I am going to the doctor every 2 weeks now. I did not realize I was getting that close to the end of my pregnancy. Every 2 weeks is so frequent! I will admit it…I am inconvenienced by the sheer frequency of these appointments! I don’t remember it being that way the first time. But then, I went on house arrest (not quite bed-rest) at 30 weeks and I had no other kids, so I was bored silly. When those doctors appointments came around, I was excited! BAGD would come home at lunch and drive me to the doctor; sometimes he would take me to Portillo’s on the way home for a hot dog or slab or ribs. Sometimes if the appointment was late in the day, he would be done at work and he might take me to Babies ‘r Us to look around a bit. Sometimes we even got to go to the actual hospital for one of those fetal heart monitor tests (routine twin thing). It was big fun!
But now, I have alot of things to do! I don’t have time to drive 20 minute and wait 20 minutes in the waiting room…all for a 10 minute appointment. I have not been taking the kids with me to the appointments, just because I do not want to have to keep Pookie from using the speculum as a telescope or peering deep inside the biohazard garbage can. And while I think Geetle would enjoy it, I worry that it might scare her a bit. Just fear of the unknown, and all that. So, I have to arrange for a time I can leave them at home. Esentially, I am looking for that brief calendar overlap in which the doctor, BAGD and I all have availability. Its stressful…and now its every 2 weeks.
But, I am glad that my pregnancy is going well. So, I am not really complaining. Well, I am complaining, but not with any real sense of righteousness. I just need something to complain about. Its also a pregnancy thing.
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Aunt Bean said,
August 20, 2007 @ 10:38 am
I can tell you that from experience (T-man was also 2 years younger) the more you involve the more comfortable they will actually feel with the process. Give her the chance to prove she is capable (and she is). CHildren can handle much more gorwnup topics than we often give them credit for (death, birth, jobs, responsibility). If your children can handle routine bedtimes and you working from home, they will understand the responsibility of the dr appts. I brought T-man to all of them and the nurses are usually okay occupying them for a few minutes during “internal” stuff. (if your nurses are worth their weight in gold…like our nurse Karen)
kate said,
August 20, 2007 @ 11:29 am
I know exactly how you feel, but can you negotiate down to once every three weeks now that it is only one baby instead of twins?