My Second Home

Essentia Health feels as though it has officially become  my second home.  These weekly appointments are a lot to take in!

So here's how they've shaken down in the last 3 weeks:

36 weeks:
Full blood work again - gotta love getting pricked in my bad veins.  But this lady only had to try about 4 times.  Go her!  And of course, another urine sample.
Go upstairs and wait.  Get called back, weighed, blood pressure taken, and wait some more for the doctor to come in.  Doctor comes in and we did the Group B Strep test - which I tested negative for -, measured fundal height - 38 - and heartbeat - 147.  Quick ultrasound to make sure baby is head down and it sure was!  Baby and Momma doing great - go home see you next week.

37 weeks:
Urine sample.  Go upstairs and wait.  Get called back, weighed, blood pressure taken, and wait some more for the doctor to come in.  Doctor & med student come in and ask me  tons of questions and check my swelling.  She noticed my belly looked different and wanted to make sure baby had found a good "new" place to hang out and wasn't in any form of distress.  Another ultrasound for us!  Baby was practice breathing, got the hiccups, and did a full somersault for us.  What a ham already!  Fundal height - 39 - heartbeat - 143.  No more questions on my end - see you next week!

38 weeks:
Urine sample.  Go upstairs and wait.  Get called back, weighed, blood pressure taken, and a few more questions from the nurse this time.  Just to make sure we were organized they got Daddy's name, and had me double check my blood type, gestational diabetes results, rhogam administration, group b strep results, the whole 9 yards.  Feels good we are all on the same page!  Wait for doctor to come in.  fundal height - 40 - heartbeat - 135.  Doctor makes sure I know to call or come in when my water breaks, when the cramping because frequent, for any bleeding, or any other questions.  Everything checks out - see you next week if not in labor and delivery before then :)

As you can see - same routine over and over again.  Labs, measurements, any questions, see you later.  Of course hearing the baby's heartbeat every week NEVER gets old, but trying to get your pee in the little cup does!  :)