WK13: Day 2 - Specialist Day

I had another good day today. Mart ended up sleeping on the floor last night as I seem to sleep better when he’s not in the bed. I felt really bad to start off with but I appreciated it so much and had a much better nights sleep!

The specialist obstetrician appointment went well. The doctor was not the specialist that I am booked in with as she is on holiday, but he was friendly enough and tried to answer as many questions as he could. He didn’t really tell me much more than I already know with regards to the likelihood of any of the risks I keep being told about actually happening or about nutritional needs and requirements. With regards to the food, he also said just eat a good amount of healthy food as the babies will take from me what they need. From what I`ve read, this is nothing like the advice that you are given in the USA. I am finding it quite hard to believe that I shouldn't been given some kind of calorie count or extra nutritional info on calorie intake and portions.

I’ll just have to trust my instincts again on this one. He wasn’t able to confirm a due date as he kept telling me anything could happen in the pregnancy which could change my needs and circumstances. It is most likely though to be March sometime as I thought, and it would be by c-section. He also confirmed that I would probably start finding work very difficult from about 20 weeks onwards (27th Dec) so it will just be a case of continuing with my fortnightly appointments which will be the deciding factor on the final date. It’s great to finally have some indication on this date. He also did a quick scan to check the heart beats. I was so scared when he went off to get the machine, but luckily everything was fine and we saw four little hearts beating away. I feel so attached to them all now! They were moving around a lot which was so sweet. He confirmed I would need to see a specialist every two weeks, so that means I’m now seeing three separate medical teams every two weeks, and that’s without physio or antenatal classes.

The team so far consists of my community midwife, a specialist sonographer and a specialist obstetrician. I went back to work feeling very calm and happy that I now have  a better indication of how the doctors want to run this pregnancy, which is just literally one step at a time. For me being the complete planaholic and organisational queen, it’s really hard for me to try and run it this way but unfortunately I am going to have to just go with the flow and let things happen organically when they’re meant to.

I went for a Kinesiology and Reiki session this evening which was lovely! It was emotional talking through my fears and emotions but also very grounding at the same time and really hoping that I will benefit from it as some very positive feelings and emotions came out of my time there.