Our first appointment with the high risk specialist in Virginia was last Thursday and it went extremely well. I saw four different physician-type people while I was there (RN, Physician's Assistant, Doctor and the Diabetes Specialist). All four of them are women and I love that! I feel so much more comfortable being treated by women than I do men. One reason being that men cannot possibly relate to what I as a pregnant woman am going through. I much prefer having someone care for me that has gone through this herself.
The terrible pain that I was feeling last week has subsided. I am still feeling discomfort at times, but I'm sure it is nothing unusual.
Back to doctor stuff....I had two blood work orders (one from my OB here and one from the OB in Virginia) that I had to take care of this morning. The famous orange glucose beverage was my pal at 6:30 this morning. That stuff is so extremely nasty. I have my fingers crossed that I passed. If I didn't, I'll be drinking it again and getting blood drawn once every hour for three hours. After the horrible sticking experiences this morning I think I'll pass. I have a bruise on my right arm that is bigger than my head. Okay, that is a bit exaggerated but nonetheless it is huge and it hurts. They finally had to resort to the inside of my wrist to draw blood. Can you say OUCH.!? I have to keep reminding myself that it will all be worth it when I am holding our child in my arms. Pass or fail, I will have another glucose test at twenty-four weeks. Happy happy, joy joy.
Our next appointment here at the beach is Tuesday, November 16th. I do not expect anything too terribly exciting to happen. However, our next appointment in Virginia may prove to be full of excitement. I'll be nineteen weeks at that appointment which happens to be on my birthday. I plan to beg for them to take a peek and tell us the sex of the baby. They assured me that they will be able to tell for sure between 18 and 20 weeks. I say 19 weeks is just as good a time as any! :) So....expect a post December 2nd or soon thereafter revealing the sex and name of our little one. (The name should come as no surprise!)
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