29 Week Midwife Appointment

Well, 28 weeks and 5 days. :)

I had another midwife appointment today. Normally I look forward to them, however today was the day for my glucose test. Not only am I terrified of getting my blood drawn and often pass out, but I have this somewhat irrational (or possibly rational since I do have PCOS) fear that I do, in fact, have Gestational Diabetes. I know there is no way to tell before you take the test so really, I have no idea, but for some reason I am tempted to eat a bunch of junk this weekend "just in case" I get the call Monday that I do. :( (Don't worry, I won't do that b/c that's dumb either way, but I am going to be thinking all weekend that it could be my "last" for a few months of eating whatever sounds good).

My appointment went well though. My husband and I got there (he's been to every doctor or midwife appointment so far, which I love!) and they did my weight (up 25 lbs since pre pregnancy. With approximately 10 weeks to go I feel good with that number. Another pound a week would put me right at 35) and blood pressure (great).

Then my nurse brought me "the drink"... I did one of these when I was with an Ob around 14 weeks to see if she wanted to take me off Metformin. That one was an orange syrup-like drink. I know some people don't mind this, but for a girl who generally just drinks water, it was hell. Totally disgusting and sweet, so I was not looking forward to the one today.

To my surprise the drink I was given was a carbonated "cola flavored" one. Hmmmm this could be even worse, I told my husband. But I opened it up and started drinking...um, tastes just like Coke!!!! It wasn't even cold and it wasn't bad at all. I actually somewhat enjoyed it because I never drink soda anymore, so a "Coke" was quite the treat! That and I LOVE carbonation, but never have that either anymore.

While I was drinking it, my midwife, Linda, came in and we chatted for a few minutes. Then I lay back and my husband got to find the heartbeat with her Doppler. It's so nice that she has him do this part! Linda measured me (measuring 29 weeks, so just perfect) and confirmed what I thought - Lucas's head is down and his legs are up. YAY!

We talked about kick counts (if I notice a decrease in movement she said drink something sweet, lay down and see if I can get 8-10 movements in 2 hours. If I can't, call right away), preterm labor and the difference between real contractions and Braxton Hicks contractions.

We also talked about the Vitamin K shot (which she said is not necessary unless there is trauma and we'd see that right away) and eye ointment and a hospital tour. (Holy crap, this is getting REAL!)

Then we waited for my hour to be up and I had my blood drawn. We told the nurse that I was not a good patient and my veins sucked so she'd be definitely earning her paycheck today! I showed her the vein that Shiloh (my old, amazing nurse at my Obs) always got it in, but she wanted to try a different one. Great.

It didn't work. No blood came out. Thankfully she told me if she sticks and nothing comes out, she pulls it right out instead of moving it around and digging in there. Thank God, because I am pretty sure THAT is what causes me to pass out. She tried another vein and got it. Relatively painless, but by the 3rd vial of blood I was feeling pretty light headed and was very happy to be done. Linda had told us that our state just passed a law that every pregnant woman must be retested for HIV in the 3rd trimester. They have a waiver for those of us who want to opt out, however, I figured what the heck, they're taking blood anyway (I would have said no if they weren't) and it's not like I am worried about it, so I did it. So they're checking that, my glucose levels, and also my iron levels which they like to check again in 3rd tri since you lose blood during delivery.

I will know if I pass or fail on Monday. If I don't get a call I can assume the results were all good. I'm so hoping I pass. Not because I am worried about not being able to eat sweets or certain carbs, but I just don't want to have anything 'wrong' during my pregnancy or have our baby at any sort of risk. Because I have PCOS I have a much higher chance of getting GD, but I know people who have PCOS and some had it and some didn't, so really who knows.

After our appointment we went to lunch. We hadn't planned to eat out anymore for awhile, but my husband has been dying to try the Indian Buffet (and we haven't had Indian food since we moved to TN 3 1/2 years ago) across the street from my midwives for weeks and weeks now, so we made an exception. OMG. It was amazing. We will definitely go back one day when we decide to spend money on such things again!

On our way home we stopped at Staples where we have a gift card to, but didn't end up getting anything. We went next door to Marshall's which I had never been in before and I found the cutest Calvin Klein sleeper that is cream and brown for $2.00!!!! I couldn't pass it up. I also got a Bundle Me (lite) for this winter for only $10.00!

We are home and just relaxing for the rest of the day. Those glucose tests/drinks always make me really tired and icky feeling so I may take my 2nd nap of the week later.

Oh, and some more good news - I've already gotten one order on Etsy! These are the fabrics I am using for her mobile. I'm so excited to get them in and get started on it!