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My OB appt today

GaBeekeeperGaBeekeeper Posts: 916
edited November -1 in Pregnancy and Babies
It was mainly to just check my blood pressure, which was 131/95. So, I'm still having to come in every 2 weeks to keep that in check. I won't get another US until 16 weeks. And I was told that I will also have to go to a specialist that is in another town 88 miles away. They said I have to go b/c of my age, carrying twins, and my high blood pressure. I had a friend who had juvenile diabetes and epilepsy and she had to go to the same specialist. All they did was do US. My OB hasn't even done a US for me yet all my US were done at my RE. Guess this is a good thing, but feel kinda weird being told all of a sudden that I will be going there.
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    babybabybabybaby Posts: 1,564
    edited November -1
    that is strange. that would make me feel uneasy. sounds like everything (blood pressure aside) is okay, though. :)
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    ZenZen Posts: 2,942
    edited November -1
    Are they referring you to a perinatologist? I'd be really surprised if you didn't get another u/s until 16 weeks! I was sent to one for a test and every time I came in they did an u/s. It was cool though. I got to peek in on Shiloh many times across my pregnancy :)
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    TrishlettesTrishlettes Posts: 674
    edited November -1
    Really its not surprising. Its CYA medicine. Cover Your A@@. OB/GYNs have the highest malpractice rate in this country. Id say youre probably a lot higher risk than most due to your age, multiple and BP issues already. Look at it this way. Its way better to have all those professionals looking out for you and your babies than not and have something missed that could have been prevented. They are just trying to be EXTRA careful.
    To be perfectly honest I am shocked they didnt send you to a high risk OB sooner.
    My friend karin is 26 second pregnancy. Her first was an IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction) born at 34 weeks due to a bicornate uterus. This pregnancy they had her start out with the high risk doctor right from the positive pregnancy test. She said its total overkill but better safe than sorry. She gets an U/S every two weeks now then it will be weekly starting at 30 weeks!
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    GaBeekeeperGaBeekeeper Posts: 916
    edited November -1
    I do think it is a perinatologist. I talked to my friend who went there with her second pregnancy. She said they just did 3D and 4D Ultrasounds with her. I wish I was seeing them before 16 weeks b/c I am going to hate to wait that long to see the babies again!!
    I am comfortable with it now and know it is for the best of the babies.
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    HadleyHadley Posts: 97
    edited November -1
    If I were you, I would call the perinatologist and ask to start coming in NOW. My PERI starts seeing his patients right from the beginning - monitoring progesterone levels, checking the cervix (in case a cerclage is needed - especially with twins).

    16 weeks is way too long to wait in my opinion. But that is how most OB-GYN's do things - they keep you as long as they can, even though they are not really doing any monitoring.

    I would call the peri and tell them that your pregnancy was after a long infertility struggle and required frozen donor AI and you don't want to wait around.

    The drive will stink though! but they will do frequent u/s.... and it's not just to "cover their ass". In older women, women with risk factors (like high blood pressure) and with TWINS... they are not just looking at the babies. They need to frequently MEASURE YOUR CERVIX. Keep in mind that physical activity will thin the cervix and they will do the measurements to warn you when to slow down, start bed rest, or do a cerclage. The bonus is you will see the babies each time they check your cervix since it's an ultrasound :)
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