I just updated yesterday, but I had another OB appointment today.\u00a0 A quick and easy one, as expected.\u00a0 Went in, peed in the cup, waited to get called back.\u00a0 I actually waited 15 minutes or so to go back for this appointment, but I’m not complaining.\u00a0 It’s the latest I’ve ever been called back.\u00a0 And it is a doctor’s office.\u00a0 An OB office at that.<\/p>\n
First, as usual, Gail weighed me.\u00a0 I’ve gained about 10 lbs so far, and I officially weigh more than I have ever weighed before. =)\u00a0 Then she took my blood pressure, asked a few questions (no, no bleeding; yes, I’m feeling movement), and told me the doctor would be in shortly. What came next was kind of funny. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The phlebotomist came just a minute or two later, saying it was time to draw blood.\u00a0 I said something like “Oh, that’s a surprise!\u00a0 Haha!”\u00a0 I mean, I’m not squeamish about these things, but it’s not like my favorite thing, and usually they’re good about telling me what will be taking place.\u00a0 She walks beside me and asks me my name and date of birth, so I tell her.\u00a0 She pauses.\u00a0 I glance down, not trying to be nosy, but I can see the sticker for the person whose blood she’s supposed to be taking.\u00a0 I don’t remember anything about the name other than the fact that it was not<\/em> mine.\u00a0 Heh.\u00a0 I say my name again.\u00a0 Oops, wrong room, I guess.\u00a0 I don’t remember her saying much in response.\u00a0 But she left.\u00a0 She left without any of my<\/em> blood.\u00a0 Glad that they confirm these things before they go poking unsuspecting people with needles!<\/p>\n Finally, the doctor came in.\u00a0 She measured my uterus.\u00a0 22\u00bd cm.\u00a0 Which I guess is pretty much spot on for ~22 weeks pregnant.\u00a0 Right on!\u00a0 Next, we heard the heartbeat.\u00a0 Actually, we could hear her squirming around in there a little before really honing in on the heartbeat.\u00a0 But the heartbeat was so much louder and more powerful than any of the other visits!\u00a0 So cool.\u00a0 She’s getting so much bigger!<\/p>\n Before leaving, I got some stuff lined out with my insurance (hopefully).\u00a0 I could write a long, boring post just about that headache.\u00a0 But I won’t, at least not now.<\/p>\n Next appointment: Tuesday, November 23 @ 2:15 pm (week of Thanksgiving).<\/p>\n After the appointment, we ran into a Walgreen’s so Pete could get his flu shot.\u00a0 Since I got pregnant, I have become quite the public health ambassador for my family, so I’m urging everyone (who will spend considerable amounts of time with this kid…or would be very sad to be sick when the kid is born) to get their flu shot.\u00a0 He was very much not looking forward to it, but since we actually had it on our minds at a time he could do something about it, we went.\u00a0 Of course it was easier than anticipated. =)\u00a0 Then we went on a dinner date, woot!<\/p>\n Random: I think baby girl (and therefore, momma here) is about to go on another growth spurt.\u00a0 I’m getting that crampy feeling again.\u00a0 When I was first pregnant, I was having mild cramps which felt a little like menstrual cramps (though not as bad), and that was my uterus growing.\u00a0 It went away, but it came back a few weeks ago and lasted only a few days.\u00a0 After that, I was informed that I had “popped.”\u00a0 =)\u00a0 So I’m wondering if I’m about to “pop” some more….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just updated yesterday, but I had another OB appointment today.\u00a0 A quick and easy one, as expected.\u00a0 Went in, peed in the cup, waited to get called back.\u00a0 I actually waited 15 minutes or so to go back for this appointment, but I’m not complaining.\u00a0 It’s the latest I’ve ever been called back.\u00a0 And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}