6th Doctor's Appointment

I went to my 6th doctor's appointment yesterday July 24th. It was a follow up to my previous appt. for the problems that I had been having. Everything is looking great and moving along well now. I am still having to work reduced hours, but that is just a precaution since I am still having some cramping and discomfort. I also had my glucose/diabetes test yesterday and I have not heard anything from the doctor's office so I am taking that as a good sign. My weight gain is staying very low which is really good and my stomach has grown to the size it should be at 23 weeks.

I also asked the doctor about the bleeding I had earlier this month. Since they had told me that everything was normal I wanted to know if they could possibly tell me what had happened. What they thought had happened was that the placenta had detached from the uterine wall, but my doctor told me that he thinks there was some hemorrhaging between the yolk sack and the uterine wall. I need to be careful that this does not happen again.

I also had the doctor look at my hands since they seem to be breaking out in a rash. He said that I have eczema from the vinyl/latex gloves that I wear at work when I make the candy. The powder from the gloves is drying out my hands and causing the eczema. I have to go and pick up a presciption for that and hopefully it will go away.

The baby's heartbeat is very strong and it is extremely active!!! It was actually kicking the little machine they use to listen to the heartbeat and you could hear it kicking the thing. The baby is so active that sometimes I have a hard time sleeping at night!!! It is also become very fond of stepping or kicking my bladder which sure makes work more interesting!! I think this baby is definitely going to be way different than Cristian!!!!

I was craving pickles for a few months, but now I really want cheese curds!!! I have also been eating alot of chicken!!! I was craving grape kool-aid and grape Gatorade, but now I really want Pepsi for some reason. I am hoping that I don't start craving even more stuff because that is how I ended up gaining so much weight with Cristian in the very end.