Thursday, December 16, 2010

Pregnancy Update

I am 32 weeks pregnant (this photo is from 30 weeks). I am starting to understand why so many people would never (EVER) move during a pregnancy. Talk about confusion. I figured it would have its ups and downs, but getting settled and finding an OB turned out to be such a pain. The military took care of it all in CO, but here in MD if you use the military you have to go to Bethesda which is a good hour drive (without traffic) from the base. The other option is to give up your military health care and switch to John Hopkins medicine (which is basically the same coverage - unless of course you leave the MD area then you're stuck because they are only in MD).
We ended up switching to John Hopkins (which was a big mess of paperwork and frustration). Turns out that the John Hopkins office that is 5 minutes from base delivers in Baltimore (about 45 minutes away), but the John Hopkins office that is 15 minutes away delivers at Howard County Hospital (about 20 minutes away). So, for a longer drive to appointments, it's a shorter drive for the hospital. It only took about a dozen phone calls/messages to get all this worked out. When I finally got a helpful person it turned out that the earliest they could get me in would be the last week of December (I'd be 34 weeks) and with a mid-wife...however after being on hold for awhile they got me an appointment this past Tuesday (same day Crystal delivered her baby) with a Dr. Goitom.
Of all the military people that we've been talking to about babies on base and what their spouses did we were told that John Hopkins is the best way to go and that Dr. Goitom or Dr. Rojous are the best. I actually really liked her, she was very helpful. But I probably won't be seeing her again. There are 4 doctors in the office and they like you to see them all since they don't know who will actually deliver the baby - and since I only have about 4 or 5 more appointments I probably won't see her again unless she delivers Denver. So frustrating. Of course in CO I had Dr. Gerow for my entire pregnancy with Katelynn and since she came 4 weeks early and Dr. Gerow was on vacation Dr. Andrews delivered Katelynn - guess it's not much different! Don't sweat the small stuff.
Other then the confusion of finding an OB and getting an appointment every thing has been going smoothly. Our new bed arrives tomorrow so we will no longer be sleeping on the floor. After 6 weeks of sleeping on the ground I'm SO EXCITED to have a real bed!!! I'm not sure who will be happier - the baby or my body! All the moving of boxes up and down stairs, organizing and shuffling things, and heaving myself off the floor every morning has made for some not so fun leg cramps.
We are keeping our fingers crossed that Denver stays put for at least 4 more weeks (that's when Katelynn came), and hopefully for 6 to 8 more. Dr. Goitom said after my files arrive they will be able to determine if we need to schedule a c-section or let me try to deliver naturally. It's all just a waiting game now.
We did manage to clear all the boxes out of Denver's room. This is what it looked like when the movers left...
 A week later...
This week Chris set up the crib and you can actually move around. I even hung up clothes and organized the dresser, got the changing station all in order, and stored some toys in his room. I'm waiting until it's finished for pictures of the final room. Should be done by mid-January...just in time!
I'll keep you posted! :)

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