Mini-Appointment

Had my second midwife check-up today at 9 o'clock at the hospital (My GP booking were already full!). I think, from start to finish it took about 10 minutes, which I almost felt annoyed about having walked for half an hour to get to hospital - but at the end of the day, if everything is fine and nothing else is needed then I shouldn't complain at all :-)

Blood Pressure is still good (and still better than it was 2 or so months before this whole pregnancy started), urine checked out absolutely fine and I asked if they could look up why I'd been set a letter about needing ambigious 'treatment' in the form of nasty anti-biotics, despite my previous urine being fine also.

I've always had 'wee' issues, a few times when I've had to send off samples it's come back with what the doctors informed me were 'small proteins' but nothing to worry about. The hospital has interpreted these as a 'probably UTI' which I clearly do not have, since my fluid intakes are really high and I have no symptoms whatsoever. So good call on not taking the anti-biotics - I told my midwife I would happily take them if they were really important and that I was also provided some thrush medication (yes, wonderful as that is it's just what anti-biotics tend to do to me) but she didn't think it should be necessary. Hurray!

Then, best of all another one of my team of midwives got her doppler out and geled me so I could hear Ixxy's little heart beating for the first time! My baby is still in there! It sounded like rapid watery pulses and I sneaked a look at the BMP to check with the old wives tale predictions: 159 BMP, which puts me in little girl territory (is there is any truth in that whatsoever). It was enough to convince my Mum anyway, since it was true with me and my brother, she even called Ixxy a real name over the phone, which I almost can't process yet!

My next appointment, nicknamed 'the big scan' was rescheduled and now takes place on the 10th of August and it'll be wonderful to see him/her again. I wonder if it's still as hyper as before!

I feel very tranquil and relaxed, despite being unable to find anywhere open to sell me food at 9.30 in town. Silly 13th bank holiday that doesn't exsist...

:-D