Doctor's Visit

06.26.08

We went to the doctor today and when I walked through the door, I just about passed out. There were no seats in the entire waiting room and the floor was full of kids. I decided to turn around, carefully trying not to step on something that was breathing, and sat outside and sent text messages to LA who squeezed into an empty seat in the waiting room. I told her to put on her mask because of all the germs floating around in that place. So as you can imagine it took a good while to get called to the back and even when she got called to the back, they didn't have a room ready for her yet so she came back out to the waiting room.

Our total wait and doctor time today was 1.5 hours - that's unacceptable. The only positive thing we had going for us at this visit was the fact that the drug reps had someone cater lunch. I knew the nurses and doctors weren't going to miss free food. We meet with the "new" doctor today. She is "new" to the practice but has 18 years of experience that's the good part. She didn't just fall of the doctor truck. Our first opinion was mixed. Hopefully, she is still getting used to how they do things in this office. She seems nice/cordial and knowledgeable but wasn't bubbly like the other doctor and NP in the practice. The baby's heart rate is 139; right on target - 140 is the midpoint. LA is low on iron - just below the normal level but she wouldn't be classified as anemic. The doctor is not overly concerned at this point and instructed LA to take an iron supplement a couple times each week. She doesn't want her to take so much that it makes her stomach upset and makes her constipated. I don't want that either! She measured LA and she measured 31cm. LA is plus 2cm. The margin of error is +/- 2cm. This means it is possible that she is two weeks ahead of schedule. She is officially 29 weeks according to the original due date. Evidently, she doesn't have the "sugar". The doctor mentioned it but we did not specifically ask about the results. The jury is still out on the "new" doctor. We are going to give her another chance in two weeks.

I am pretty sure the Clemson vs Alabama game on August 30 is officially off of my scheduled events for 2008. I was planning on going, but my friends Travis and Minde having their baby early and Travis not being there and then the measuring today have pretty much sealed my fate. I am holding out some hope that she caves in...ATL is only 4.5 hours away. It not like her water breaks and the baby pops out. I will keep working her and my Clemson friends reading this can sign the petition to let me go and offer verbal support for me going whenever you see her. Just assure her everything will be okay..I will have a cell phone. It's really not that far (just like going to gvegas) and he can leave at a moments notice.