release me (I think it’s more a professional courtesy more than anything – the new doctor doesn’t want bad blood between them or anything.) and the new doctor will be taking over my care 100%! Yay!

14 thoughts on “I heart my MFM”

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    Anonymous

    Congrats on the news! I am so excited that every baby has a sac. This is the best news you can get! Here’s wishing for a long uneventful pregnancy!Kimberly and the GA Guinn Tripswww.guinnfamilyhome.com

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    Brandi

    Yay! I’m so glad that the babies are triamniotic! And that the new doc is so nice!Thanks for the update 🙂 I was getting anxious, lol.

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    angie

    What wonderful news. I am THRILLED that you finally found a specialist that is qualified to take over your care, and treats you with respect. I can only imagine the weight that must have been lifted at the appointment.

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    Searching

    AWESOME news!!! Like, pretty much everything! I have to send a special shout out to your cervix (sorry George) cuz that’s GREAT right there too! I’ll be pulling for you to reach 36 weeks. 🙂

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    Casey's trio

    I am so happy to read that you hav found a doctor that you like—woohoo! It makes a world of difference and must bring such peace to you.

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    Cindy & Brian

    3 minute wait??? That’s aswesome! I thought 10 minutes was great. ha!Your wiggly babies are a good thing! They are exercising their lungs and strengthening them! ALthough I can imagine that might get uncomfortable soon. :)And the 25lbs…I have gained that much and I am over 2 weeks behind you – oops! I haven’t gotten yelled at yet – actually they said it was great! I can’t believe the other doctor scolded you for it!So happy for you that you had all good news! Praying for you and those babies!! 🙂

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    Karen

    I’m just catching up… I’m so glad you’ve got a good MFM now. Glad you’re not getting yelled at about weight gain (while I found Dr. Luke’s weight gain recommendations completely unrealistic and somewhat alarmist for ME, I also think there is good solid research behind it, so no doctor should be scoffing at it). I’m so glad you had a good experience, and REALLY glad that he is pretty sure you’ve got triamniotic triplets! That’s GREAT news. 🙂

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