Woo hoo! We made it two whole
weeks without a doctor’s appointment, or a trip to the hospital! However, I had
experienced some things in the past couple of weeks that were new to me, and
thus concerning, but in the end they just seem to be other common symptoms of
pregnancy! I won’t go into the details…J I did
learn, though, that while my husband and my conscience were telling me to “Just
call the advice nurse to ask if this is normal”, I fought it with all I could
and either denied or made up excuses for the symptoms. I am truly fearful of any
little thing that can throw me back in the hospital, and I am doing my best to
stay out. Some may think its denial, I call it survival! And luckily in this
case, in the end, the problems I was (am) having are nothing too concerning,
and should be easily curable. This according to the cardiologist we saw today,
and the advice nurse, who I finally ended up calling!
The appointment today was also
just another routine checkup on my swelling and heart rhythm problems. For the
first time, I was warned about my weight gain and told that I MUST wear
compression socks (I have worn them twice in the past two weeks, and hated each
day, all day). All in all, however, this doctor echoed what the other one had
said about the wonderful progress I have had so far with this pregnancy, and no
major or threatening issues. All of this may be surprising and impressing to
the care team, but for our family and us, we know this is because of the
prayers for health and protection on behalf of this baby that our friends and
family are circling us with. And though I may be becoming more grumpy about the
other pregnancy related symptoms that are cropping up, I have to truly be
thankful that they are ONLY pregnancy related problems, and not cardiac as
well. I always said I would never be the type of pregnant woman who complains,
and now more than ever, I see the blessings in the acid reflux, constant
pressure to urinate, and so forth J.
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