28 week Appointment Today

Well, today's appointment was a bit of a fiasco.

Aside from the fact that it took me 3 1/2 weeks to be seen there, we got to the appointment 20 minutes early to fill out whatever paperwork might be needed and they send me to the "other midwives" desk. I was pretty upset to know that there were 2 practices and I wasn't being seen at the one I had originally requested.

So, we sign a few papers and sit down. All the other ladies were called back and we were sitting there waiting patiently. Our appointment time comes and goes and I'm getting pretty upset. Especially when another patient  shows up and is taken back within 3 minutes. Then another. So I go up to the front desk 20 minutes after our scheduled appointment time crying, asking why we haven't been called back. They call me back right after that and put us in a room. The nurse gives me this cup and tells me I have 2 minutes to drink it, so I chug it as fast as I can. YUK!! Man, she didn't even warn me!! It was that flat sprite syrup to test for gestational diabetes.

Well, the midwife finally comes in about an hour after my appointment time and hardly talked to me about birth plans or anything the practice offered as far as birthing options. She also tells me that there are "8 or 9" midwives in the practice and they don't try to put you with each one so you are familiar with them all before your baby is born. So a stranger could potentially be delivering my sweet little baby! I'm not cool with that!

So overall, the appointment went OK in general. Mr. Randy's heart rate was about 140 bpm, and my tummy is measuring right as it should. We are still on for late September. I also got my Rhogam shot and some more blood work done today.

I won't be going back to that midwifery group though. We made an appointment with the center for midwifery where I *thought* I was supposed to be going to begin with! There are 5 Certified Nurse Midwives who actually take turns seeing each of their patients so my sweet baby son won't be sliding out into the arms of a stranger!!