Today was my first official doctor appointment.  I am totally inexperienced and it is obvious.  My appointment was at 2:30pm…and in true teacher fashion…I had not peed since I had gotten up this morning.  Unfortunately,  as soon as I signed in at the doctors office I went straight to the bathroom, not realizing that I had to pee in a cup.  Lesson #1 learned, don’t pee until you have a cup.  Then I was handed a packet of papers that I had to fill out.  I had no idea what half of the abbreviations were on this sheet.  I have not felt that dumb in a long time.  Lesson #2 learned, lmp stands for last menstrual period…who knew?  Okay, apparently everyone but me.  When we were called back, the first step was to be weighed…what a depressing feeling when you know that number will only get worse.  Then, into the room we went…Micah got to witness a papsmear….yay for him.  We asked some questions and the doctor was really great at answering everything.  She was even intuitive to know that we had questions and made sure she answered them first.  The first on the list…what can I take for a cold.  Yes…I have a cold and the doctor said that I can take Sudafed.  Thank you JESUS…a little relief to this misery.  I also had to get some more blood taken…so after the visit with the doctor I got my paper work, made my next appointments and off I went to the lab.  I had no idea they were going to take 8 tubes of blood.  Ouch!!!!  Lesson #3 learned, they test you for HIV (I get why), but it is a really weird feeling to sign a waiver for the test.  Oh, I almost forgot we were handed a bag full of all sorts of stuff.  I haven’t even began to go through the entire thing yet…but I am all about free samples.

I have another ultrasound on Tuesday, January 27th, and my next doctor’s appointment is Wednesday, February 11th.  We’ll keep you posted.