Scary Phone Call

Two weeks ago, I went in for a normal, BORING doctor's appointment. The usual: pee in cup, weigh on scale, listen to baby's heartbeat. I also had to chug a lug the nasty glucose drink in 4 minutes, and then have blood drawn for the gestational diabetes screening. The drink itself was not so bad tasting, it was having to down this liquid sugar in 4 minutes that was difficult. I got through it, and asked when they would have my results. They said it would be a week. Well, I knew we were leaving for St John the following Friday. So, last Thursday, when I got off work, I called to ask about my results. I called 7 minutes after they closed, apparently. I went on vacation and forgot about it. However, after having severe headaches and a LOT of dizziness for the first three days of our trip, I was somehow not surprised to receive a phone message as I got off the plane last night asking me to call the doctor's office at my "earliest convenience." When I got the message, it was after 8 pm, so I couldn't call. Instead, I spent all night worrying about having to go for the follow up glucose screening. If you fail the first test, they make you come in, drink the nasty thing again, and then take your blood every hour for THREE HOURS. This is terrible. To say nothing of the implications that I might actually have GD. I called the office as soon as my assistant got into the classroom this morning, and the receptionist actually asked me to call back after 1:30!!!!! She said there was only one nurse on at that time, and she was totally swamped. GRRR. Anyway, I called back, and the short answer is I am fine. I am anemic, and the doctor wants me to take iron supplements. Aha. Not a huge surprise, actually. Red meat is expensive, and we have been doing a crap job cooking lately, since we've both been so very busy. Apparently, beef, broccoli, spinach and perhaps Cream of Wheat are in my future. On a side note, I love that the only thing the nurse told me to do was to take an iron supplement. I have no problem doing so, but there was no discussion of foods that are high in iron that might also help. I just know them from a lifetime of anemia. Geez.

In other news, after spending a week in the tropics with a rather large growth, I have determined that I will do anything in my power to avoid being pregnant in the DC summer heat. Sorry Jessica. But honestly, I was miserable, and seemed to make Shawn miserable with my miserablosity. Never again. Of course, as Shawn pointed out when I made this comment to him, since we seem to be SO GOOD at timing our pregnancies up to now...HA. Obviously, you can't plan everything out in advance, but good Lord, do I not want to be hugely pregnant during the summer.

Hoping to take a belly picture this weekend, during our ten minutes of down time, so look for that post soon!