No News Is Good News

Yeah!!! I never got a call from Dr. Richter's office, so that means I passed the glucose screening test!!! Originally, I wasn't worried about the screening, but after the bad reaction I had to the drink in the doctor office, I was a bit worried I would have to go back in to take the three hour tolerance test. Luckily, that is all behind us now :)

Last Monthly Appointment

Last Friday, Kevin and I had our last monthly doctor appointment with Dr.Richter. She gave us the results of Hunter's stomach/bowel ultrasound, and everything was normal. It was such a relief to hear her say that! I guess the tech had quicker hands than I thought, and was actually able to get a good picture of Hunter even though he was moving constantly during the ultrasound. I also did the glucose screening, which was actually worse than I thought. Everyone kept telling me how horrible the drink tasted (which wasn't my favorite, but wasn't as bad as I imagined). No one told me that some women feel nausea and want to pass out from it!!! Kevin was really great though, and fanned me with a magazine and held on to me while I tried to not pass out while waiting for Dr. Richter to come in our room. Of course, I was being my stubborn self and wouldn't let him go get the nurse. After a few minutes I felt better though, and Dr. Richter explained that some women have that reaction, so it was nothing to worry about. I will only hear from her office if there is a problem, so hopefully I won't hear anything the next few days. Dr. Richter then talked to us about classes we could take at the hospital to prepare for Hunter and finding a pediatrician. So now that I am off for summer break, I guess I will start calling around and setting up meet and greets with pediatricians. Not that I know what makes one pediatrician more qualified than the other. Luckily I have recommendations from friends, so I'll probably start there first. Now for the next two months, we will start seeing Dr. Richter every two weeks, so we go back for our next appointment on July 1st. It won't be too long before Hunter is here!!!

First Blog Post Ever

Since I have absolutely nothing to do at work, and for once everything is not blocked by our web filter, I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and start a blog. I also thought this would be a good way for our friends and family to keep up with what is going on with Hunter. Kevin and I have our last monthly appointment with Dr. Richter this Friday, and then we will start seeing her every two weeks. At this appointment, I will do the glucose screening test, which I hear taste terrible so I'm really looking forward to it :) Dr. Richter will also talk to us about classes we should take, picking a pediatrician, etc. We will also find out the results of our follow-up ultrasound of Hunter's stomach and bowels. Hunter was pretty active (as usual) during that ultrasound, so I doubt the radiologist had any better pictures to look at. Dr. Richter didn't seem concern with his previous ultrasound, so hopefully everything is fine. I'm sure if there had been a problem, she wouldn't have let us wait seven weeks to do the follow-up. But still, I can't wait to hear that everything is normal!