Yesterday, I had my first appointment with my new OB. I was looking forward to a relaxing appointment with Ace at daycare...not to be. Ace had a fever Wednesday night and I had to make him a doctor's appointment yesterday too. So he tagged along and that led me to the first reason I like this new doctor - his office had a playarea for the kids! So the wait to be called was relaxing.
Overall I wasn't OVERWHELMED with enthusiasm or UNDERWHELMED being disappointed with the new doctor. The more I think about it, the more I think he really resembles Dr. Patterson, who delivered Ace in Waco - you can tell he's calm and confident (which really inspires my confidence), super smart and really anticipatory of things that could happen and concerns that will come up. He gave me a lot of confidence in his experience without sounding big-headed or probably even intending to. I appreciate a knowledgeable doctor and he was. His bedside manner is more of a doctor and less of a girlfriend - that fits with me.
I asked him about my dizziness from the other day and he said it was most certainly compression of the bloodflow to my brain when I laid on my back. So the other doctor totally over-reacted. Geez.
He agreed to keep my July 29th due date (so, if she doesn't come before then on her own) both Lily Kate and Ace will be born on the 29th! How fun.
Reason why I truly love this doctor...he didn't say anything about my weight gain! Hit the 172 mark yesterday - yikes 44 pounds gained and still 3 weeks to go. The doc predicted that Lily Kate will be on the smaller side like her big brother - around 7 pounds and change. He also predicted that she'd stay in the oven until the c-section since her big brother did as well.
We shall see!!!
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