First official appointment at CHOP

Since we've transferred our care to CHOP we've started our regular appointments there starting yesterday. Luckily Riq was off yesterday and made the 2 hour drive down to Philly with me. We were scheduled for a routine appointment (weight, urine, bp, etc) with an ultrasound. I was really looking forward to seeing our baby girl again. She looks good (considering) and was super, super active. We even got to see her hiccup for a bit which was really cute. She's weighting in at about 2 pounds, 2 ounces which is a good weight. Her chest and abdomen look the same, nothing has worsen and nothing has improved.

Then we got to talk to the nurse practitioner about things to keep in mind for the rest of the pregnancy which answered a lot of questions that were running through my mind. First, in case of any kind of emergency they want me to get to my home hospital first and then call CHOP to see if I have to drive down there. I also asked whether I should continue to see my regular OB at home. They encourage me to continue seeing her on the off weeks that I don't go to CHOP just so that I'm constantly being monitored. She also provided us with info on child birth classes which we'll probably do online. I just don't want to go to a traditional child birth class and be surrounded by couples who are gushing over their perfectly normal pregnancies. We're going through enough, we don't need that pain as well. I then asked about when they would like me to permanently stay in Philly. She stated normally they would want me to stay nearby at around 34-36 weeks. The nurse practitioner then scheduled our next appointment in four weeks during which I'll have another ultrasound, routine check-up, as well as meetings with the neonatologist (to talk more in detail about Luna's care once she arrives) and a social worker (to talk about housing options for my stay in Philly).

I was emotionally, mentally, and physically wiped out by the time we got home last night. The appointment, more specifically the planning for what is to come, was much more overwhelming than I expected it to be. I'm scared and I'm exhausted. Like I've said before I'm pulling all my strength from Riq...as well as the Lord...I just hope he's listening.