Obstetrician appointment

Had my appointment today which also included the Glucose Challenge Test, which involves drinking some straight glucose and having a blood test an hour later. I also had to have my Anti-D injection in my arm which wasn’t fun dealing with 2 injections considering the glucose made me feel a bit sick (apparently it’s normal for it to make you feel nauseous).

Anyway, all was fine, baby’s heartbeat and she also did a brief ultrasound. Baby is currently head up butt down, but this means nothing as baby still has enough room to regularly change positions. It was really reassuring to see everything is fine though, and apparently worried phone calls like mine are quite common. It seems that about this stage, you get used to the kicks, so you tend to stop noticing the small kicks……….so when you don’t remembering feeling a kick for ages it’s normal to suddenly panic. My obstetrician (who was really wonderful and understanding) said to me to feel free to ring the hospital I’m booked into at any time if I’m ever worried. They’ve always got midwives there around the clock.

My blood pressure was a bit higher than it usually is, but since it’s normally low it means it’s risen to a horribly normal level, so nothing wrong with that, lol. She’s also reassured me with some questions I’ve had regarding flying with a baby, since Alexander and I are currently looking into flights for him to come here and for both of us to return to The Netherlands later, so I’m now armed with extra info about what to expect.

I was also let her know how incredibly tired I’ve been. It seems that even after 8 hours sleep, I wake up feeling like wanting to go back to sleep and I spend the entire day exhausted. I know I’ve got some stressful things going on, and being pregnant isn’t easy, but I wasn’t sure if it was normal to feel like this? The blood test I had will check my iron levels as well just in case, but she basically said it’s quite normal to feel so tired. She also feels that it’s an extra culture shock for me, cuz I’m so accustomed to being fit, healthy and energetic, so slowing down isn’t an easy thing for me.

So it’s all exciting and all happening! My appointments with the Obstretician increase to every 2 weeks now. I think either this week or next week I’m officially into the third trimester.  Not really sure if the third trimester begins at the beginning of week 28, or the end of week 28?