So I found out something tonight that is making me wonder about labor and delivery. I was talking to a friend who lives in this area and it turns out she’s been seeing the same RE office as I am, though she hasn’t been in a couple of years. She mentioned that the office also has a ob\/gyn group in that office… different set of doctors and nurse, same waiting room and office. (Which explains the old woman who was in the waiting area the other day. THAT confused the hell out of me.)<\/p>\n
The thing is, when I looked up this group’s info on the web it said that they deliver at the women’s center… you know, the place I mentioned before as where I wanted to give birth at, as opposed to the actual hospital. When I asked my midwife where they deliver she said “***”, the hospital that includes the RE and women’s group. But I’m wondering if she meant specifically the hospital itself? I’m wondering if other obs can deliver at the women’s center, other than that group of obs? Questions, questions… ones that may have answers I don’t like. If it turns out the midwife only delivers at the hospital, not the birthing center, I have a hard decision ahead of me… which one is more important to me, staying with my midwife, or birthing in the women’s center?<\/p>\n
I guess that’s a decision to be made at a later date – after I’m actually pregnant, and after I know exactly what the situation is. But it’s something I didn’t know about before.<\/p>\n
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I am impatient tonight. Counting down the time. I’m excited about tomorrow, but not in a huge jumping-up-and-down way, but more of a focussed, determined, let’s-do-this kind of way. I want to find out how many eggs they get… how many fertilize… how many keep growing. I’m nervous about the IV though. Last time did not go well and that was the most painful part of my entire surgery. Here’s hoping it goes well!<\/p>\n
I arranged with my cat job to have wednesday and thursday off (I usually work part of thursday) to recover… I worked today instead. And then of course I talked with my new client who wants me to work in his office for a day or two so I told him I can come in thursday (since wednesday is out of the question, and friday I’m busy all day). Well, at least it’s a seated office job, right? Just hope I’m okay to drive and concentrate. Everything I’ve read said I should be fine to work the day after the retrieval. But hopefully it will only be for a couple of hours!<\/p>\n
ETA … Did I mention that the nurses\/doctors think I’m a possible candidate for OHSS? (Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome – Not A Good Thing.) My E2 levels are over 5000 (even though I coasted that last day) and I have tons of follicles. They mentioned that it’s proably all those follicles that is causing my E2 to be so high. But they got me to take only a half-dose of the HCG trigger. She said something about it doing the job, but lessening my risk of OHSS. I’m only just now starting to get concerned about that. I forgot OHSS is an issue after<\/i> retrieval (and not before).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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