Appointments

{ originally written September 3rd 2012 }

On August 30th I mustered up the courage to call my obstetricians office, he had already told me to book an appointment as soon as possible so we could rule out a subsequent ectopic pregnancy. Anyone want to take a stab at when I'm scheduled? September 25th, by then I'll be approximately 7 weeks. I know that isn't unusual for OBs so I assume that the receptionist is just following procedure and failed to realize that my obstetrician wanted to see me sooner.

However, shortly after the ectopic I had an appointment with my family doctor and we talked about how my next pregnancy would go and he told me I could book an appointment with him, probably much quicker than with my obstetrician, to confirm my pregnancy. So I made a call to my family doctor, his receptionist was so sweet and I'm scheduled for this Tuesday. I vaguely feel like I'm cheating on my obstetrician, but I need to rule out a second ectopic and I would prefer to avoid a rupture or surgery.

I don't really think we are facing another ectopic pregnancy, of course the worry is still there as I will always have an increased chance because I've had one in the past. But when my obstetrician did the HSG last year he confirmed both of my fallopian tubes were clear - what a wonderful surprise for us as I was told in the emergency room by a rather insensitive doctor that I had permanently scarred my fallopian tube and chances are it would be unusable, while my obstetrician continually assured me that was the worst case scenario I never really expected anything other than an unusable tube. With two beautiful clear fallopian tubes the chances are small, plus my pregnancy is already behaving different.

With the ectopic pregnancy, I had minimal to no symptoms but cramping, I spotted the week leading up to my period and tested negative until the spotting stopped breifly when I got two positives, then the spotting returned and quickly turned to heavy bleeding.

I know we are not out of the danger zone, although given my past I don't really think I'll feel completely safe until this baby is here in our arms. But my tests have been coming back darker each time, on Saturday I confirmed with a digital, and while I am feeling cramps (that freak me out!) I know that normal healthy pregnancies also experience cramping early on. So I'm trying not to worry and putting my faith into our heavenly father.

Looking forward to this week, getting closer to confirmation and sharing the news with our families.