Bye-Bye July! Hello June-bug!!

Wednesday I had my first OB appointment and we discovered that I was a week off! So my due date is no longer in July... it's June 25! Miracle's birthday!!! Rick and I got to see our little June-bug on ultrasound (tho the doc didn't print us a pic) and she looks great! Her little heart-rate was 174 bpm. (Yes, we're hoping for a girl!) This doctor is a perinatologist in Rolla. Rick really likes him.... he's very knowledgeable in so many areas, he's very matter-of-fact, and he was a Navy Corpman for 6 years. So Rick REALLY respects him. I can DEFINITELY see the military medical training in this guy. He could really care less how this pregnancy affects me emotionally. He didn't once ask me how I was feeling or what hopes I had throughout this pregnancy. It's his job to keep me alive and he made it clear that that's all that is important to him. To me, he kinda sucked the fun out of going in for those prenatal visits. After taking my history, he tried to scare me half to death. He ordered blood work (which ended up being 14 VILES worth!!!) to test for everything under the sun. Then he expalined to me all the various ways this pregnancy could be "potentailly" dangerous. I guess he doesn't realize who he's talking to. He'll soon learn. :>) But, I will say, he IS thorough. He's testing me for things I've never even heard of. So, I at least am confident that he takes my lupus seriously and I'm sure if I ever sneeze, he'll run a test for everything from the common cold to the bird flu! lol

Oh that's another thing! He wanted me to take the flu shot. He said that being pregnant and having lupus are BOTH reasons that I should take it. He didn't ask me if I wanted it... he just ordered it. When the nurse brought it, I asked her if I could decline it. The doctor popped in and looked at me like I was nuts. He kept trying to tell me that it won't hurt that bad, yada yada. I finally explained that I'm not afraid of the pain... I'm just picky about immunizations. I feel that doctors these days want to inject us with everything under the sun. You should have heard the fight that he put up... but in the end, I won. He made me sign something saying that I declined it... and apparently, I'm the first patient of his to ever decline it. He said, "Just sign this saying that you're declining the flu shot even tho it could potentially kill you." Good grief. He may turn out to be more of a drama queen than I am! It'll be a fun 30 more weeks! I go back Dec 20 and we'll have another ultrasound then. YAY!!!

I'll post pictures as soon as I can!