The Joy of Peeing

Today's weigh-in: 210.2

Not sure yet if I'm legitimately gaining weight, or if I'm just eating poorly. Between the chocolate chip cookies I baked, the birthday cake I made for my husband, and the wedding cake I had at a reception last night, surely it isn't just baby weight. I really need to get back to working out regularly. Probably my best bet at this point would be the walking workout videos I used to do with my coworkers. They're great for getting your heart rate up, but you can vary the intensity with which you workout. I just don't relish bouncing along on my elliptical machine. Boobs are still sore, you know.

We've let a few more people in on our secret. My husband has told a couple of his friends, and I've told three of my best friends, three former coworkers, and my aunt, uncle, and three cousins. Wow, I guess that's more than a few people! Not sure if my mother-in-law has told any other relatives, although I did give her permission to. We've successfully kept it off Facebook, which is great. I'd love to show up to the graduation at the high school where I used to teach and surprise the heck out of my former students.

I've had a couple of doctor's appointments. Had my basic checkup with the OB. She wanted me to meet with a maternal fetal medicine specialist regarding my blood pressure, since I take medication for it. Kind of anticlimactic, really; he decided to keep me on my medication and just keep an eye on my blood pressure. Hello? That's what I do anyway, pregnant or not.

Also had to do what they call a "24-hour urine". That's fancy-speak for peeing in a container for a whole day. They wanted to test my kidneys to make sure I didn't have any damage from years of high blood pressure. I had a little plastic cover for my toilet that my urine would collect in. I then had to take it and pour it into a big orange bottle. I had to keep the bottle in the refrigerator. Thankfully, we have a second fridge in our garage that doesn't really have anything in it. Ew. And I had to be careful to collect ALL my pee and not accidentally spill any (or accidentally collect any non-pee. Hard to remember to move the plastic cover to poo). I was very happy to take it back in to the lab.

But all my test results have come back good. The results from our ultrasound came back very good: our probabilities of genetic disorders are WAY below the average for my age group. Our likelihood of Downs is one in 331, and our likelihood of another chromosomal trisomy are one in 9,000. Pretty good odds, I'd say. The lab analyzed my pee and my blood and determined I had no abnormalities in my kidneys, and the doctor sent me a message that my pap smear (which she did during my checkup) was completely normal.

So I'm pretty hopeful that everything is progressing as it should. Still not feeling the baby kicking or anything yet; at least, I don't think so. I've felt a few little flutters down there, but those could easily be digestion-related. A couple more weeks and I should start feeling more stuff.

Not much else going on. I've got another check-up in May, and my second trimester ultrasound in June. Keep your fingers crossed!