Appointment Day

I'm a few days late here with this entry... but went to the doctor on Wednesday. Here's the latest...

Gloria called me right in...had my littlest helper (Ava) with me today. She charmed her way into getting a lollipop from an office worker within minutes of entering the office. Gave my standard urine sample which I noticed right away didn't look right (dark in color). My blood pressure was 131/62 (a bit higher) and weight 162lbs. I've had a cold since Monday. Actually the whole family here has had a varation of the the cold except Amelia (Amelia has a super immune system). It's just a head cold for me and I would have to say that Wednesday morning I felt my worst -very heavy headed, tired, runny nose. You know... standard cold symptoms.

Gloria performed the standard sonogram. She said the baby looked good. Everything was good. She mentioned she wouldn't check fetal measurements today because they don't like to check this every time. I kind of thought this was why I was going to the doctor every two weeks - to check that the baby is growing as she should. Gloria briefed the doctor with the day's scan, the doctor then came in to talk to me. She also said the baby looked fine, but that she had been discussing my case with the other doctors in the practice and they are thinking of how to treat me in the future. Since I have not been diagnosed with any known platelet or other blood abnormality, I guess it's appearing that the doctors would still like to treat me further as if I do have a platelet or blood abnormality. I was a bit taken back by this, as I thought that issue was laid to rest. I do understand the need though that the doctors need to be proactive. The treatment, if I am understanding correctly would be steroid injections or blood transfusions. Dr. Manley said she would still discuss a course of action with her partners and get back to me on this. I asked if I should have blood/urine labs done again, just to keep that checked. It's been since the start of the pregnancy when all of this was last checked. Dr. Manley said, no that it was too early in my pregnancy for pre-ecclampsia to come on. Nothing would be gained from these tests. I did ask her to check on my urine sample given that morning. She did, and came back with opposite information.....telling me to yes, go ahead and give a 24 hour urine sample. My urine was very concentrated and showed +2 for protein, +2 for blood. I am not as concerned about the blood finding, that is normal for me, but the protein is not. The nurse came in to ask me if I was drinking a lot. I said I thought I was, but that morning, no I was running and getting everybody off to school and getting to the appointment in rush hour traffic. I had of course eaten my fair share, but now that you mention it - drinking - no. She told me to keep water with me all the time and especially being sick I should be doubling my fluid intake.

When I returned home, I started the urine test immediately and went for the blood draw the next day (yesterday). I am now waiting on those results - hoping that my kidneys aren't beginning to show trouble. I will return to the doctor in 2 weeks - Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

I did look up the term "lake in Placenta" on line yesterday. I was told at a previous visit, a "lake" appeared on my sonogram scans. Apparently, from what I found online this is a fairly normal finding and doesn't pose trouble (and this is what the doctor told me previously).

Most all of my friends and family know about my pregnancy now. Everyone has been so great and supportive and wishing me well. I am thankful to have everyone praying for me and giving me such great support.