17 weeks, 1 day

[janellez80]

Went in for my regular 4 week check up today.  I gained 5lbs since my last appointment (up to 130lbs, a first for me!), my blood pressure is normal and I heard Baby Z's heartbeat again.  I will never get tired of hearing that sound!  I also told my Dr. that I didn't want to do the quad screening test.  Of course, I had to sign something to say I

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[seahawk27]

There are a ton of tests, aren't there? We didn't do any of them either, I just felt like I didn't need additional things to worry about, especially since there can be lots of false positives.
I loved hearing the heartbeat at every appointment, that was so cool.
And yay for gaining 5 lbs, you are a scrawny one! ;)

[carly_beth]

only 5lb? jeebus, i feel like a whale! i think i was up 15lb by their scale at my last appointment (23w), but by my own scale i was only up 10lb. either way, i was overweight to begin with, so i was *hoping* not to gain a lot. no such luck i guess.

good for you to sticking to your guns on the screening. i don't have anything against women who want it, but like i said on michele's post, if you don't want it and don't feel like you're at high risk, why bother? my doc was really supportive when i refused too...he said that it sounded like we'd given it some serious thought and consideration and come to an informed decision. they didn't give me any crap about refusing my flu shots either. (they had me sign a waiver for the flu shots, but not the quad screening.) doctors like that are worth their weight in gold.

[sprkls8506]

I'm glad you had another great appt. =) I can't wait to have an ultrasound to finally see how things are going!