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all is well in tmi-land
Sep. 30th, 2005 10:55 amI just got back from the ultrasound to measure the length of my cervix. It measured a nice long 6(?) centimeters. (Wait, can that be right?) Well, whatever, it measured a normal length. Which on the one hand is good, because it means everything is normal and I probably don't have Incompetent Cervix. OTOH, it also means that we still don't know why Isaac was premature or what Cosmo's risk of being premature might be. Not that I *wanted* to have incompetent cervix, but at least it would have been an answer. Oh well. I'm mostly pleased with the results and shall strive to take a positive attitude -- all is well with me and Cosmo, and his/her odds of being dangerously premature are no greater than any other baby's. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
The appointment was a little annoying because, as the ultrasound tech explained, the hospital's policy is that you have to talk to a doctor after having the u/s. Never mind the fact that I don't USE a doctor, but a midwife. I still had to wait around for the doctor, who wasn't actually in yet. Finally he deigned to grace us with his presence, and then he decided that the pictures the ultrasound tech had taken weren't good enough, so I had to undress all over again and have the dildocam* reinserted. Grump. Oh well, it wasn't that bad.
Then the doctor tried to talk me into changing my dates, on account of Cosmo measures a bit big for our dates. S/he is about five days "ahead," which personally I'm not at all worried about at this stage, but the doctor seemed to feel that it meant I should calculate my due-date based on my LMP rather than ovulation. He had an explanation for this, which was insane troll logic and made NO sense to me whatsoever. But since he isn't my doctor and I won't, one hopes, ever have to deal with him again, I just took the "smile and nod" route and ignored him.
Anyway, the bottom line is that Cosmo is fine and I'm fine, we're all fine now here. How are you? (No points for identifying that reference; it's too easy.)
When I woke up this morning, I wasn't nauseated at all. Of course my first thought was not "Yay, at last the morning sickness has relented!" No, rather it was "uh-oh, this must mean I'm about to miscarry." *roll eyes* Will I never give myself a break? LOL.
* technically called transvaginal ultrasound, but "dildocam" is so much more descriptive and evocative.
The appointment was a little annoying because, as the ultrasound tech explained, the hospital's policy is that you have to talk to a doctor after having the u/s. Never mind the fact that I don't USE a doctor, but a midwife. I still had to wait around for the doctor, who wasn't actually in yet. Finally he deigned to grace us with his presence, and then he decided that the pictures the ultrasound tech had taken weren't good enough, so I had to undress all over again and have the dildocam* reinserted. Grump. Oh well, it wasn't that bad.
Then the doctor tried to talk me into changing my dates, on account of Cosmo measures a bit big for our dates. S/he is about five days "ahead," which personally I'm not at all worried about at this stage, but the doctor seemed to feel that it meant I should calculate my due-date based on my LMP rather than ovulation. He had an explanation for this, which was insane troll logic and made NO sense to me whatsoever. But since he isn't my doctor and I won't, one hopes, ever have to deal with him again, I just took the "smile and nod" route and ignored him.
Anyway, the bottom line is that Cosmo is fine and I'm fine, we're all fine now here. How are you? (No points for identifying that reference; it's too easy.)
When I woke up this morning, I wasn't nauseated at all. Of course my first thought was not "Yay, at last the morning sickness has relented!" No, rather it was "uh-oh, this must mean I'm about to miscarry." *roll eyes* Will I never give myself a break? LOL.
* technically called transvaginal ultrasound, but "dildocam" is so much more descriptive and evocative.
