So no floating in the pool all summer like I hoped for. All I need to do is watch my diet and I should be able to control my high blood pressure. Oh well, the pool will have to wait until the weekends for me. =(
In other news...
This week will be the first full week of maternity clothes. No more squeezing my bump into my pre-pregnancy pants. This baby needs to breathe. ;-)
Father's Day is this weekend and by Sunday night I should be "familied out". Saturday its my family at our house and Sunday we're going to Peter's parent's house. Of course now his mom is worried about her menu and the salt content. I'll just have to make sure my breakfast and lunch are bland and I'll just eat smaller portions at her house. I don't want anyone to change anything for me. Besides, I'd rather sink my teeth into a bratwurst instead of a lettuce leaf.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
High Risk and a Pin Cushion...
I had my 16 week appointment yesterday and I now have an appointment with a High Risk OB Tuesday because of high blood pressure.
The nurse took it and said it was high. So when the doc came in I told her it’s probably nerves and not to mention I have no idea what’s going on inside. She told me that I’d have to see a High Risk OB and do a 24 hour urine collection. Fun! So I asked her to take it again and she said if after 10 minutes laying on my side it’s lower, I won’t have to do the pee collection but I’d still have to see the specialist. So after 10 minutes of staring at a poster about the menstrual cycle and my parts, the nurse took it again and it was lower. Whew!
Doc listened to Turkey's heartbeat on the doppler but it was only for a few seconds. What I did hear was strong. A big sigh of relief!
Then the nurse tried to take blood for the second trimester screening and she couldn’t find a vein. I was starting to feel like the pain in the ass patient… and a pin cushion. Finally she called in another nurse and she was able to find a vein and take my blood in one shot.
I made the big ultrasound appointment! Since my Mom, Step-Dad, and Peter's Mom want to be there, I made it at a Perinatal testing place. My doc recommended it because the room in our office is small and the monitor’s in this place are bigger. July 8th can't come soon enough... is this a Samantha Rose or a Collin Philip?? I hate not knowing.
And update on Oreo... I didn't sell him ;) we just put things under the bed so he wouldn't fit. Duh!
The nurse took it and said it was high. So when the doc came in I told her it’s probably nerves and not to mention I have no idea what’s going on inside. She told me that I’d have to see a High Risk OB and do a 24 hour urine collection. Fun! So I asked her to take it again and she said if after 10 minutes laying on my side it’s lower, I won’t have to do the pee collection but I’d still have to see the specialist. So after 10 minutes of staring at a poster about the menstrual cycle and my parts, the nurse took it again and it was lower. Whew!
Doc listened to Turkey's heartbeat on the doppler but it was only for a few seconds. What I did hear was strong. A big sigh of relief!
Then the nurse tried to take blood for the second trimester screening and she couldn’t find a vein. I was starting to feel like the pain in the ass patient… and a pin cushion. Finally she called in another nurse and she was able to find a vein and take my blood in one shot.
I made the big ultrasound appointment! Since my Mom, Step-Dad, and Peter's Mom want to be there, I made it at a Perinatal testing place. My doc recommended it because the room in our office is small and the monitor’s in this place are bigger. July 8th can't come soon enough... is this a Samantha Rose or a Collin Philip?? I hate not knowing.
And update on Oreo... I didn't sell him ;) we just put things under the bed so he wouldn't fit. Duh!
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