Initial Doctor's Appointment

Early December

I had my yearly exam today and told my doctor I'm pregnant.  She was very supportive and nice as she always is.  I'm glad we have her on this journey with us.  Today wasn't much different from my regular yearly exam except I went down for the initial pregnancy blood work afterwards.  I'll be back in a couple weeks for my first true prenatal appointment.

My doctor went ahead and started me on the progesterone again.  I'll be taking that through the first trimester.  She also put me on a prenatal vitamin with 1mg of folic acid as a boost.  It's prescription (over the counter you can only get 800 micrograms), but worth it.  She had some samples she gave me to help a bit too.  Her office is also going to make me an appointment with the high risk doctor's office to talk about the cerclage and how they might monitor me throughout this pregnancy.

Not much to tell or report yet.  It's still early and we won't have an ultrasound until the next appointment.  I'm still in a bit of denial.  I know it's real, but until I see the baby and hear a heartbeat on the ultrasound I don't think it really will be.  And for right now I'm OK with that.