28 week appointment

Today was my 28 week appointment, and it went well! I had to drink the sugary concoction at school an hour ahead of my scheduled time and it wasn't near as bad as I feared. The only downside was that I had to gulp it down in 5 minutes.

I met Rob at the clinic and had my blood drawn first for the glucose tolerance test. Thankfully she didn't have any issues (like they usually do) getting the needle in, especially since she commented that I was dehydrated. I wanted to snap back that yes, talking in my "teacher voice" all day to a bunch of high schoolers will do that no matter how much water you drink. (I fill my water glass in between almost every class period.) Not many people are aware that teachers purposely teeter on the line of dehydration because there isn't time to use the restroom.

Anyway, we met with Dr. Bauer Holthus after that and everything was good! I love listening to the little heartbeat and getting the reassurance that everything is progressing as it should. It's extra nice to have Rob by my side at these appointments! I'm thankful that he has the time off and can be more involved than most dads at this point.

Dr. Bauer Holthus gave us some more information and pre-registration forms for the hospital and we got a few of our questions asked. Let's just say the pros and cons aren't quite as lopsided as I thought they were. We're touring SMMC this Saturday and OPRMC on Wednesday so hopefully we'll have things figured out soon.

She also instructed me to start monitoring kicks each night and that I'm supposed to feel at least 10 in a two hour period. After dinner I downloaded an app and gave it a shot. I wasn't at all surprised when it only took 9 minutes to record those kicks! He's a squirmy little guy - even now as I'm writing this post he's bouncing all over in there.

I should find out the results of my glucose tolerance test within a couple days, then only 2 weeks until my next appointment! Yippee for not having to wait a month in between anymore but yikes that the due date is creeping up so quickly...