Had my always-brief OB appointment this afternoon. It was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but for the third time in six appointments, I got a call at 8:45am telling me my 10:30 appointment was cancelled. It’s enormously frustrating. The doctors rotate who is on call for Labor & Delivery at the hospital, but they still make appointments in the office for those days. Sometimes you get lucky and they aren’t called away, but often you don’t. It’s especially annoying, because it’s not as though I ever had much choice in the appointment time to begin with. I take whatever time they say I can have, and pretty much plan everything around that appointment. And yet, 50% of the time, it gets cancelled that morning. Ugh. I know they’re down a doctor right now because one has left and the new person hasn’t started, but still. It’s annoying.

Anyways, this afternoon went just fine. Blood pressure is still nice and low at 106/62. The pee-in-a-cup ritual is getting increasingly tricky, since my enormous belly prevents me from getting any kind of aim. Weight keeps going up, but no one seems concerned. The measurement of my belly says I’m measuring 35 weeks… theoretically bigger than my mom was when I was born! (I was a 34-weeker.) Heartbeats were good, but a little tricky to find because they kept moving.

I asked about the reflux that my TUMS can’t quite keep up with anymore, and was told Prilosec or Zantac were just fine to take daily if I want. She told me to just keep an eye on stomach discomforts. Heartburn and reflux is normal, but she said to call if I get indegestion-like pain around my ribcage (on the right side, in particular) that doesn’t go away. They’re monitoring me closely for preeclampsia (twins put me at higher risk, but so far so good), but apparently some women have more or less asymptomatic preeclampsia that only manifests in chest/GI pain. Interesting, indeed.

She then prepped me for what to expect next month. July is going to be… busy. Beginning at 32 weeks, I will be getting a non-stress test and biophysical profile every week. Both of these take place at the hospital. The NST will be in Labor & Delivery, since the equipment they have at my OB’s office can only measure one at a time, so I’d be there forever. The BPP is basically an ultrasound, so every other week, it will be done at my usual perinatologist appointments. On the “off” weeks, they’ll be done in the radiology department at the hospital. Of course, all of these appointments are in addition to my every-other-week OB appointments (which will probably become weekly if I make it to August). So that’s 2-3 appointments per week for the month of July. Good thing I’m not planning on going anywhere. As my friend said this afternoon, “when will you go to work??” It’s unclear.

Obviously it’s a good thing that we’ll be keeping such a close eye on the twins. Since things can change so quickly, it’s comforting to know that we’ll be able to catch things that might come up. And so far, news has been largely positive, so I should probably look at it as being able to get good news at least twice a week. But as always, it’s hard not to worry. I know the next couple of weeks are the main “danger zone” as far as pre-term labor goes, so naturally I’m overanalyzing every twinge and tightening. So far I’m showing no signs at all, cervix is good, etc. But still. And somehow, the talk of all of these upcoming appointments is a little bit nerve-wracking.

In the meantime, I should probably just enjoy my last month of only having doctor’s appointments every other week…