My first trip to L&D!

I was hoping to go the whole pregnancy without having to go to L&D but no such luck!

I woke up yesterday (Sunday 5/26) morning at about 4am and tried to roll over in bed because my Braxton Hicks were really painful- the entire room started to spin and I passed out. I didn't know what to do, so I left a note for my sister and brother in law (we're staying with them until our new house is ready), saying that I had to go to the hospital and that Chase was still asleep. I (stupidly) drove myself to the hospital because I didn't want to wake anyone up and inconvenience them. I, of course, waited for the dizziness to pass before I drove!

Long story short: I am anemic and my potassium was way low. My contractions were picking up on the monitor but thankfully they weren't in a "labor pattern" according to the doctor. I had to drink 2 awful potassium supplements (never, ever do that if you can help it!) and then got hooked up to a potassium drip for 3 hours while it replenished mine.

Apparently that can make you pass out AND have contractions. Who knew!

Thankfully baby and I are both okay! :) Joey is still out of town so I had to relay this all to him via texting and the phone. Poor guy was worried sick.

Pulmonary Appointment

I saw the Pulm doctor today for the wheeze and inability to breathe... I have asthma! Yay? ;)

I ended up leaving there with a prescription for Flonase for my allergies, Pulmacort for the asthma, as well as a rescue inhaler for when it's real bad.

I go back in about 2 months for some breathing tests.

Prenatal Visit: 28 weeks

Welcome to the third trimester!!

Appointment today was pretty good- blood pressure is good still.

I lost 4 POUNDS since I was seen 2 weeks ago! :o The doctor wasn't worried about it, I told her about how I can't really eat anymore because of not being able to breathe when I'm too full. She seemed okay with that.

Baby is measuring 29 weeks instead of 28, and her heart rate was in the 140s :)

Semi-update...

Nurse called me this morning for something unrelated to labs but while I had her on the phone I asked if my results were in yet. She said they were but they had to be reviewed by the doctor first before they could be discussed. But she said they "look good," and just to hang tight to have the doctor review. So I'm thinking that means no diabetes?! Woo, I'll take it! Was pretty sure I HAD it so that's a huge relief. And I don't feel like dealing with Maternal Fetal Medicine and their Diabetes program again.

I didn't get any phone calls this afternoon, but my patient chart online isn't update with labs either so I will recheck tomorrow and hopefully have an official verdict.

No mention about the UA, I don't think she realized I had that done as well so hopefully I'll hear about that tomorrow too.

Side note: Our house is almost sold! We found a house we love and now we just wait. lol

Prenatal Visit: 26 weeks & labs

Showed up for my labwork this morning at 8:30am, armed with my phone and a good book! The lab today is for gestational diabetes and at my office they do a 2 hour test first, so I needed some entertainment.

Got fasting blood drawn, given the awful sugary orange drink (which HAS to be worse on an empty stomach!), and sent on my merry way back to the waiting room. The lab tech told me to just come right back at 9:40 and then at 10:40 and not to even bother stopping at the desk.

First hour surprisingly went fast. Went back, got redrawn (and ouch! she drew from the same darn spot!), and back to the waiting room I go. Candy Crush and Word Chums really passed the time!

Part of this appointment was a visit with the doctor after the labwork, I figured to get my results. I got called back around 10:15am and was a bit confused because my final labs hadn't been drawn yet. I get back to nurse triage and she does the normal stuff: weight, blood pressure, urine sample. Then she goes over a bunch of paperwork (hospital waivers and such)... She brings me to the room and peeks her head in a few minutes later and asks if I'm spotting. :\ I said no and she let me know that my sample had blood in it. Great.

Doctor comes in and... surprise! It's actually a 26 week appointment! Apparently I'm on 2 week appointments earlier than I thought! (I thought it was 28 weeks) She also goes over everything about delivery and has me sign some papers too. Gives me information on taking a tour of L&D, and my admission paperwork for the hospital. Scary stuff right there! That means we're really getting close!!!

Find out that I am NOT getting labs back at the appointment, she said the nurse will call me if my sugar came back elevated and if I don't get a call it'll go to my online chart as normal and I can view it there. As for the urine, she said I might just have an infection so they're going to check on it to see if I need an antibiotic.

Baby measures right on track and her heartrate was 140s again. :) Doctor found her on the first shot this time!

Finished the evening up with an awful headache, probably because of my weird eating schedule for the day. I'll update when I get the labs back.

Oh, and I got referral to Pulm.