We had our first prenatal appointment today. It was ... uneventful. They took blood and pee and other than that, it was a lot like a normal gyno appointment. I wasn't even allowed to see the OB for this appointment.
The nurse practitioner spent a good 45 minutes going through some paperwork with us. First, "Do you have any of these problems/diseases?" No. To every single one.
Next came all the "you can't eat/do this..." and the "you must eat/do this..." The list is LONG and honestly, I think some of it is just crap. I'll refrain from telling the Internet which rules I'll be ignoring.
Then came the long list of tests for the long list of terrible and frightening diseases or conditions that our baby could be born with. Some will be administered, some will be optional.
None of it was anything we hadn't heard before, but she still managed to scare the bejesus out of us. Pregnancy is nothing but a whole lotta fear mongering. That makes me sad.
At the end of the appointment, the nurse told me that I was going to be the most boring pregnant woman she saw today. I thought that was a very good thing. You want pregnancy to be boring-- just like plane rides and car trips. Boring is good.
