Total Weight Gain: 30 lbs. (what happened this week?!? It must have been the picadilly)
Pregnancy Woes this week: Headache from hell that laughs at tylenol. “Mwah-ha-ha” it says.
Happy times this week: Seeing Bella on the ultrasound and hearing that she is doing great. Shopping for her final necessities.
Belly Button Status: sensitive. Don’t touch!
Food Cravings: nothing particular.
Dr. Visits: So I had a headache the entire week. It was a never-ending headache. Wednesday I started to get concerned about it and called the nurse. She told me to call the Hematologist since it could be my anemia. The hematologist moved up my appointment to this Thursday. I went in and had my usual blood test. My hemoglobin was still pretty good, so it was unlikely that it was anemia. The hematologist called the OB so they could talk about what could be causing the headache. But while she waited on hold we talked and she figured out that the medicine I was on has a side effect of headaches. Doh. I’m stupid. She also noticed that my white blood cells were increasing and wanted me to get checked for a UTI. I love her. Most doctors don’t care about anything outside of their specialty, but she really cares. When I went to the Maternal Fetal Medicine doctor that afternoon and I also left a urine specimen with the OB. Turns out I had a bad UTI with blood in my urine. This explains why my kidneys are hurting. Doh again. So I guess it’s a good thing I went in for the headache. At the MFM everything was great. She is on the same growth curve, 30th percentile, and is weighing 4 lbs 10 oz. She had hair! Also still head up. No more MFM appointments so we can scratch one doctor off the list!
Labor Signs: More BH. They are getting more frequent. One night my husband touched my belly button and it threw my stomach into a crazy BH frenzy all night. But then it went back to normal around 2am.
Projects I worked on this week: No more crafts, just getting the nursery organized and everything washed. There is so much to wash!
Looking Forward to: Setting a delivery date at my Monday OB appointment!
Only 3 weeks until delivery! 21 days!