perinatal appointment

so...i had my perinatal appointment this morning...it didn't start off very well...the receptionist was rude and taking personal calls instead of helping me as i waited for about 10 minutes.  when she was done, she informed me that i had to go register downstairs.  supposidly, i was sent a letter and info packet that told me this, although the letter never came to my house...whatever.  so steve and i ran downstairs to register and then back up.  then, she then told me that this was going to be a 2 hour appointment. which doesn't bode well with steve's job, since he didn't officially take off the time.  that would have been nice to know. 

when we got into the ultrasound room, i was told that not only was i going to have an external ultrasound...i was also going to have a vaginal ultrasound.  that would have been nice to know as well.  that procedure isn't the most fun of fun things to do.   but oh well...because her ultrasound part would take about 40 minutes and we REALLY wanted steve with me when dr. roth came in, he took off to work.  

the ultrasound was fine.  we didn't get any nice shots.  this child of ours is a mover and his face is right behind my belly button right now, so it's just really hard to see.  so that sucked, but it was cool to see everything and she took her time to point out all the organs and cord and such.  it was cool.  when she was done, i asked if we were going to be having a 3/4 D ultrasound since that was what i was told i was getting.  the answer was no...humph...well, ok then.  so we had the normal ultrasound, but they really checked the babe out.  they put on the color too so we could see the blood moving in/out of the cord and heart/lungs. 

steve got back just in time for dr. roth to come in.  he was a lot better than i had imagined.  what i had imagined was satan's spawn.  what he was seemed to be a very intelligent yet extremely pompous doc.  i didn't like him.  he kept laughing in this scary little giggle.  he made inappropriate jokes and comments.  BUT, he did take his time explaining and answering my questions .

the findings:

NOTHING!!!   phew.  not that something can't happen.  but the baby is healthy and normal.  the cord looks great, all the measurements are right on.  all the movement is great.  he didn't ask me to get an amniocentesis, which was something i thought he would.  so all in all, the kiddo is strong, healthy and on his way to being born!  yea!   

so, i'm glad i went.  i feel sorry for people who have to deal with him on a regular basis, but i felt as if he did a good job evaluating me and our baby.  i have to admit, i'm pleasantly pleased.