OB Appointment and Work Update

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The good news is that I am now off work until Friday- they told me to take the day off again today because grandparents are still in town, and I don’t work Thursdays anyway, so I am really having a nice long break I am trying to find a good combination of relaxing and getting some work done on the nursery- but I tried to buy some hangers the other day and Target only had them in red, white and blue so that’s not going to work.

I had my 32-week (wow, almost 33-week!) OB appointment this morning. My friend Faith was off work this morning, so she went with me and then we went out to lunch. The doctor was running pretty far behind (well, like a half hour, but there’s usually not a wait). She had a delivery this morning at the hospital and she got back right in time for my appt but of course by then she had people backed up waiting.

Nothing new and exciting at the appointment. I guess my pee was okay because they didn’t mention it. This is gross but I have been trying to drink more water espcially before my appointments so that my pee doesn’t look yellow in the cup, because they commented on it once. Got weighed and once again didn’t look at the scale. Blood pressure- once again just a little bit higher than last week. Only the top number, and Alison’s mom (who is a pediatrician) says that’s fine and if the bottom number’s not going up then it could just be from nerves or stress or whatever.

Doctor was in a hurry since she was behind. Baby’s heartrate was in the 150s, so that was fine, and I guess I was measuring okay because she didn’t mention it. She checked my still swollen and yucky ankles. Then she asked me like always if the baby was moving okay. I admitted that I hadn’t really felt her yet today (this was a morning appointment though and I had gotten up just in time to go) so she told me about doing kick counts: She said I should lay down if I haven’t felt the baby move that day, and I should get ten kicks within two hours. If not then I need to call.

So of course she said she’s not worried and it’s just a way for me to check, but of course it made me a little paranoid. I tried it when I got home and got ten movements within about 25 minutes. Baby’s fine Doctor K also said it counts if I poke at the baby and she moves because of something I do- that a sick baby won’t move regardless– so that makes me not worry as much because I can always find one of her body parts to press and then she’ll move.

Anyway that’s about it. Tomorrow I have plans to go shopping with my mom and try to find some nursing pajamas since the last time I shopped for them was completely unsuccessful. Also we are going to try to buy the letters to spell out BAILEY on her wall above her crib.

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