32 and 1/2 week apt.

So my last appointment was in the middle of July and the doctor said everything is looking good!  John and I reminded her that I had gone to talk to the "Blood Specialist" so she left the room to go grab the results he had sent over.  As soon as she was gone, the first thing out of John's mouth was, "So...remember how she's pregnant, too?"  I thought he was kidding because I hadn't noticed anything, but sure enough when she came back, I realized she totally is!!!  I must be a little self absorbed or something, because I had no idea till that moment.  I thought about asking how far along she was, but I didn't want it to get awkward... maybe I will at my next apt.  Anyway when she got back she told me I probably have Gestational Thrombocytopenia aka platelets getting low during pregnancy.  I guess it happens in about 8% of pregnancies.  Again I asked if there was anything I can do about it and she said no, but then she stated "but if your platelet count is too low the day you go into labor, we won't be able to give you an epidural."  WHAT?!?!?!  That was something the specialist failed to mention.  The shock on my face was probably priceless and the most entertaining part of my doctors day.  She then went on to explain that my platelets have always been above the cutoff, so I shouldn't worry too much, but to plan on going natural just in case that's what ends up having to happen.... Great....  To look on the bright side, at least I know now that it could happen, so I'm more mentally prepared.  Plus I do know people who have done it before, so I'm sure I would survive "going natural".... but I really don't want to!!!!  Anyway Long story short please pray for my platelets to stay at a good level.  They'll be drawing my blood again in about two weeks to check my levels, so we'll hope they've gone up instead of down!!

In other news, I'm still working at America First.  However, I knew I wouldn't be able to make things work to return to a 40 hr position after maternity leave.  So... after weeks of dragging my feet, I finally applied to a 30 hr position at a branch that's a little closer to home.  I will be starting at the new branch on Aug. 5th!!!  I'm actually pretty nervous, because I've been at the same branch for just under 2 and 1/2 years, so it's pretty much all I know, but how different could a new branch be...?  Right?  Oh well it'll all work out hopefully...  At least I'll have experience under my belt, that's for sure.

As for John, he is doing well.  He still works at IMC in the heart and lung building.  He enjoys what he does and has even learned how to do Tele-Tech (watching the heart monitors and making sure the patients rhythms are normal) and HUC (Scanning/Ordering prescriptions and other paperwork for the doctors).  This gives him a little more variety in the work place.  I can't believe he's almost been there an entire year now!! (I think he started August 6th 2012).

Anyway sorry for the long, wordy post.  Hope you enjoyed it if you made it this far!!  I'll try to post again after my next appointment :)

The month of June

The month of June sure flew by quickly!  Things have been going well with my pregnancy, and I had 3 different doctor appointments during the last month.  The first was my glucose blood test to see if I had Gestational Diabetes.  That part of the test came back negative, but when they drew my blood, they did notice that both my Iron and Platelets were low.  So right now I'm taking Iron supplements everyday.  As for the platelets, I went and talked to a specialist at IMC, and the only thing the Doctor really had to say was "They're low, but now low enough to worry."  I also asked him if there's anything I can do about it, and he just scoffed and said "No."  So that's, that.  We also decided to do a Fetal Echo for the baby, just to make sure everything was ok with her heart.  All the results came back looking good and so we don't need to worry about that!!  Overall the pregnancy is going great.  I've notice my hands and ankles are starting to swell, but there's nothing really to complain about there.  The heat on the other hand has started taking its toll, but luckily I work in a nice Air Conditioned building, so I'm comfortable most of the time.  

26 Weeks

28 Weeks

30 Weeks

For work, I helped throw a summer social for the staff.  We just had a BBQ in one of my co-worker's back yards and played water balloon volleyball, regular volleyball, had a pinata, and socialized.  In June, I also had the opportunity to go to part of our wards youth conference.  The youth were challenged to read the Book of Mormon live in 3 days, so it was a neat experience for a lot of them.  I only went on the last day, but it was pretty great because we got to read about Jesus coming to the America's and all those other great chapters at the end of the Book of Mormon.  It was interesting because some of the chapters they took turns reading, other parts they acted out, and some of the more popular sections were assigned to designated readers.  It basically felt like a huge read-a-thon...well a spiritual read-a-thon, haha.   As for John, he's been trying to work more hours since he doesn't have school this summer! When he's not at work you can probably find him Bowling with his brothers, Kyle and Brian.  It's fun for him to be able to hang out with them when I'm not around, plus he sure loves to bowl and they get to bowl one free game a day because Kyle's still in High School.  John also got summoned for jury duty during the month of June!  It was kind of stressful just because every time he called in to get the schedule they would tell him to call back the next day around 7.  Finally he was able to go and only ended up having to stay for a couple hours because they didn't choose him to be on the jury.  So that was kind of nice that he got paid just to go to the court for a couple hours!  Other than that, life is good for us!!  I'm now at 30 weeks along, so we're excited to meet our daughter here in about two months!!!  Crazy :)

John and Sarah