Fairly uneventful OB appointment this afternoon, which is good! I have gained another 3/4 lb. (I’m betting it was the Chip*tle I had for lunch) and we heard the nice strong heartbeat right away with the doppler. The biggest excitement is that my Rh blood factor came back as A-. This was a very big surprise as both my parents and my sister are A+ and we have always assumed that I was as well. Our donor is A+ so that means I will have to get a rhogam shot at 28 weeks so that if the baby’s blood type is + my body doesn’t attack the baby. Great news for a needlephobe, let me tell you!
In other news, the OB cleared us to push my next routine appointment out to 5 weeks so that we can take care of the anatomy scan at the same visit. We’ve scheduled it for December 4. I’ll be at 20w1d but if Cupcake isn’t cooperating, they will simply do another scan at the follow up visit a month later. We are not having the quad scan or any of the other genetic screening blood tests that are offered.
In other news, I found the perfect pair of maternity pants on the clearance rack at a schmacy boutique this weekend. They are black cotton twill, slightly dressy, machine washable, fit under the belly, and have this brilliant elastic in the back of the waistband. The elastic has a buttonhole every 2 inches or so. On the inside at the left hip it can be pulled tight or loosened up and then secured by a button sewn to the inside seam. I expect I’ll be able to wear them throughout my pregnancy. If they’d had another pair I’d have bought 2!
1 In Vermillion 