16 week prenatal check up

Yesterday, I was scheduled to go in to see my OB for my 16 week prenatal check up at 1:30 PM.

I went to work in the morning, and shortly after sitting down at my desk, I got a phone call from the OB's office, asking if I could come in right away, as the doctor had just scheduled a c-section for that afternoon, and was then leaving for vacation. Because I didn't want to see another doctor in her absence, I went ahead and left work early to go to see the doctor.

I spent the whole morning there! My 16 week check up was supposed to be a short little visit, but when I asked the doctor how much longer I should be having pain from the ovarian cysts, she got concerned because they should have been reabsorbed by now.

I ended up having another ultrasound, and the cysts are still there, which explains the pain I've been having. They aren't any smaller yet, but they aren't any bigger, either. She mentioned that she would check them again at my 20 week ultrasound, and if they aren't gone by the time I deliver the baby, I will have to have them removed. If I end up needing a c-section, she can just remove them after delivering the baby during the same procedure. If I end up delivering naturally, I will have to have a separate surgery before I go home with the baby. I'm not excited about that - but I'm not going to worry about it now.

I am hoping that they do just get reabsorbed. And soon. If they are gone by my next appointment, I can forget all about them. And I don't like the stabbing pain in my ovary either. I've never been aware of where my ovaries are inside of me before now, but now I know *exactly* where they are. It's sort of strange that I never knew before, but then again, I don't know where my kidneys or anything else really are - I can't feel them - and I hope never to have to feel them.

During the ultrasound, the doctor said she could tell the sex of the baby, and asked me if I wanted to know. I *so* wanted to know, but Kevin wasn't there, and I had just promised him that morning that he wasn't missing anything with this appointment, so I told her that I wanted to wait until my 20 week ultrasound to find out so that he could be there, too. She knows, but we don't. We'll find out on May 21st, so look for an announcement then.

I also gave a bunch of blood before I left the office, so they could run tests for chromosomal and neural tube defects. I declined these tests when I was pregnant with Connor, but this time I felt like it would be nice to get a good result and know for sure that the baby was healthy in just a few days. I should get a phone call sometime next week.

I'll post the new ultrasound pictures later today.