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Doctor Update
I'm back! It went pretty well. They said I'm measuring 5 weeks, 1 day, which is just two days off from what my "first day of my period" stuff says.
The only slight issue is that apparently the cyst you get on your ovary that produces progesterone (which I knew nothing about) on me is huge. The u/s tech's exact adjective was "gigantic", but no one seems concerned about it. I guess they just have to watch it and hope that it shrinks.
I have to go back next Weds at 10:15 for I think another ultrasound. It was all a little confusing b/c the office is in the middle of moving and the appointment lady didn't have my chart.
Oh, and I got my blood taken by a random lady since the real blood taker was at lunch.Sucked. I didn't pass out or anything, but there was blood on my arm and yuck. Just yuck. She also informed me that at my first "real" OB appointment I have to get 4 vials taken. So now I'll stress about that until it happens.
Anyway, overall good news. Thanks for thinking of me!
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Re: Doctor Update
Glad everything is looking good.
You'll have blood drawn, but that should be the only time you need to give blood until the glucose tolerance test. Which won't be till around the beginning of 3rd tri.
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Happy to hear it.
Glad it's going well!
I actually had my blood taken around 4 months because I wanted to test for Downs, Trisomy18, and two others which is called a Quad Screening...it wouldn't change our outcome and we wouldn't have done any invasive amnio's but that bloodwork would've given some insight. And that was I think 2 vials.
But yah your 2 months will be 4 vials and then if you do the quad screening and then when you get your GD testing done which is like 2-4 vials (they also check for HIV during that time and compare it to your first visit).
I got so lightheaded last time they did four vials. I literally fell over in the chair, they had to get me a wet cloth and a juice drink or something. It was totally embarassing. It's almost like I'd rather them do two from one arm and two from the other. The prick doesn't get me - it's the amount of time the needle is in there.
Also - the less they push on the vein and stuff the better. The lady today must not have gotten the message when I told her that. The only blood taker I ever liked told me that I had a very clear vein and anyone that made me squeeze a lot and stuff to get it to "stick out" was just being over the top.
I want her back! When I have the 4 vials done I am absolutely not letting a random do it. No way. I will wait my a$$ there more Mrs. Yvonne since she's the best chance I have at this point.
Glad things are going well. Try not to stress about the blood draws to much. When I was getting my blood drawn every.other.freakin.day. for the fertility stuff I definitely had my preferred phlebotomist. The one I dreaded the most was voted employee of the month at my hospital and was the one all the ICU nurses called for their hard sticks, but when it came to me she SUCKED.
As far as the cyst (corpus luteum if I remember it correctly) it should shrink on its on. That's what produces the progesterone to support the pregnancy until the placenta can produce enough. If it didn't produce enough progesterone they'd have to either give you suppositories or shots (neither one are any fun!!). So I'd go with the over compensating cyst LOL.
Actually they said it's bad if it ruptures. Shrinking is good, but bursting is bad (from what they say. I obviously know nothing about it myself other than what they tell me).