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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The Drs Appt that Ended with a trip to the Hospital!

So I had my 39 week check up yesterday with a growth ultra sound to see how big Lucas is. The ultra sound went great!!! No 10lbs. He is about 8lbs give or take a few. After that I saw the doctor and again he did and exam to see how dialated I was and if anything had changed from the prior week...well I'm still about 1-2cm but my blood pressure was high. He was concerned so he sent me to the hospital to have some tests run and to have me hooked up to a fetal monitor and a machine that monitors my contractions. After a 4 hour stay they sent me home. All the tests came back normal. My contractions were/are about 3-6 minutes apart but nothing strong enough that I can feel. I feel some just not every 3-6 minutes. They did send me home with quite a nice parting gift though...a 24 hour urine test!!!!! They gave me two huge milk jug like containers that I have to pee in for 24 hours straight! Everytime I go it has to be in there and if I forget and go in the toilet I have to start all over again. It's been a fun 18 hours. So tonight at 7 I have to bring my sample back to the hospital for them to test. Talk about fun. Tomorrow I go back to see the Doc for a follow up. Hopefully it wont lead to another trip to the labor and delivery floor just yet.

1 comment:

  1. Wow what an interesting visit to the hospital. I just looked at your countdown. 1 WEEK TO GO UNTIL YOUR OFFICIAL DUE DATE!!! That went soooo fast. So why did you have to do the 24 hour pee test?

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