Not exactly the most exciting of visits...
Monday was my very first OB/GYN visit for the pregnancy (sorry it took so long to update about it...explianation later)! It was 9am thank goodness, so I didn't have to wait long. Cameron took the morning off to come along for this momentous occasion in our lives, and we headed off to meet my doctor.
Unfortunately, that never happened. We first talked to the "OB specialist", or a case worker who got us into the system and talked to us about what was to come and about hospitals and such. Then they asked me to do a urine sample. I had been told that they will ask for one at each visit, so I had come prepared and uncomfortable so that I wouldn't have to wait. *Let me slightly backtrack to say that this Dr office is absolutely the nicest I have ever been in. Beautifully decorated and very modern!* Ok. The nurse walked me into the bathroom and asked that I "pee in one of the cups". Well, cup was an OVERstatement!!!! No kidding. There in the bathroom they had a table with DIXIE cups. I was to write my name on it and give it to them when I was done. To say the least, I was a little surprised.
After my close encounter with the dixie cup, Cameron and I went into a room and met with the nurse practitioner. She basically wanted to know how I felt, if I was in pain...all that. She is pleased with my progress and weight gain and that was it. I went afterward to do my bloodtests elsewhere. We won't meet my OB until the next visit, when they will listen for the heartbeat and do all my exams. Hopefully they will give me a better due date then, because I still don't have an exact day! They told me that October 2nd is still the day but my cycles are longer than most women, so they said it will probably be pushed back a week once I have an ultrasound and the baby can be measured.
On a very unexciting note, Tuesday morning ended my no-puking streak. I had been hanging in there with just nausea, but that all ended yesterday. And today got worse. Thankfully (hopefully) it started late and won't last as long as it could...or it may go on until the end. We will see, but I am praying very hard that it doesn't last too long. A massage therapist friend of mine (Tim) told me that ginger root tea, or ginger root boiled in water with a little honey should help to calm my stomach so I went out and bought both!! I will let you all know if it works.
That's it for now!! Till next time...
Next Dr. visit: March 30th 10am
Monday was my very first OB/GYN visit for the pregnancy (sorry it took so long to update about it...explianation later)! It was 9am thank goodness, so I didn't have to wait long. Cameron took the morning off to come along for this momentous occasion in our lives, and we headed off to meet my doctor.
Unfortunately, that never happened. We first talked to the "OB specialist", or a case worker who got us into the system and talked to us about what was to come and about hospitals and such. Then they asked me to do a urine sample. I had been told that they will ask for one at each visit, so I had come prepared and uncomfortable so that I wouldn't have to wait. *Let me slightly backtrack to say that this Dr office is absolutely the nicest I have ever been in. Beautifully decorated and very modern!* Ok. The nurse walked me into the bathroom and asked that I "pee in one of the cups". Well, cup was an OVERstatement!!!! No kidding. There in the bathroom they had a table with DIXIE cups. I was to write my name on it and give it to them when I was done. To say the least, I was a little surprised.
After my close encounter with the dixie cup, Cameron and I went into a room and met with the nurse practitioner. She basically wanted to know how I felt, if I was in pain...all that. She is pleased with my progress and weight gain and that was it. I went afterward to do my bloodtests elsewhere. We won't meet my OB until the next visit, when they will listen for the heartbeat and do all my exams. Hopefully they will give me a better due date then, because I still don't have an exact day! They told me that October 2nd is still the day but my cycles are longer than most women, so they said it will probably be pushed back a week once I have an ultrasound and the baby can be measured.
On a very unexciting note, Tuesday morning ended my no-puking streak. I had been hanging in there with just nausea, but that all ended yesterday. And today got worse. Thankfully (hopefully) it started late and won't last as long as it could...or it may go on until the end. We will see, but I am praying very hard that it doesn't last too long. A massage therapist friend of mine (Tim) told me that ginger root tea, or ginger root boiled in water with a little honey should help to calm my stomach so I went out and bought both!! I will let you all know if it works.
That's it for now!! Till next time...
Next Dr. visit: March 30th 10am
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