Joe and I went
to the Dr. today. It was another
heart monitor only visit. I’m so
anxious to see our baby but I guess the second trimester ultrasound is done at
the USC facility which we’re going to next week. I even had a dream about our appointment last night and I saw our baby's face very distinctly (still didn't know the gender though). Baby’s heart sounded great! The Dr. said my second trimester blood work was good. However, I did get some not so great
news. I’m gaining weight too
fast. About 6 lbs too much for one
month. My Dr. suggested I cut back
on sugar. I know it’s my fault. I started drinking a lot of fruit
juices when I had that aversion to water but those things are loaded with
sugar. I don’t drink soda and
haven’t since I was a small kid but fruit juices contain tons of sugar, maybe
as much as soda. I’d been eating a
lot of frozen food and fast food.
I’ve just gotten lazy about cooking. And I haven’t been exercising at all. But this is a wake up call to get back
on track. Yesterday, I thought I
did pretty good. I had an apple, a
bowl of green beans and some pumpkin hummus with pita for dinner. But I have to do better.
I asked my Dr.
about having an elective c-section.
I went into my pregnancy planning that I would have one. Honestly, I don’t want to push a baby
out, or be in labor for days and push for hours and be in tons of pain. An elective c-section is scheduled, takes
less than 15 minutes and is painless.
I’m terrified of vaginal tearing or being in labor for hours. One couple I know was in labor for 36
hours and it took 4 hours of pushing to get the baby out. I don’t want to do that. And I’m honestly worried about
stretching out my vagina. They say
it goes back after having a baby, but does it really? It’s hard to imagine pushing a watermelon out of it and then
everything is totally back to the way it was before. I know a c-section takes longer for recovery and that I’d
have a scar but I was okay with all that.
My Dr. said
she’s totally fine with doing it and it’s my choice but she said I’d have to
wait 18-24 months before getting pregnant again to ensure full recovery. I want two children and I really want
them to be close in age. My
brother and I were only a year and four months apart and it was great. We were best buddies and very close
growing up. It was awesome to have
a sibling so close in age because I automatically had a friend to play with. My sister on the other hand was five
years older than me and it was awful.
I had nothing in common with her and hated having to be around her. When she tried to play games with me,
it was terrible. They were mean
and not age appropriate for me.
She was also really cruel to me and we didn’t get along at all. When we
went to the amusement park she made me get on rides with her that I hated because
my dad wouldn’t let her bring a friend and she had no one else to hang out
with. I was actually too small to
get on some of them but the stupid ride conductors let me on anyway and I
almost fell out. That’s only one
example but I actually really hated her growing up as she tormented and beat me.
If I have a
c-section and have to wait two years before getting pregnant again and then
another nine months before our second child is born, it’ll be closer to being
three years younger than our first child.
That’s a bigger age gap than I’d prefer. And that’s IF we get pregnant right away. I heard that it usually takes longer to
get pregnant the second time around since your body has already been through
the trauma of a pregnancy before.
Plus, I want to be done having children by the time I'm 35 years old and that's going to push past that. So now I’m thinking maybe I shouldn’t have a c-section.
Lastly, my Dr.
is actually pregnant and will be on maternity leave from January to March. She said she thinks she’ll be back in
time to deliver my baby (my due date is end of March) but it’s cutting it very
close. She has colleagues in her
practice that I’ll obviously be seeing during my last trimester but I may end
up with one of them for my delivery.
I really like my Dr. because she’s super nice, funny, non-judgmental and
easy to talk to. She’s been my
gynecologist for nearly seven years and I wanted her to deliver my baby. It's kind of a personal relationship that a woman has with her Gyno. I never actually had a steady female Dr. until I went to her. I went to various places and Women's Health Clinics. One Dr. I saw even refused to prescribe me birth control pills because she was Catholic and considered it morally wrong (I won't get into it but someone who has a problem with birth control CLEARLY shouldn't be a gynecologist). So I have a lot to think about. But I guess in the end, the only thing
that matters is delivering a healthy baby.
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