Musings of a Loquacious Mind

"OB" Appointments are more fun than the "/GYN" part

I've decided the 24 week Ante-Natal obstetrician appointment is the best one. I guess it would be better if it included an ultrasound (it's always fun to see what the kid is up to), but other than that it has several distinct advantages:

1. I don't have to talk about throwing up - because I'm finally not (much)! I'm down to maybe a whole tab of Zofran a week (I was up to three a day and still mildly miserable for quite a while), and while I am not completely nausea-free, I am not by any means nausea-ful.
2. I'm not in heartburn city yet. About the time the nausea subsided last time I was spending about half of my nights sitting up and sleeping against the wall, crunching a half-dozen or more Tums a night. I'm not there yet! I have to take a few Tums right before bed, but other than that it is good going. And pizza for dinner might not have helped matters.
3. I'm not big and broiling yet. I gained just 2.5 lbs since my last appointment (total weight gain: something like 10 lbs), and can still fit in non-maternity clothes (some with more success than others). And while my poor husband has to bite the air-conditioning price bullet and my sister-in-law keeps socks at our house so her feet won't be cold when she comes over while I still wake up with my hair soaked with sweat, I'm not the furnace that I'll be at 9 months. Why my mother decided to be nine months pregnant in the middle of hot, sticky, humid Southern summers all three times I don't know!
4. The entire appointment went like this: get there, change insurance forms (grr, City of Richmond! but now we have vision (but that's another post)), get called back, do the 'pee in a cup' routine, get weighed, listen to the baby's heartbeat, talk to the doctor for a little, hug her and go. When else do you want to hug your doctor? Especially the "big girl doctor"?

So all in all Broccoli is doing fine and Mommy is doing fine.

Oh, I'm still a little dehydrated, so you can buy me a (completely non-alcoholic, possibly non-caffeinated) drink the next time you see me!

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