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"OK, so I had my OB appointment and everything was fine. I heard the heartbeat, which was nice, and got weighed (only gained three pounds, which I celebrated by eating a bag of Cheetos with my lunch) and had my blood pressure taken and it was all fine. I really can&amp;amp;#8217;t complain except that I only talked to the doctor for about four minutes&amp;amp;#8212;if that. Fortunately, I had a list of questions (mostly about what I can eat&amp;amp;#8212;I&amp;amp;#8217;m dying for cold cuts for some reason) so I rattled them off and she was happy to answer all of them. But beyond that it was all business. No chit chat, no joking, no talking about our lives outside of the stirrups. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t get me wrong, I like her just fine, but I do wish we had more of a relationship, you know? Some rapport. And, of course, a little more time together. I guess I&amp;amp;#8217;m just spoiled with Dr. Mauro who spends hours talking to me about everything from CML to our favorite sushi spots. And he explains things and draws diagrams and we talk about our families and our jobs and we laugh. I think it&amp;amp;#8217;s a very New York City thing for doctors to be so rushed (you should see my dermatologist!) and I can&amp;amp;#8217;t say I like it. I also assumed that because I&amp;amp;#8217;m a cancer patient/pregnant woman I&amp;amp;#8217;d get some extra attention. When I was seeing the fertility specialist for all the tests in the beginning, I was there every day and the doctor called me and constantly wanted to know how I was doing. But since then, nada. Of course I&amp;amp;#8217;m thrilled that things are going well and that so far my pregnancy is not high risk, but it just feels weird. When you&amp;amp;#8217;re a cancer patient used to being poked and prodded and oohed and ahhed over it&amp;amp;#8217;s a little unnerving when a doctor breezes in and out of the exam room and says &amp;amp;#8220;see you in a month.&amp;amp;#8221; I guess I need to just suck it up and embrace being normal. And hope it lasts! &amp;amp;#8212;Erin"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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