Thanks to some vicious morning sickness, the ride was so eventful that I begged the receptionist for crackers upon check-in. Leave it to an OB-GYN office to have a pregnant nurse or two with plenty of crackers on stand-by!
While sitting under the sheet, the doctor, the Hub and I had a quick question and answer session where I learned some really important stuff:
1. Shooting trap is absolutely fine. Even when the baby grows earbuds (later ears), there is enough amniotic fluid, uterus, belly body and clothes to be clear of damage. It makes sense. As far as lead - I'm not eating it.
2. If the cheese is pasteurized, it's a "go" In fact, I would be hard-pressed to find un-pasteurized cheese at a normal restaurant. Beet and Goat Cheese salad at Lo Russo's Cucina? OH. YEAH.
3. No to SCUBA, white water rafting, or horseback riding.
4. Yes to curling, wearing spanx to a wedding this weekend and taking an occasional Zyrtec with my allergy shots.
5. Low DEET bugspray is alright. Skin So Soft is so much better. I think I'll have to load up.
6. Hard time with nausea and morning sickness? Eat all day. And, when that doesn't work, take a Zofran. Sweet Moses. It's safe. It can be pricey. But, if the choice is spending a little money OR dry heaving for seamingly no reason. . . 'Nuff said.
7. I'll get the Pap and Breast Exam when I'm actually due. I was relieved to hear this because I'm pretty sure my knockers wouldn't tolerate any contact.
If this was all I got, I would still think that it was a productive visit. But, soon after the Q&A, we got down to business. . .
The Hub watched - wide-eyed-as-hell while the Doctor condomed (is that even a word?) and lubed up a vaginal probe. I have a tilted uterus, so at such an early stage, the probe had to be pushed not only in, but down towards my butt. Really, you can't apologize to me for that.
Despite the awkward discomfort, we saw it. Heartbeat and all.
Apparently, the Hub and I are such overachievers that we not only set this in motion in one try. . but we also managed to implant as far as possible away from my cervix. Genius, folks. Seriously.
The next appointment is in three and a half weeks. I hope to come up a whole new list of crazy shit to ask.
2 comments:
No excuse for us now. You can still trap and I've learned to trap shot. Wippeee!
Yeah, we can still go trap shooting, you know, now that I know how to do it.
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