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@pwnstar: yes if nothing else the Sip and See was a nice gathering to get everyone together so they could see the baby without us having to schedule time with a ton of different people coming over at once.

@mrschickpea: @pregnantbee: I find it so interesting when there are practices that have so many OB's that you rarely see one more than once. Ive been going to the same office for all 3 pregnancies and every time I only saw one OB. She was the one I saw every appointment and was there for my delivery. Or on the rare occasion she was out of town you get an on call dr that she is apart of an on call group for the hospital but that's rare and hasn't happened to me with the last two.

@agold: It was small and lovely. Only 8 of us, and it was wonderful looking around and seeing some of my closest friends in the same room. Each generally still brought a gift, but small gifts that I really appreciated. Highly recommended.

@Silva: @agold: @T.H.O.U.: @pwnstar@pregnantbee: thanks for all your input. I think we'll take her up on her offer for the sip & see.

@pregnantbee: glad your sprinkle was lovely!
@agold: glad I'm not the only one who worries about these things!

so i just had an ob appt (and the dreaded glucose test...still feel like i'm coming down from all the sugar). My doc said given the extra monitoring i'm having and the fact that my pregnancy has been "easy" so far, she's skipping my next appt and i don't go back till 33 weeks! crazy! but in the meantime, in 3 weeks, she will submit the paperwork to schedule the c section, and it will ALMOST definitely be 8/25. The problem is, if that somehow doesn't work with the hospital, she goes on vacation the 26th! she said not to worry, she was going to make sure we get the 25th. but of course I'm nervous. I have such a history with her at this point, and the other doctor is nice but I want her! so we'll see. I'm thinking optimistically that 8/25 is it otherwise i may have to pull every trick in the book to go into labor and have a vbac on the 24th

@OldpuebloJenn: oh yea, the vaccs are a good call...although that would put me mid-october, and it will be getting cooler here. I'd love to be able to have something where we can all hang out outside, and not have to worry about cleaning up and everything! I'll have to give it some thought as to the timing. fortunately, everyone is local so that won't be a big deal for us.

I'm at my ob appointment right now. Baby's heartbeat is good but they are sending me for fetal monitoring. Her movements have decreased and I haven't felt her move since 2 am this morning. But she was moving yesterday just differently. I prayed for her to move while I was at church and she moved while I was praying. But just still, different and decreased movement. Anyone deal with this before? I'm hoping this is just me overreacting. And how long will this take? Ugh. Work issues.

@agold: Yes. Mine was later on in my first pregnancy, and ultimately, I was induced (there were other factors involved). That said, I wouldn't hesitate to just show up at L&D if there was decreased movement. It's that important.

@T.H.O.U.: That sounds about right. And if there are any (heart rate) decels, they will likely send you to get an u/s to check your fluid and baby's positioning.

@agold: How is it going?? I'm assuming you're at the NST or just about done.

ETA: Just saw your update. NSTs are at least pretty easy procedures. They'll just put monitors on your stomach and expect to see baby's heart rate go up at certain intervals. Maybe drink some juice or have something sugary before going to wake her up. If she's sleeping, it'll take longer.

@agold: I'm sorry -- this is stressful! You could also try drinking something sweet and/or super cold and lay on your left side for awhile to see if she starts moving more.

@agold: Don't feel silly. I'm not sure if I shared this here, but a few weeks ago I was having constant braxton hicks for HOURS. They started around 2pm and at 5 I called the dr. They told me to rest and drink a ton. At 7 I called back because they were still going. I got all the way to the hospital (30+ mins away), and had one last contraction in the hospital bed before they hooked me up. Then nothing! I felt like I was going crazy. But everyone kept telling me it was better safe than sorry.

@ShootingStar: That's what I'm "worried" about. That I get there and baby is moving like crazy, and then I look crazy.

@ShootingStar: @agold: Ditto. It's better to take the chance of going in and then "feeling silly" than it is to worry. You know?

@agold: As we're all chatting about this.....I starting thinking that hmmm it's been awhile since I felt baby girl. But, alas, now she started stretching in there, and I feel her feet. I hope everything is ok with your baby girl.

@agold: Yes! And I'm obv not a dr, but I'd imagine it's ok not to feel her move multiple times every hour. She has to sleep too!

@agold: best of luck, keep us posted. Don't forget, they're running out of room in there, so there's a few weeks of going wild movement, then baby fits into position and it's back to little jabs, kicks and stretches.

For today's get the F out of my vag chronicles, a woman I know casually from barre3, who is in her 50s, said to me that it is "extremely detrimental" to older children not to know the sex of the baby prior to it being born. I asked if she had any siblings and she said she's the oldest of 4. I said "I'm so sorry for the trauma you must have felt not knowing your younger siblings' sex THREE time". Luckily class started then, and she ducked out early! Wtf, homes?!

@agold: I hope everything is okay! I went in around 32 weeks last time becau of decreased movement, and she was fine. It's around this time that they run out of room and movement changes a lot. But it's definitely better to go in and get checked!

@OldpuebloJenn: Oh give me a break. Insert biggest eye roll imaginable here. C'mon.

So ladies, I scheduled all of my appointments until my due date today. Last time (with a normal low risk pregnancy) I went biweekly at 8 months, weekly at 9 months, and then 2x a week post due date (and was given a NST each time). This time I scheduled a whopping 3 appointments? 36, 38, and 40 weeks. I was also told at the 40 week appt they would just schedule an induction for me based on if I had dilated at all, and that the 40 week appt was pretty much my last no NST or post due date follow up appts needed.

Anyone know anything about this? Seems like not enough monitoring, at least compared to my last. Wondering if I should call and try to talk my way into a few more appointments?