I feel like my pregnancy is on fast-forward right now. I had my 23 weeks pregnant doctor’s appointment today and everything went very well. It was the usual appointment where we got to hear the baby’s heartbeat (in the 160′s) and I asked questions. Short and sweet!
My next appointment is in 4 weeks and that will be the dreaded glucose test appointment. I’ve heard such horror stories about the drink, and I almost wish that it was a complete surprise because now I’m totally psyching myself that it’s going to be awful. Not good, right?!
On a more exciting note, we have another ultrasound scheduled for next Wednesday. It’s just a routine one to check the growth, anatomy, and cardiac since the baby is quite a bit bigger now. My dr. said that she does these ultrasounds with everyone and that it’s nothing to worry about. Initially I was nervous because my order form specifically says, “Check growth and anatomy, esp. cardiac”.
The “esp. cardiac” part made me have tears in the car actually. My great husband reminded me that the dr. was talking about how the heart has grown from being small at the last ultrasound (17 weeks pregnant) to being a lot bigger at 24 weeks. He was right and I didn’t obsess (or cry) over it anymore. After all, if my dr. was worried, she would have told me.
Tarzan and I went to lunch after my appointment and as soon as I stepped out of the car when we got to the restaurant, I felt some pressure in my lower pelvic area. It was definitely a feeling that I have never felt before. Not painful, but just some pressure.
Naturally, since I’ve never felt this before, I freaked out. I immediately called my doctor’s office, but they were closed. Oy. Tarzan talked me through it and told me that it was probably my uterus stretching and that it wasn’t cause for concern. While I wanted to believe him completely, I didn’t because frankly, he’s never been pregnant and he was just guessing. A logical guess, but a guess nonetheless.
Of course I twittered about it and got tons and tons of responses. There were a couple of really dumb responses like “Better get to the hospital now”, but overall, people gave me great advice and made me feel a lot better. I love Twitter and if you responded to my tweet – thanks!
From what people said, it seems like pressure is normal and will only increase as my pregnancy goes further and further. Many people said that it could be round ligament pains, my uterus stretching, or the baby just moving around down there. All of those sound like sound responses and it was great that my worries went right out the window. If I have any other concerns I will definitely call my doctor’s office, but I think that I’m okay with my changing, pregnant body right now.
Oh, and I gained 4 pounds during the past 4-weeks. A lot better than the 9 pounds that I gained the previous month. Again, no concern from my doctor, so I’m good with that. In total I’ve gained 19 pounds, which makes me on target for staying within 25-35 pounds.
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I recently took my glucose test and it wasn't that bad! I elected to drink the orange drink, which tasted like the McDonalds orange drink from when we were kiddos. I was totally freaked out that I would throw up and have a huge hissy fit with the drink but it was no drama. :-)
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