First OB Visit and First Purchase

We had our first OB visit today and it went pretty much exactly like Liz's.  The office was quite nice.  They called me back first for a urine pregnancy test and blood pressure check and had J wait in the waiting room for that.  I'd filled out my history online ahead of time, so the CNA working with me was quite confused by my LMP date.  I haven't had a period since November 8th and yet I'm only 9 weeks pregnant.  I told her it was an IVF pregnancy and that I had been on Lupron.  She took my blood pressure and everything and then asked how long it had taken us and what we had been through. She was just making conversation and I was totally fine with it.  Then she said, "So you were on Letrozole?"  I said, "Um, a long time ago during my IUIs, but we're you talking about the Lupron?" She said, "Now which is IUI and which is IVF?"  I said, "Uh, IVF is when they take the eggs out of you and IUI is the turkey basting?"  She said, "Okay.  That's what I thought."  Hmmmm.  Alrighty.  Thankfully things went up from there.

The doc came in and went over our history again.  She was so very sympathetic.  She gave us a stack of info on testing, what to eat, how to battle morning sickness, what constitutes an emergency and who to call, meds that are safe (but try not to take any), a to do list.  WHEW!  She did a pap and a breast exam (J's first witnessing of such things, but let's face it - he's seen much worse!).  I fessed up that I have been too pooped to exercise and eating is pretty much whatever stays down.  I felt better when she said that it was okay and that I'd feel better and could get back on track when the first trimester is over.  Then she asked if we had any more questions.  I asked if she had any tips on how to stay calm.  I said, "We've just been through so much and it's hard to be optimistic..." then of course I teared up.  She said that she wants to get me through the first trimester, but that having seen a heartbeat at this stage was a great thing.  She admitted that she didn't have any other advice, but she asked if we wanted to take a peek.  We weren't scheduled for an ultrasound at this stage, but she did one and didn't charge us.  It was so very sweet of her.

So we will be doing MaterniT21 blood testing and she wants us to do a level II ultrasound in the second trimester because I'm old.  I guess the MaterniT21 test makes the NT screening kind of overkill, right?  Any thoughts on that?

I was very happy with our visit and the clinic as a whole.  We go back next week already!  That will be just some blood tests... thyroid and stuff... and a visit with the nurse practitioner.

So just in time for March Madness, we decided to throw caution to the wind and make our first baby purchase.  We can't wait to see our child wear it proudly.