Still not on the laptop. The powercord we need is on backorder or something, so I'm on our ancient desktop. I hope this works. And man, do I hate sitting at a desk to surf the net. It is just not as fun as my couch. Alas, I am spoiled.
Anywhooo, I had my OB appointment on Monday night. All continues to go well, but we did have one little scare. Not even a scare, really, more like a startle? A minor surprise? I'm not sure what word means mini-scare, but that's what it was.
I've been having limb swelling - which in and of itself is not unusual in pregnancy. But my swelling seemed mostly in my right foot/ankle/cankle area. Like visibly larger than my left side. I almost didn't even bring it up, as every pregnancy book lists swelling as a common symptom. But at the end of the appointment, I casually mentioned the difference in my feet, and the doc seemed interested. She measured both ankles, and yup, big difference. While she said she had a low level of concern, she wanted me to get a doppler u/s of my leg done the next day.
She was trying to rule out a blood clot somewhere in my leg. So I was squeezed in at the vascular clinic at the hospital on Tuesday, and they did an u/s of both legs. Thankfully, no clots for me! Hooray! So it is mostly likely just poor lymphatic drainage caused by the way the critter is lying in my ute. Not sure how it all connects, but I guess it does, and it is all her fault. Oh well, I love her anyway.
In other exciting news, we got our baby furniture delivered!! How super-exciting is that? I've sat in the glider every day since, and just think about how I will spend lots of time sitting there with the IRL critter soon. Wow. It amazes me every time, and I am just so grateful. We still have to assemble the crib, but the dresser/changing table is set up - and again - WOW. I will change my baby there. WOW. It really does blow me away. It is hard to believe after all this time that there will be a critter baby coming to live with us. Joy. Pure joy. Sigh....
So that's where things are. We have the second I-don't-know-nuthin-bout-birthin-no-babies class on Friday, and we get a tour of the hospital, which I am really looking forward to. This is a new hospital building, and quite fancy from what I've seen so far. Can't wait to check the rest of it out. Will post thoughts on this childbirth class later- its been interesting.
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Lol. "I don't know nothin' bout birthin' no babies"..... Poor Prissy. Lol. Coming out of lurkville to check on the critter. Everything sounds great... and R-E-A-L. Best to all of you.
ReplyDeleteLove the GWTW reference (my favorite movie of all time). I always want to slap Prissy Scarlett-style b/c of her annoying voice (Butterly McQueen). Glad things are going well!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that it was just a mini-scare and that everything is super dandy. Congrats on the baby furniture... that is awesome!
ReplyDeleteSorry about the swelling - I'm sure the blood clot thing must have been a little scary.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your birthing class- I'm really interested to hear more on that.
So glad that you don't have a blood clot in your leg, that would have been very scary.
ReplyDeleteHope you will take pics of the nursery and share them and get your laptop power cord back stat!
Look at you. Furniture! Awesome. OOh yeah, lotsa time in that chair sister
ReplyDeleteGlad it wasn't a blood clot, although I'm sure the swelling is very uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteHave fun at the class. B and I are taking ours a little early since there is the risk of bedrest/early babies with twins.
omg, sweet baby is almost here! You have a nursery! It's awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad there was no blood clot! Wow, what a scare!
I had a friend who had one giant swollen leg the entire pregnancy because of the way her baby was positioned--she had a hard time fitting into her super stylish maternity pants, too. But that is much better than a bloog clot!!
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