9w6d Prenatal Appointment

I had my first prenatal appointment today with a midwife at my OB/Midwife group. It’s strange being a “regular” pregnant gal and waiting with the pg bellies in the waiting room. I got there early and then she was running late so I had a LOT of time in the waiting room. The nurse took me to the room and went over a folder full of paperwork that they give to everyone. My question about each item was “is that the same for twins?” The answer was no. SOOOO, the folder full of info is not that helpful for me. She went over my family history and my medical history. Because of my family’s diabetes and the fact that I’m overweight and the fact that I have twins on board she suggested I do the 1-hour glucose test sooner than when they normally do it. Yippee. Luckily, because I had a cold, she told me to wait until next week to do it. She checked my pulse (RACING) and my blood pressure (perfect.) She then left and I waited for the midwife. She arrived and went over my list of questions. Most of them she had general answers for and some she had no idea. Um, yikes! BUT the good news is that I will be referred to Eastside Maternal Fetal Medicine for care and I’m sure they have info on multiples. She then attempted an abdominal u/s. But, due to my tilted uterus and her incompetence with the machine we couldn’t see the babies that well. (She couldn’t distinguish between my bladder and one of the babies. C’mon! I should have run the u/s!!) However, to her credit she did warn me that she wasn’t trained as a u/s tech. So now I have to call on Monday to set up an appointment with EMFM and then I go back to the midwives at week 13.
Positives of appointment:
Saw a midwife I’ve previously seen and like
A midwife can delivery me if I don’t have complications
An epidural does not have to be placed if midwife is delivering
If all looks fine, I won’t be automatically induced at any point, but allowed to progress until I go into labor
Got a referral to EMFM
Got a list of meds I can safely take to help with the cold

Bummers of appointment:
I’ll have to deliver in the hospital in an operating room
I can’t fly past 24 weeks (which means I can’t cheer my hubby on at his ½ marathon in October)
On average most of their twin patients cut back their work hours or stop working at 24 weeks
I can’t be seen more frequently by their office unless problems develop
Didn’t get to hear or see the babies
General confusion over what tests needed to be run and what had been done recently at the RE