A bit more relieved

I woke up last night in the middle of the night, but ended up unable to sleep again as I was still worried about the lack of much movement from the baby. I did feel some soft kicks which was reassuring, but not any of the usual combat sessions I get going on.

Unable to sleep and a little bit upset I rang Alexander and we spoke for a while which helped relax me and take my mind off it. So basically I didn’t end up sleeping between 3am and 7am. I finally went back to sleep again and then later in the morning I DID wake up to the baby kicking quite hard, with one of the sessions that I haven’t seemed to feel for days. This reassured me heaps, but I decided to ring the midwives at my Obstetricians office anyway.

They said that as long as I was getting 10 movements a day then everything is fine and it’s normal for the baby to have some quieter days. I honestly can’t remember over the last few days, cuz I’ve been so active with the Adelaide workshop, plus inspection on my house……..then I slept most of Tuesday cuz I was so tired. She said if I got dehydrated at all that could make the baby more sluggish.

Also while I talking to her I discovered that my next appointment is actually tomorrow, which I didn’t realise! Somehow I’ve lost a few days in my mind. So tomorrow I’ll get checked out and I also get my 28 week blood test (which includes the Glucose Challenge Test) plus afterwards I have to have my anti-D injection (due to incompatibility between mine and Alexander’s blood type).

So tomorrow I have to go to Clinpath laboratories first, drink a glucose drink…….then go across the road to the Obstetrician and see her……..then go back to Clinpath and have the blood test an hour after the drink……….THEN go back to the Obstetrician and have my anti-D injection.

oh, I love injections………NOT!

Mind you, I’m looking forward to this blood test just to make sure everything is ok with the baby………maternal instinct is too strong!