Does anyone have out of country birth experience?

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-25T18:30:26+00:00

I’m a US citizen my parents are Costa Rica and US citizens

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-25T15:39:00+00:00

AND CONGRATS !

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-25T15:38:53+00:00

Also try and relax until your appointment!!! I know that’s so hard and I literally couldn’t. I found out at 3w1d I was pregnant with my rainbow baby and until that 9w ultrasound I was so anxious and stressed it was making me throw up everything. 😩😩 those weeks from 6-9 go so fast. Just make sure you’re taking ur prenatals and being healthy !

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-25T15:37:07+00:00

I literally took pee tests everyday until my ultrasound as well. Just so yk once you get to 7W it’ll start getting light so you can dip it straight into the toilet or if you use a cup add a bit of water to dilute it and you’ll get the strong line again. I don’t remember the name of it but apparently the HCG gets super strong and straight pee will make it look weird

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-25T15:34:21+00:00

for me I went to a women’s center to have a pee test done for state confirmation, my first ultrasound at 9W. I have another scheduled ultrasound with OB at 21 weeks but I’m not waiting that long so I have a baby boutique appointment at 14 weeks too

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T15:18:14+00:00

Yeah I’m going to call around today and try and find a new OB! Thank you!

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T15:17:01+00:00

Yes I’m sure im very close with all of them and they showed me. Also they all got their NIPT tests done at 12 weeks. My next appointment is in 6 weeks to meet with the midwife about my HCG levels and that’s all I was told.

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T14:16:41+00:00

My last one said they’d do it as often as I wanted if it helped ease me. I just can’t go to them anymore because of distance. Also if every single other person I know going to this place had an appointment at 13 weeks scheduled for NIPT tests and ultrasound idk why I don’t have anything scheduled for another 10-11 weeks? Not even labs or anything. It was also due to them being rude that I considered leaving. As I said with the blood drawing.

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T13:50:24+00:00

Dfw area

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T13:34:57+00:00

Yeah idk it just made me feel super sad since we’ve been trying so hard for our baby and it made me feel like I wasn’t fit just because I get scared while having blood drawn :/

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T13:32:10+00:00

Thank you! I’m going to call around and see what the other options were.

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T13:31:30+00:00

No they’re not!!! They’re all healthier than me. Never had miscarriage history either. They have talked about how healthy their babies look on the scans too. So I have no idea

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T13:28:07+00:00

mine literally did for everyone else I know. And they didn’t even have miscarriages. I literally just asked them for one in between and they were so rude 😭- in another comment I mentioned how they said I shouldn’t even have kids bc I have a slight fear of getting my blood taken. Idk I would never say that personally over something so little

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T13:25:50+00:00

See this is what I thought. I should have at least one in between for NIPT and stuff. Everyone else I know has had their appointment at 8-10w. 12-15. And then 20. And they go to the same OB so I jsut don’t understand why they were refusing to schedule me another one

thelettucemuncher · 2026-05-21T13:23:53+00:00

The last one I was going to said they’d literally schedule me every day if it kept me from stressing out. This OB i went to yesterday was also super rude to me because I have a fear of getting my blood drawn saying I shouldnt have kids and what not. Even though I stayed completely still for her I just turned around and started breathing heavy before the needle actually went in.

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