So it took an hour longer than it should have because someone came in that was in preterm labor @ 29 weeks. We were waiting for the doc that had to check on that lady so we were right across from the exam room.
At one point the nurse called out for a flashlight and a bucket. me= wtf!?
They wheeled her out and over to the hospital which is connected to the docs office.
Doc sees us, finally. We go over questions and concerns and then go to hear the heartbeat.
She has a tough time finding it because the baby is moving around a lot but we hear it for a couple of seconds. She sayd "Might have another girl, fast HB and moving like crazy" We'll see.
She decided to get the u/s in there just to confirm heartbeat and check what's up with my spotting.
We got a peek at the baby again and it actually looks like a baby now! Little legs and arms. A wiggle worm for sure. It was all over the place.
Then she looked around my uterus and it turns out i have this pocket of blood around the placenta and as the placenta grows the blood is getting pushed out. She said it's pretty normal and I should be fine as long as I don't notice any period-like bleeding or have cramping. I'm just taking her at her word that this is normal and not Googling "blood around placenta" and freaking myself out.
I'm rotating to see every doctor in the practice since any one of them could be on call when I deliver. I actually liked this one better than my original doc and may switch.
Appt to check gender should be June 7ish. My next appt is May 7 and I'll only be 15 weeks so it will be too early then
Also, I'm going to have to get one of those old people pill things soon. I have the prenatal vitamin, Zofran, extra iron because I'm anemic and now extra folic acid just in case because it can help prevent cleft lip/palate which is a slight risk (she said 1-2%) since H was born with it.
I'm kind of WTF that they didn't tell me to start taking the extra earlier because if CL/P was going to happen it would be in the first tri.