Doctors Appointment

Today was yet another doctors appointment. And it was easy enough, they did the doppler and the baby had a heart rate of 138, she/he was sleeping late this morning. They also looked at my sugar and protien levels and took my blood pressure. Everything looked great. She also took a measurement of my uterus and it is right on target at 25 centimeters. Isn't that wild?

Dr. Connor did ask if I could equate my jump in weight to anything, apparently it spiked this past month. I answered that it probably jumped from me eating whatever I want. She laughed. She said my weight was overall very good she just wanted to make sure we knew why. Is a snickers bar a good snack? And ice cream after dinner? It would be great if my cravings would return because during the first trimester all I wanted was fruit!

So after we got through all that routine stuff she informed me that next time I go I have to have the glucose test. I have already heard reviews of this test and I am not real excited. The picture to the left is a picture of the lovely beverage I have to drink before that test. The sticker refers to this beverage as Glucola...sounds great huh? Apparently it tastes like the sugariest gatorade you have ever had. It comes in two flavors, orange and fruit punch. And after hearing Katie and Jodi talk about the fruit punch flavor, and at my doctors recomendation I chose the Orange flavor. I let ya'll all know how that goes down. It will be 3 weeks from today. That same appointment I get a shot. Up until this point I have not had too many needles, but apparently due to my negative blood type I have to get a shot to avoid a reaction in case the babies blood typ is not negative...this was the first I have heard of all of this so I guess I will have to do some reading to learn more about that.

Now if ya'll hadn't realized that I will talk about anything pregnancy related...you will now. Elizabeth told me I could not share this story on the blog...but I am not listening. Actually when I told her the story over the phone she asked if I couldn't just call one of my pregnant friends next time and share the story with them. Anyway...this morning when I rolled over in bed my arm brushed against my chest and my immediate thought was that one of those precious kitties had drooled on me...but no that was not the case. I had Michael switch on the light...and it appears I have sprung a leak! I asked the doctor if I was going to have this problem throughout the rest of my pregnancy and she assured me that it happens to some people, but not all, and that it may or may not happen again. At any rate I am not running out to buy nursing pads...hopefully it was a one time instance.

Also I thought I would note that in the picture above is a picture of the Glucola, and my friend Lauren. Lauren's cube is directly in front of my office doorway and so I made her wave to everyone...Lauren is also the one who insisted I start a blog and continually complains if I do not update it.