First official visit to the Doctor’s office

Today, Victoria and I went to her Doctor’s office for our first official prenatal visit.  This was just for the standard consultation and to receive materials related to help educate us on the pregnancy and tests that we may choose to have performed.

We also talked about what our insurance covers.  The woman that deals with the insurance in the office was just amazed at what the City’s insurance plan covers.  We will have one $20 copay and then only have to cover 10% of lab work, etc…  She said that we are very lucky to have that good of a plan.  I guess working for the City does have some benefits 😉

Initially, they didn’t recognize Victoria was an “older” woman (or maybe I should say “mature”).   It wasn’t until we were almost done that they realized it and then gave us an extra magazine for women that are over 35.  They said she did not look anywhere near her age.  That made Victoria feel good.

They took her blood pressure (which was “excellent”) as well as 4 vials of blood for standard testing.  We go back in two weeks for our first ultrasound and are looking forward to hearing the heartbeat for the first time.

Victoria had already been taking prenatal vitamins at the suggestion of Jaime prior to this visit — so we had a jump on it.  The nurse gave Victoria 4 different types of prenatal vitamins and said to try each one.  When she finds one she likes, then we can get a prescription for that kind.  Evidently they are enhanced with DHA (omega 3) from a non-fish source.  It was nice to hear this because I had started Victoria on flaxseed oil (omega3) sometime ago, so she has had this in her system for several years now.  Evidently this helps with the development of the brain and eyes.