25 Week Check-Up with Dr. Alexander today.
Women's Health Care Associates has moved to their fancy new office in the new wing of the hospital :)
Usual stuff...pee in the cup, stand on the scale (day after Easter brunch...WHAT was I thinking when I made this appointment?!) Up 6lbs since the last visit! That freaked me out, but, again, Dr. Alexander just gave me a good old high five and still said we're on track. 14 official total pounds for the pregnancy - with a goal of 30 overall (give or take a bit)....so.... crazy as it seems, there's still room to grow!
Uterus is measuring right on (25cm) and heart beat sounded good. (Could even hear mini kicking the heartbeat listening thingy (oh, boy, I'm sure there's a much more technical term for that).
From here on out we start the "fetal kick count" :) Which should be fine with us, as watching/feeling my belly when it's active has become a new hobby anyway. Dr. Alexander says that we need at least 6 kicks in under an hour at least once each day. Otherwise it's straight to the hospital for a check up. If "fetal activity" in the coming months is anything like it has been the past few weeks, we shouldn't have ANY trouble!
Also this visit...the dreaded glucose test. I drank the sugary orange goop (which wasn't AS bad as I had heard it would be) and hung out for an hour before the blood draw. Two arms and 4 pokes later, they finally had it, something about "small veins". It was dreadful. (I have a needle problem to begin with). I wish they could put me to sleep for blood tests....but I suppose that would involve another needle eh? (would someone like to offer me some cheese with my whine?)
All in all....good visit. Now let's just hope the glucose test comes back normal and we're done with the needles for a while! :)
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