So I guess I let the baby-name out of the bag – which I was intending to do, but I’d thought I’d put rather more thought into the post than just slyly sneaking it into a DoG post! Best laid plans coming to naught – the story of every IF’s reproductive life… Anyway, yes, we [...]

All’s well according to SuperStarOB.  He’s relieved that Thor’s mighty mighty cranium is now measuring more on the big-but-big/average side than on the OMG-you’re-never-going-to-birth-that-from-your-girl-goods end of the scale. He said everything’s looking great, BP is still lowish, my weight gain is pathetic, but Thor’s is great, so he doesn’t care.  He did an internal – [...]

My husband finally met my OB, and fortunately, we were the first appointment of the day, so  Doc had time to do more than run an U/S wand over my belly, announce with great aplomb “Your baby is still alive!” and walk out the door, which is his usual MO. He chatted and made jokes [...]

OB appointment was somewhat anticlimactic.  SuperstarOB dopplered Thor’s heart just long enough to tell that he was alive, prodded my belly – trying to get a feel for what position Thor was lying in, I think.  Then he asked how I was feeling, & told me to come back in two weeks. For this I [...]

So SuperStarOB pissed me off yesterday. After leaving a sniveling message begging for a callback -that I thought would surely get results, because I sounded pretty pathetic according to my co-workers – I still had to track him down after 3 o’clock.  I didn’t even want to talk to him, just to get a recommendation [...]

20-week anatomy scan went well – everything normal!  WOOHOO!!!! We got some scary Skeletor photos, but we also got one that melts my heart every time I look at it, so I offer it to you for your heart-melting needs, as well: That’s a foot, people.  A real live honest to goodness baby-foot. Holy shit! [...]

And a heartbeat. And limbs in the right places. Had my OB appointment this morning, and it was pretty anti-climatic. Boring, even. (HURRAH!) Everything’s measuring on target, still due in mid-September, and all is well. They’re happy with my weight gain (about 7 pounds so far, though some of that was apparently water weight. He [...]

Sprogs are fine.  Sprog A is plugging along, wiggling and measuring a few days ahead of schedule.  Sprog B is still holding still, still measuring a week behind Sprog A. And I have an appointment for this morning with an endocrinologist.  Yesterday’s OB appointment was delayed for about an hour while the doctor ran – [...]

All is well, save that it took two hours in the waiting room before I could get in for my 15 minute ultrasound.  And three sticks before they could draw blood.  And he tried to find heartbeats with a doppler first – nothing.  Then he did an external ultrasound – no movement. Then I had [...]

First off:  All is well.  Afternoon appointment, so I just got home. SuperStarOB is great.  I really like him and his assistant and his receptionist.  I think we’re going to do just fine together.  He’s funny and compassionate and kind and while I was waiting for him, a previous patient came in and it was [...]