• Mar. 20, 2006
OB-servations
I did, in fact, go to the OB today. I would say on the overall everything went fairly well. There were the usual quirks, of course...........
I went to the OB office and it wasn't an OB office anymore but a cardiologist's office. Interesting. So after driving 30 minutes there, I was sent back to the new location which is about 7 minutes from my house, but still required that 23 minutes of backtracking. I was quite of breath and flustered when I arrived there and ran the length of the parking lot trying to make the appointment on time.
I enter the hospital through the main entrance and the greeter immediately offers directions to the drug testing clinic. Hmmm. Note to self: Need to eliminate the wide eyed, confused look. I get offers equally from drug dealers & drug rehabbers which proves that both ends of the spectrum use the same criteria for recognizing drugheads*, but I digress. When I tell her I actually need directions to the OB wing, she looked very much like she was about to give the "get off drugs or your baby will be born funny" speech but instead pointed in the general direction. I appreciated her assistance, but couldn't help making some big sniffing noises, and twitching as I wandered away. I should feel bad about that and I'll let you know if it happens.
*Worth Noting- I'm not a drughead. I just look exraordinarily confused a lot of the time. It's genetic. It's also worse when I wax my eyebrows, but anyway...
Everything else went about as to be expected. The doctor remembered to order a Chlamydia culture as he gave me a pap (always encouraging). He displayed the unique capabilities of the "overly active" womb (read "has had too many children") by stretching and bouncing it which amused him immensely (think basketball like qualities here - I, myself, was a little disturbed). He did talk some about my last pregnancy and what an anomoly (?sp?) it was, therefore no accurate indicators were as to whether it would reoccur. If no one knows why it happened in the first place, how in the world, and by what data, can they estimate if it will happen again? He made a sonogram appointment for April 3 or so, and said we could begin at that point accumulating relevant information on placenta size, shape and position. He also gave me a gift bag which was a nice touch.
From there I was sent on to the lab for bloodwork (it's very important each pregnancy to verify that you didn't catch AIDS off public transportation - that's humor by the way) and I spent my time there trying to match the lab tech (read "bloodsucker") grunt for grunt on who could give shorter, more rude responses to each other. On the way out I learned he was hearing impaired which certainly made me feel a little bad, but don't worry. He did win the rude verbal contest, and started out ahead anyway as he had the rather large advantage of a needle.
Comments
• Mar. 20, 2006
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Posted by Kathy
Hi Becca! Congratulations! I had no idea you were pregnant. I'm so happy for you. Wow! I hope all goes well this time.
I tried to visit you the other day, but homeschoolblogger must have been updating or something. I haven't been here in a while.
I have news too! I am pregnant also. Only 5 weeks, but pregnant no less. :)
What state are you moving to? Good luck with that. Miss you.
