I got Em dropped off at preschool and then had to sit in the parking lot and drink my glucola drink for the diabetes test this morning. Ugh, I can't tell you how much I hate that stuff. I did the fruit punch, which tastes like a weird, tangy version of Hawaiian Punch. Which I guess wouldn't be too bad, except I hate Hawaiian Punch..lol! I managed to get it down, with minimal gagging with 1 minute to spare. I then headed on up to my appointment.
Weight gain.....ugh. For the first time, my Wii actually has me weighing less than the doctors office. What's up with that? I had weighed myself yesterday morning and I had gained .9lbs in a week. So, altogether this month, I had gained 4.6lbs. So, not too shabby. But the doctor office has me gaining 6lbs this week. The bratty side of me wants to justify that extra 1.5lbs with "well, I do have clothes on at my appointment and I DID just drink about 1 million gallons of the glucose drink" but oh well. That puts me at gaining 15lbs altogether, which still is pretty good. I don't think I'll make my 25lb weight goal I set for myself at the beginning of my pregnancy but I'm starting to calm down on this particular point a bit. Baby probably had a nice growth spurt. :)
They brought my back to get my blood drawn and this is where things got tough. I have tiny veins. TINY. It's never been easy to draw my blood and for some reason, nurses can only take blood from my right arm. She tried once and nothing came out. So she tried my left arm...couldn't even find a vein. So back to my right arm again. She eventually found one and took the ridiculous amount of blood they seem to need. At this point I had two puncture wounds in the bend of my elbow and by the time I got back to my room, blood had soaked through the cotton and tape they'd placed on it. So that had to be changed. I'm SO happy I'm not squeamish when it comes to blood..haha. So then the nurse pulls out this super long needle and says "time for your Rhogam shot!" I had _totally_ forgot about it. So, then I had to pull down my pants so she could stick me in the booty. Connor was probably all "WHAT is going on?!"
The doctor came in shortly after, measured my uterus (25cm, so perfect!) and then I heard a sweet 156bpm heartbeat. :) He made fun of me again about my weight (in a nice "you don't weight anything!" way that made me feel good) and said that after my next appointment at 29.5 weeks, I'll be coming every 2 weeks! Wow!! I remembered to ask him about all the yellow discharge (TMI, I know) and he said that with every pregnancy your cervix gets a bit softer, which means it sheds more and more cells, which results in the sort of gross, thicker discharge I've been getting. Since I have absolutely no other signs of an infection or anything, he's just chalking it up to that. So, another worry eased.
4D ultrasound scheduled for April 12th. Only 2 more weeks! I still feel guilty about spending so much money on it, so I've let DH know that when they time comes, we can always cancel if we need the money for something else.
The plan was to then meet up with someone who was buying a few of Em's old clothes and go home for a few hours before picking Em up. But there was a bad, multiple car accident on the interstate and we were stuck in traffic for AN HOUR! Poor C was trying his best to stay patient in his seat, but it was hard and I completely understood. By the time we got out of that and met that lady, there wasn't any use going home, so we just wandered around town for a bit and then picked Em up early. I'm ready for a semi-relaxing day tomorrow before T-Ball practice. I'm loving my busy life, but wow!
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