So I was going to combine my 8 week and 12 week appointment posts, but I have so much to say about my week 12 appointment.
**Before I continue with this post, I wanted to put it out there that I am not an expert nor am I a doctor. I am merely posting my experiences and advice as a second time mom, any opinions on my blog are my own. I have not been paid or reimbursed to post opinions on any products or services.**
12 week appointment: This visit was a little odd, the nurse checked my weight and blood pressure and was very friendly but wouldn't directly look at me. I saw when I stepped on the scale that I had lost 11 pounds, but I guess that's normal. I had a different midwife than last visit, but I expected that. This midwife spoke quietly and I missed her name too, she also never made eye contact. She asked me to lay down and said she was going to check the baby's heart rate, squeezed on the gel and moved the doppler around. While doing this she got the gel all over my pants, she told us the heart rate and let us listen for about 30 seconds. She tossed tissues onto my belly for me to clean the gel off and asked if we wanted to get genetic testing done. I asked if it was covered by my insurance and she told me to ask the people at the front desk. We were sent to their lab across the hall to ask them if the genetic testing was covered under my insurance. The ladies told us they wouldn't know until they billed our insurance. The woman who drew my blood was the same one from my last appointment, she is soft speaking and an absolute sweetheart.
To be completely honest about my experience at this office, I will be switching doctors offices because of the poor quality of this visit. I didn't wait long for the midwife to come into the room, but the experience was very impersonal. The encounter with the midwife I wrote about above, all happened within about 3 minutes. I say that with no exaggeration, it was actually that short of an appointment and she didn't make eye contact at all. I felt like a number and not a patient, not what I expected from a midwife's office. I wanted a midwife because I've read a few bloggers posts talking about how warm, welcoming and supportive midwives are compared to a regular Gynecologist's office. We also want to try to have as natural a birth as we can (I'll talk more about this in my birth plan post).
A good friend of ours (we call her Mama), has suggested seeing if the midwife she goes to takes our insurance. I'll be learning some more awesome stuff from her on Monday so stay tuned next week for some posts about making cloth diapers, birth plans, and more!
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