Getting Ready for the OB Ultrasound Water Torture
Yes, indeed, today is the day! I go in this afternoon to get my ultrasound to find out what exactly it is I’m lugging around here. Been teasing my daughter that it will be a pony.
The part I dislike most is the fairly standard request that I drink 40 ounces of water in the 1-2 hours before the ultrasound. And then not pee until after the ultrasound is done.
Every woman who has gone through this knows how miserable it is. Not only is that a huge amount of water to have in your bladder, there is a baby who is all too happy to tap dance on it. The kicks may not be as strong as they will be later on, but if you’ve had that much water to drink, it doesn’t matter much.
The appointment is set for after my daughter gets out of school. With the usual grand sense of timing that medical offices have, their first appointment offering was 5 minutes before the time my daughter gets out of school. Once I said ‘Nothing before 3 p.m.’ the problem was solved.
My daughter is very excited. She’s been fascinated by medical issues ever since my son had his craniosynostosis surgery. Since I intend this to be the last baby (especially if they insist on another *$&#$ C-section!), I want her to get to see this part.
So here I go, hoping to not explode today. Well, maybe not that bad, but if you’ve done it you know the feeling.
Good luck…
It’s a girl! Probably! She wasn’t giving the clearest of views today.
YAY! Do you have names in mind?
I had the worst time with my first ultrasound….but last year with my son, they told me not to worry about drinking ANYTHING. *gasp!* Needless to say I was thrilled about that. I don’t know if the Army uses some sort of fancy schmancy sonar nuclear ultrasound or what, but they got a nice clear shot of everything with no water torture involved. YAY. 😛
No name ideas yet. We want to do better than we did with figuring out names for our son. Didn’t finish naming him until the day after he was born.
My first OB never worried about me drinking water either, and they got great pictures. This one had what looked to be more current equipment (certainly a nicer printer!), so who knows? Their site said it helps to make sure the air in the bowels is pushed away from the uterus.
Hey there. Visiting from Dave Fowler’s.
Many congrats. I have a good friend who is at about the same stage as you and she doesn’t want to know whether she is having a boy or a girl. I’m all ‘whaaat? Can’t you find out and get them to put it in a sealed envelope for my eyes only becasue I’m DYING TO KNOW!’
Very exciting time. Hope all goes really well.