We went in yesterday for my first OB appointment. I am in my 8th week. They did do an ultrasound and we saw our little bean shaped baby, hence the nickname. The baby is measuring just right and we are so blessed. I must admit that I was kind of hoping to see twins, but no such thing. Tim sighed a BIG sigh of relief on that one. "Come on!", I said, "Twin girls would have been SO cute!" God seemed to have sided with my husband on this one.
What I found incredibly interesting was the after visit summary my midwife handed me. She made sure to preface before letting me read it. "The computer sees your age, so they have added the elderly part. Please, don't think that was my doing, since I am 20 years older than you and it would make me look even worse." ELDERLY??!! So, I take a look at the summary and yes, this is what it says:
"Visit Diagnoses: ELDERLY MULTIGRAVIDA"
(Webster's dictionary definition: Elderly: of or pertaining to persons in later life. Multigravida: a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.)
Nice. Real nice. Now, I know I am no spring chicken, but elderly? Good thing I don't take those kind of things to heart. Not. Guess Tim's foot wasn't inserted as far as my OB's computer system's view of me was.
4 comments:
Praying for a little "pink bean"
Elderly, yeah right! You are no elderly woman. You are perfect in every way, a beautiful mother! Don't let those words phase you.
Yup, I was of "Advanced Maternal Age" with my 2nd pregnancy with the twins. Fun times!
That's so funny...my older sister was probably about 36 when she was carrying her last baby about a year ago-she got that ALL THE TIME! We could hardly believe it either when she first saw it. I'm 30-nothing's been said about my age so far...it probably would be hurtful, especially since I've just now gotten over the depression I experienced from turning 30 back in March. ha ha Just kidding! :-)
Congratulations on your pregnancy! I've been terrible about blogging and reading here lately!
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