I asked around for recommendations. Since we just moved here this summer I don't know anyone well and so my source of recommendations is not someone I know very well. I don't have much info on this doctor which makes me nervous.

We discussed it the night before the triathlon and yet my daughter is furious with me for making the appointment. I know that actually she's just scared and uncomfortable. Hopefully I'll be able to talk to her before Thursday.

Any input on how I can prepare her for this? Any good articles or websites, in case she still doesn't want to talk to me but might be willing to read something?

I told her that if it is too terrifying and this doctor isn't able to calm her down, we won't go through with it. We can always leave and try another doctor. I'm more amenable now to the idea of driving to Columbia to Planned Parenthood, if that would help.

I feel so sorry for her! It wasn't this hard for me, but we're not the same person, and I was a little older, so I have a pretty good idea what she's going through.