This marks to beginning of my 6th week of pregnancy. A lot has happened in the last week - not really in terms of the fetus, but in terms of doctors. I have yet to have my first visit and I have already changed doctors.
Yep. You read that correctly.
No, I didn't not up and switch practices in a fit of hormone induced rage. I actually was spilling the beans super early to a close friend and then the story of my last pregnancy came up. I told her about how after the baby was born I wound up with an abcess and how I'm worried about managing 2 kids in the waiting room for the obligatory hour long wait.
She was confused. Apparently not every OB charges you $25 if you're 10 minutes late to your appointment, yet feels justified in making you wait for at least an hour past your appointment time to see the doctor. Weird, right?
Then she told me how her doctor doesn't breeze in and breeze out like you're some sort of cow pushing out #3 (she has 3 kids herself). They treat every pregnancy like it's new and answer questions and take time with the patient, even if this isn't their first trip to the rodeo.
Amazing.
Of course I immediately asked for the name and number of this mystical OB while contemplating if it's weird to have the same vag doctor as my friend. In the end, I wound up calling her doctor and making an appointment. It then took me 2 days to cancel my first appointment with my old OB (that was my "official" doctor for my first 2 pregnancies, but only delivered 1 child and only saw me twice with another). Sometime around my 15th call to try and cancel I was convinced I was doing the right thing.
Other than that, last week all that happened was I got a blood test to confirm pregnancy. Shock of all shocks, it came back positive. Oh, and I may be getting some super cute maternity clothes from a yard sale site (see my previous posts... I am a bit obsessed with it). We also started looking at girl names since those are impossible. I liked Hope, Gia and Scarlet. The hubby liked Jenny. We vetoed each other's choices.
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