Today's Dr appointment went great.
I did my glucose testing, so at 10:45 I had to stop eating. At 12:45 I had to drink a super sugary drink concentrate, then one hour later they drew blood to check my blood sugar levels and iron count. I also saw my Dr (not the nurse practitioner, yea!) and we made a new vitamin plan since I'm still getting sick and not tolerating vitamins. YEA Folic Acid! YEA Calcium! YEA Iron! It's not the baby who's lacking these things, it's the Mom. When she asked me about how I was getting in my calcium I told her I usually drink two glasses of milk at night with dinner. Dr. Greene says I'm the only adult on the planet who drinks milk with dinner (really?) but I think this is ingrained from my formative years as a small child when we each drank milk with dinner. When we got a little older we moved on to iced tea.
Also, she explained why I'm having numbness in my ribs and terrible upper back pain. The baby is laying on my right side and hitting a nerve way up high. When she examined me she was really surprised by how short my torso is. I'm 5 foot 4 inches, but my torso length is that of a much shorter woman. So she said my uterus is already stretched way up high into my chest. She recommended a hot pad and stretching for my back (which I already do, really I do yoga in the middle of the night because it hurts that bad!) and the Tylenol is ok even every day. I declined the offer of muscle relaxers. On the pain scale, this is probably a 5 and I can tolerate it for now (ask me in two more months when my uterus continues expanding in my super small torso). She reminded me every pregnant woman is shaped differently, and I suppose this makes sense and did make me feel better.
I let Dr. Greene know I would be flying next month to visit my Mom, and she was a little unhappy about that. I'll be 29/30 weeks pregnant, and Dr. Greene said she's 'only' had one mother go into labor on a plane at 29 weeks. They did land the plane for her so she could give birth. *blink* I assured her I wouldn't fly if I felt labor symptoms (no way, no how).
I guess that's all. Ben's coaching a football game out of town tonight, and JD's coming in town and he's going to stay with us. Tomorrow Ben's got a Cross Country meet and we have a friend's wedding to attend in the evening. Then my BFF Jessica's coming in to visit Sunday. All in all, a fun weekend!
I did my glucose testing, so at 10:45 I had to stop eating. At 12:45 I had to drink a super sugary drink concentrate, then one hour later they drew blood to check my blood sugar levels and iron count. I also saw my Dr (not the nurse practitioner, yea!) and we made a new vitamin plan since I'm still getting sick and not tolerating vitamins. YEA Folic Acid! YEA Calcium! YEA Iron! It's not the baby who's lacking these things, it's the Mom. When she asked me about how I was getting in my calcium I told her I usually drink two glasses of milk at night with dinner. Dr. Greene says I'm the only adult on the planet who drinks milk with dinner (really?) but I think this is ingrained from my formative years as a small child when we each drank milk with dinner. When we got a little older we moved on to iced tea.
Also, she explained why I'm having numbness in my ribs and terrible upper back pain. The baby is laying on my right side and hitting a nerve way up high. When she examined me she was really surprised by how short my torso is. I'm 5 foot 4 inches, but my torso length is that of a much shorter woman. So she said my uterus is already stretched way up high into my chest. She recommended a hot pad and stretching for my back (which I already do, really I do yoga in the middle of the night because it hurts that bad!) and the Tylenol is ok even every day. I declined the offer of muscle relaxers. On the pain scale, this is probably a 5 and I can tolerate it for now (ask me in two more months when my uterus continues expanding in my super small torso). She reminded me every pregnant woman is shaped differently, and I suppose this makes sense and did make me feel better.
I let Dr. Greene know I would be flying next month to visit my Mom, and she was a little unhappy about that. I'll be 29/30 weeks pregnant, and Dr. Greene said she's 'only' had one mother go into labor on a plane at 29 weeks. They did land the plane for her so she could give birth. *blink* I assured her I wouldn't fly if I felt labor symptoms (no way, no how).
I guess that's all. Ben's coaching a football game out of town tonight, and JD's coming in town and he's going to stay with us. Tomorrow Ben's got a Cross Country meet and we have a friend's wedding to attend in the evening. Then my BFF Jessica's coming in to visit Sunday. All in all, a fun weekend!
2 comments:
I love you new blog Shan. I can't wait to see you tomorrow!!!
P.S. You look super cute in your pic! Baby Bralley is growing!
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