First Doctor's appointment.

Soooo..I went to see Dr. E yesterday. I totally do not remember her at all. She is definitely not the doctor who was on at midnight and checked me, or the same one who delivered the baby the following morning. Since the visit I sort of think she might have been the Doctor who came into my room at 4am to check on things. Not sure though.

She's nice enough, but a couple things that sort of bug me. Where her office is located, there is not any free parking, so I will have to pay each time I visit. Secondly, they have no bathroom in their offices, you have to go down the hallway, pee in the cup (which I seem to remember doing every visit), bring it back and then hold on to it until you are called into the exam room. And on top of that make sure your toddler does not steal it from you and want to play with it, which Natasha did.

She's nice enough though, so no reason to complain really. She did a pap and breast exam while I was there and N of course was face right up there. :P

So these were my options:

1) have the stitch done
2) do not have it done and be monitored every 2w via u/s to try and catch if my cervix starts lengthening, but she could still miss it and an emergency cerclage is not an option.

She also told me a bit of news that surprised me - the cerclage will not stop labour once it stops. I was a but shocked. Not that I thought it would, but I thought that having the stitch would prevent my cervix from lengthening and therefore prevent labour. :P I must have made a face bc she quickly re-assured me that the stitch though could get me to a viable amount of time in my pregnancy.

She reviewed the risks, which I was aware of - chance they could break my waters and a chance of infection. She also said I'd bleed a bit after the surgery.

So her next request was that I get a dating u/s. I called this morning and there was a cancellation so I was able to get in today at 2:15. She said that they probably would have to use the 'magic wand' (no clue what they call it that) but when I booked it through the booking place, she told me that in her experience would would just be a pelvic one for a dating u/s. So I guess we'll see?

Oh Dr. E also wants me off work. I'm not overly pleased with that, so I went in today and cut my shifts back to 2 and 3hrs in length with several days in between each shift. So we'll see how that goes and if that is not working out I'll go on medical leave? Seriously I enjoy my job at GAP and I do not want to give up that interaction or the discount or the small pay cheque.