16 Week Checkup

This morning was my 16 week checkup and everything went well. The appointment was with Dr. McBride (the doctor that was at the hospital when we delivered in May). I'm wondering if either she was having an "off" day or if I was under enough drugs back in May that I didn't realize this annoying habit she has. She comes off as VERY apologetic with everything. When she tells you things are good it's almost as though she's apologizing that they're good... very ... well, unnerving. Makes you kind of wonder if there's something she's not telling you. Anyway, they drew 3 vials of blood - FUN. One was for a TSH (thyroid) test, it's been looking good but we want to keep an eye on the levels. One was for a CBC (Complete Blood Count), I guess when they drew the blood for that last time they didn't get enough and the last was for the Quad Screen. That's the last part of the sequential genetic testing we're having done. Rather than drive back to Indianapolis just to have blood drawn they worked it out with the lab here and in Indy to draw the blood here and send it to Genzyme (the lab doing the testing). Hopefully that's where it ends up (I get the feeling they don't do it this way often).

Other than that I've gained about 8 pounds so far. The heart beat sounded strong - 145 bpm. Back in 4 weeks for the next appointment and an ultrasound :)