I had my first OB/GYN appointment. I got to hear the baby heartbeat, which is always nice. But I got lots of questions about my birth control choices. With number 6, I am so paranoid this time around that this is so psychotic. Just nuts. 5 kids was “Oh, well wow, what a nice, big family. I couldn’t do it, but your family is cute.” Six kids is “That is just irresponsible and extreme. Next you will be a Branch Davidian.” Again, this could be partly my paranoia, but I think partly. It was tirture writing down my medical history with how many pregnancies I had. They made it seem like the list just kept going, and going, like the Energizer Bunny.I think when you are pro-birth control, the biggest goal is stopping conception. I think when you are Catholic, the first goal is to be open to life, and if the need is to postpone children with NFP, the first goal is still the same: being open to life. I know I am preaching to the choir hear, but I wish other people understood that. For me personally in these day to day encounters, I don’t care if they convert to my philosophy, just that they could respect it for others.
They also kept insisting my due date was 2-3 weeks earlier. I even showed them my charts, but they never saw anything like that before because they looked at it like “huh?” I said I was 9 weeks and 5 days, and she said I felt about ten weeks. They scheduled me for an ultrasound on Friday, so I will be vindicated.
The real bummer was though I have to go back on my diabetic diet. I am still sick and all blech and sick. I still am not sure what I can stand to eat, but it is not the Atkins thing again. Yucky, yucky, yucky. I guess I could live off of beans and greens. In case any one was wondering what this is, you take like a couple of tablespoons on olive oil and saute some garlic a bit on the bottom of a pot.Take a head of broccoli rabe, chop off the stems, and I guess chop it a bit, rinse it. Add it to the pot with some of the water still on it. Add a can of small white beans. Cook until the green are soft. I can live off of this, and it looks like I will have to. It is even yummier with some hot sauce or crushed red pepper sprinkled on.
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Sorry to hear that you had a less than positive reception at your OBs office. I noticed a decided reserved attitude from staff with my last pregnancy (#3)–it was almost as if they were waiting to see if I were happy to be expecting or not! And re due dates, I guess they encounter so few patients who are aware of their fertility signs that they dismiss those who do out of hand. 😛
Hoping that you are feeling better, and glad that you have a dish that you can eat!
If that’s your idea of yummy, I’m glad I’m not pregnant.
Tell the childphobes to mind their own reproductive business and just deliver your babies, which is what you’re paying them to do.
If that’s your idea of yummy, I’m glad I’m not pregnant.
Yeah, it’s an acquired taste.
Man, I get this with half the amount of kids! — except from my own GP. She’s awesome and supportive.
But the things people have said to me about this pregnancy! Sheesh.
They also kept insisting my due date was 2-3 weeks earlier.
I got this from the first ob/gyn I had for my first pregnancy, and he induced me because I was “late”. I also had to argue with the last ob/gyn’s I had for my fifth, I basically TOLD them what my due date was and they had no say in it. 🙂 My family doctor that I had for the three in between was MUCH much better.
Gynecologists… (shakes head)… sigh…