My 28 week appointment with Ann was this morning so I got to sleep in instead of going to work. I actually felt like I could have gotten up when Darrell got up at 5 am, and it took me a bit to get back to sleep after he left. I did feel more rested by the time 7 am rolled around though.
Today was the glucola test for gestational diabetes. I had to drink this sugary syrup before the appointment, and then go to the lab after to get blood drawn. I'd heard all sorts of awful things about the drink, but it wasn't that bad. Just like really, really, sweet flat soda. I got it down pretty quickly, but then had this icky sugar tickling my throat and making me cough for a while. Blech. It later made me a little dizzy and sick to my stomach, but not so bad that I couldn't function. I'm still burping a little of it up now, and that's the really gross part.
The thing that I've loved so far about OU Physicians, is that it really never takes very long. I arrived at 8:45 for my 9:00 appointment and the receptionist was flustered, and said something like "we're running behind, please be patient!" So I settled in with my book, expecting a long wait, but if I'd had serious reading to do I'd have been disappointed. I actually spent what I thought was quite a bit of time with Ann, and still left by 9:15. (Only to have to wait 30 minutes in the lab so my blood could be drawn at the right time.)
The visit with Ann went well. Weight was 160 (ugh) and my blood pressure was 102 over 98, I think - I could be remembering that wrong. We got so busy talking that I forgot to get the baby's heart rate and fundal measurement. Darn, I may have to be annoying and call, or I can just wait for my next appointment and ask. Again, I came away very happy with what we talked about. There are two things that have been been especially bothering me lately - induction, and breech delivery.
Because Emily was induced at (I think) exactly 41 weeks, it reminded me that I had not asked Ann much about her policies - when, why and how she would induce. Not only do I have a longer cycle which will probably put my due date a bit off, first babies are more likely to come late than early. Ann's policy is to induce between 41 and 42 weeks, but she will cautiously stretch that a little if necessary, and after looking things over said that if everything was checking out fine she would give me until Thanksgiving, which is the 27th. Geez, I hope he decides to make his appearance long before then! Just talking it over put my mind at ease though, and I feel like I won't have to start stressing if Nov 8th comes and goes with no baby. I'd certainly want to be induced for a medical reason, but for some reason this has just been a worry on my mind lately and it's nice to have it put to rest in a way.
As for breech delivery, she is not allowed by hospital policy to attend a vaginal breech birth (which I expected.) She did say there are a couple of doctors who would assist a breech birth if it wasn't caught early but they would not plan that - the normal policy is c-section. All of that is exactly what I was expecting, although it's nice to know that there are a couple of doctors who do know how to assist one. What I was really happy with is that she assured me that Ethan is happily resting in the head-down position and will likely stay that way. In fact, she had a student midwife with her and they both agreed about the position with only minimal poking and prodding. I have no idea why I've been so inordinately worried about a breech baby. I guess because until a week or so ago I was mainly feeling movement down low and had irrationally convinced myself that he didn't want to turn upright.
I'll be going back every two weeks now, and my appointment Sept 4th will be with Shana, another of the midwives. Ann wants me to have an appointment with each of them so that if one of them is on call when I go into labor I will at least be familiar.
**update**
Devon, the nurse called this afternoon. My glucose test was normal, thankfully and I got the chance to ask her about the heartbeat and fundal height measurement. Heartbeat was in the 140s, and the fundal height was 27 cm.
Today was the glucola test for gestational diabetes. I had to drink this sugary syrup before the appointment, and then go to the lab after to get blood drawn. I'd heard all sorts of awful things about the drink, but it wasn't that bad. Just like really, really, sweet flat soda. I got it down pretty quickly, but then had this icky sugar tickling my throat and making me cough for a while. Blech. It later made me a little dizzy and sick to my stomach, but not so bad that I couldn't function. I'm still burping a little of it up now, and that's the really gross part.
The thing that I've loved so far about OU Physicians, is that it really never takes very long. I arrived at 8:45 for my 9:00 appointment and the receptionist was flustered, and said something like "we're running behind, please be patient!" So I settled in with my book, expecting a long wait, but if I'd had serious reading to do I'd have been disappointed. I actually spent what I thought was quite a bit of time with Ann, and still left by 9:15. (Only to have to wait 30 minutes in the lab so my blood could be drawn at the right time.)
The visit with Ann went well. Weight was 160 (ugh) and my blood pressure was 102 over 98, I think - I could be remembering that wrong. We got so busy talking that I forgot to get the baby's heart rate and fundal measurement. Darn, I may have to be annoying and call, or I can just wait for my next appointment and ask. Again, I came away very happy with what we talked about. There are two things that have been been especially bothering me lately - induction, and breech delivery.
Because Emily was induced at (I think) exactly 41 weeks, it reminded me that I had not asked Ann much about her policies - when, why and how she would induce. Not only do I have a longer cycle which will probably put my due date a bit off, first babies are more likely to come late than early. Ann's policy is to induce between 41 and 42 weeks, but she will cautiously stretch that a little if necessary, and after looking things over said that if everything was checking out fine she would give me until Thanksgiving, which is the 27th. Geez, I hope he decides to make his appearance long before then! Just talking it over put my mind at ease though, and I feel like I won't have to start stressing if Nov 8th comes and goes with no baby. I'd certainly want to be induced for a medical reason, but for some reason this has just been a worry on my mind lately and it's nice to have it put to rest in a way.
As for breech delivery, she is not allowed by hospital policy to attend a vaginal breech birth (which I expected.) She did say there are a couple of doctors who would assist a breech birth if it wasn't caught early but they would not plan that - the normal policy is c-section. All of that is exactly what I was expecting, although it's nice to know that there are a couple of doctors who do know how to assist one. What I was really happy with is that she assured me that Ethan is happily resting in the head-down position and will likely stay that way. In fact, she had a student midwife with her and they both agreed about the position with only minimal poking and prodding. I have no idea why I've been so inordinately worried about a breech baby. I guess because until a week or so ago I was mainly feeling movement down low and had irrationally convinced myself that he didn't want to turn upright.
I'll be going back every two weeks now, and my appointment Sept 4th will be with Shana, another of the midwives. Ann wants me to have an appointment with each of them so that if one of them is on call when I go into labor I will at least be familiar.
**update**
Devon, the nurse called this afternoon. My glucose test was normal, thankfully and I got the chance to ask her about the heartbeat and fundal height measurement. Heartbeat was in the 140s, and the fundal height was 27 cm.
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