After our last appointment in Iowa City, I have decided to start seeing my local OB as well. Once we find out that everything is ok with this little one, we will make the decision to be seen locally only and to deliver locally. I had nothing but great experiences in Iowa City when I was pregnant with Claire. This pregnancy has been very different. It all started when we had to go over our entire history (family and previous pregnancy) during our first appointment. I just had Claire in June. Shouldn't they know my history?! We are treated as just another pregnant couple there, where as locally, my OB knows me personally and knows everything about my previous pregnancy even though I didn't even deliver with her. We drive 2 hours round trip to get to Iowa City and we were in and out of there in 45 minutes last appointment. The high risk OB saw us for literally 5 minutes.
I'm also very frustrated with the timing of our first fetal echo. It seems as though every other heart mom has an echo at around 16 weeks with subsequent pregnancies. We were told we won't have one until 22 weeks. Really!? Our first echo for Claire was at 21 weeks. Shouldn't they be giving us one earlier this time to try to detect a problem earlier? I don't understand their reasoning. The more I think about it the more angry I get.
Sorry for the venting! I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Happy New Year!! This will be my second new years in a row of no drinking, so drink 2 or 3 or 10 for me. I'm going to be an extreme lightweight after this baby is born.
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