About my OB visits and tests and such

It's been a couple of weeks since I last posted and quite a bit has happened in that time span.

On May 20th, I had an OB appointment scheduled for 10am. When I arrived and checked into the office it was 9:45 and the waiting room was almost completely filled. Since I had done some research into the office and kind of knew what to expect, I settled in for a long wait. Turns out my wait was a lot longer than I anticipated, but not at the same time. When we realized that almost everyone who had been with us in the office when we first went in had already been seen, I finally went up to the front desk and asked when I was going to be seen. I'm pretty sure they forgot about me because they already had my name crossed of their waiting list and they ended up calling me into an exam room about 5 minutes after my inquiry (around 12:45!). I was seen by a nurse practitioner who checked my fundal height (25 weeks!), heard the baby's heartbeat! (nice and strong), received paperwork for a blood draw and glucose test, started the ball rolling on an ultrasound exam, and scheduled my next OB appointment.

On May 24th, I received notice from my OB office that an urgent ultrasound had been scheduled that same day at 3pm. Since I couldn't reschedule, having to wait until the end of June for an ultrasound if I did, I went into work an hour early and left around 2pm to make it to the appointment on time. James ended up having to skip his class that day to be able to make it to the appointment with me.

The ultrasound took forever and I had to pee soooo bad the whole time, having been told that I needed to drink a good quantity of water before the appointment (I drank around 20 ounces). One of the ultrasound tech's was new or a student/learning so I'm sure the exam took a lot longer than it usually does. They took scans and measurements of everything, and then we finally got to learn what we are having...a girl! I'm so excited and happy and apprehensive at the same time. I kind of had a feeling she was going to be a girl -- I had been referencing the baby as a she when I didn't use the gender neutral "it". The first thing we did after the appointment was head over to Carter's and pick out her first onesie, then we clued my sisters in on what we were expecting.

On May 26th, we finally clued my parents in on what was happening. (One of my sisters had known for quite some time and the other had just found out a few days before.) The reveal went better than I, and especially James, had originally anticipated. The expected questions were asked and answered. They learned that we are engaged and were planning our wedding before we figured out we were expecting.

Today, May 27th, I went in for my lab draws. While in the waiting room, after having had my first blood draw and drinking my glucose water, we ended up talking to a lady who was in there for the same reason. Since she was pregnant with her second child, she clued us in a little in what to expect and how to react to different things that are and will eventually happen during and after delivery and while raising the baby. According to the lab tech, my results should be ready in about a week's time, due to the holiday.


Lab tests done/requested are as follows:
Obstetrical Panel w/Reflex
Hemoglobin A1c
HIV - 1/2 AG/AB, 4th w/Reflex
UA, Complete
Culture, Urine Routine
75g 2° GTT (Glucose Tolerence Test)
CF test
Urine Tox