Doom’s Day…well, maybe.

Tomorrow is the day (that’s today for most of you, given the time I post).  I head into a doctor’s appointment to have a few tests done and in the end find out if I will be banished to bed rest during this pregnancy. 

When I was pregnant with Tara, all hades broke loose at 32 weeks when I was well into labor and didn’t know it…I ended up in the hospital and then on bed rest taking these crazy anti-contraction pills that made me shake like a leaf and stutter when I spoke (the stuttering was the funny part, the bed rest was not…lying around doing nothing is fun for about two days, and then I just can’t do it anymore…certainly one of the biggest differences between me and Brad).

The first test is a gestational diabetes test.  I have to drink this orange stuff that is nothing but sugar and then they do a blood test.  The drink would be terrible for some people, I’m sure, but to me it’s just orange pop that has lost it’s carbonation.  I don’t mind flat orange pop, so no big deal.  Actually I laughed when I had to even take this test…I eat bags of cotton candy with orange pop chasers and don’t have any troubles, so if I have gestational diabetes it will come as a great shock to me.

The next test is really just an ultra sound (YAY - more pictures of Tim!) to measure my  cervix and compare that measurement against my last ultrasound.  That’s the one that will doom me (or not).  Strangely, I don’t have an inclination either way…so…I guess it will be nearly as surprising this time as it was with Tara…or not…

Glucola.  For lack of a better name?

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Comment by Peggy on April 26, 2007 at 7:41 am

Good luck tomorrow!

And I’m sure Lauren wouldn’t mind picking you up so Lloyd will have some company in the car while she shops. Maybe she could build a giant stroller & walk the both of you around the block too.

 
Comment by Brad on April 26, 2007 at 1:45 pm

Is it really called Glucola, or was that a joke? Either way it’s HILARIOUS!

Hahaha!

Comment by Beth on April 26, 2007 at 8:19 pm

HILARIOUS!!! Yes, indeed, it’s really called Glucola.

 
 
Comment by Lauren on April 26, 2007 at 3:41 pm

Brad! You stole my comment! Now I’ll have to think of something else.

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Dang.

 
Comment by Karla on April 26, 2007 at 5:49 pm

Is the u/s check of your cervix a standard test your doctor does, or is it because of your history? Nobody cared about my cervix when I was pregnant and I’m bummed that I missed out on an u/s. But I did get to see her at 4.5 weeks, so that was cool - except she was just a little circle then. Ah, the joys of seeing an RE.

I liked the drink too! Tasty stuff! :D

Comment by Beth on April 26, 2007 at 8:18 pm

Ultrasounds are a regular part of my ob visits. They have scheduled ones at 8 and 20 weeks. Since my doctor has a machine right in her office, I talked her into one at 14 weeks so we could find out early that we have a little boy…and this one (as well as the one they’ll do in 4 weeks) I’m getting specifically because when I was pregnant with Tara, at 32 weeks I was already 70% efaced…yikes! So they’re measuring my cervix to make sure it’s strong enough to keep Tim where he should be…

 
 
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