I had an appointment with a midwife today to make sure everything is on track. Very short, boring appointment, and in a nutshell, she and I are still doing well!
For anyone that likes medical details, I'm weighing in at between 18 and 20 pounds weight gain, blood pressure is normal, all fluid screens came back normal, and the midwife said I looked great. Her heart rate was 150, which is higher than her usual 142/143 and still awesome. She moved a little during the Doppler scan, so I think she is still adverse to people measuring her like in her last sonogram :-).
The next appointment is the super fun glucose screen. I'm honestly wondering how sweet it will be, since I am used to consuming large quantities of sweet things ever since my two year stint as a candy salesperson (but not since I learned about her). As an interesting alternative the practice apparently offers 18 Brach's jellybeans instead of the sweet liquid "for all those that can't handle drinking it." I used to eat tons of Brach's jellybeans in one sitting for fun, so maybe the liquid won't be that bad?
We shall see!
Your practice is awesome! I would gladly take those jellybeans over flat, syrupy orange soda!
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