We had my first midwife appointment for the new bean yesterday. It included an ultrasound appointment. The appointment went well over all. It was hard to see the bean, though I will upload the ultrasound pictures eventually. We did see the heartbeat it is at 157 which is great. The fetal pole was measuring a week smaller then where I thought it should have been, but my dates could have been off. My due date was moved to March 16th from the 10th, which I am fine with. I actually prefer a slightly later date, since I am going to try a VBAC and having more time before the bean is due is good, since then I am likely to get less pressure about the baby being late, etc.

After the ultrasound we met with the midwife, well one of them. This is a new one to the practice, she wasn’t there two years ago when I was there with Desmond. I like her a lot, which is nice. The midwife that helped deliver Desmond is no longer there, which is a bit disappointing, she apparently got married and moved to Colorado. Anyways the midwife went over my history and her first question was, “Are you planning on a VBAC?”, which is a nice question to be asked. I told her I was and apparently I can stay with the midwife half of the practice for VBACs, which is nice, I prefer a midwife to an OB when possible.

All in all it was a good appointment, there wasn’t a problem with me going to India at 20ish weeks, and I go back for my next appointment in 6 weeks.

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