Another Doctor Visit

When I last saw my OB at the hospital, he commented "It's going to seem weird not seeing your smiling face in the office every week." During my 1 week post-partum checkup with him, apparently I did everything that I could to take care of that. When you have a c-section, you see your OB 1 week after delivery to make sure that everything is healing well instead of waiting until 6 weeks for your first post-partum checkup. At my 1 week appointment, I asked the doctor about when I would be able to get the moles that grew crazy amounts during my 2 pregnancies removed. He took a look at them and said he could do it in the office, and scheduled it for a couple of weeks before my regular 6 week post-partum checkup (you still get that regular appointment with a c-section) so that he could remove the stitches during the 6 week checkup. Then, he also scheduled me to get my IUD installed, but he doesn't like to do it until at least 2 months post-partum, so I have an appointment scheduled at 8 weeks post partum too. In summary, I managed to get 4 appointments scheduled within 8 weeks post-partum... not exactly "every week", but pretty darn close.

My 4 week appointment (the one to remove the moles) was Wednesday. I was more nervous about that appointment than I was about the c-section surgery. I had 7 moles removed, and it went okay, but the only thing that still makes me cringe is that I could hear him cutting one the largest moles because it was on my left shoulderblade, close enough to my ears to be heard! The thought of that sound still makes me a little queasy. My appointment was late enough in the day that they were closing the office toward the end of the visit and there was no music in the exam room and I was able to hear every little noise (unless maybe there's never music in there and I just never noticed... I guess I'll find out the answer to that in 2 weeks). The moles were also sent off to be tested, so I should hear about that at my next appointment too.

So, anyway... now I have 7 more holes in me and they all have little stitches sticking out of them. I also have 2 of my 4 post-partum visits down and 2 to go. I'm actually still nervous about my next appointment, but not because of the regular post-partum checkup part of it, because I'm afraid that the stitches removal will hurt. I know, I know... I had staples removed from my stomach with nothing for the pain so this should be cake, but I'm still nervous. :S