Appointment Update

Appointment Update:

Currently: 22 weeks

Weight gain: 14 lbs

Fundal Height (uterus measurement): 29 weeks

Brennan's Heartbeat: 150s

May's Heartbeat: 140s

Cervical Assessment: closed, long, firm (perfect)

Work Status: back to work for 3 eight hour shifts per week

Next Appointment: April 28th

So, as you may be guessing, I have mixed emotions about this appointment. I am so glad to hear that everything looks perfect, but I am not so happy about returning to work. Of course, my return to work is dependent upon everything remaining the same...but, for now that is the plan. The doctor basically said she would have me continue to work this schedule up until delivery as long as everything continues to look ok. I was only planning on working up until the end of May. This is something that Scott and I had discussed, but now he evidently doesn't remember the hundred times we discussed that. I guess I may be working until the end of the pregnancy if things continue to look ok. I have to admit that I am disappointed. And to top things off, when I called my boss, she was really rude about me having to cut back my hours. She acted as if I had not even told her about this on Monday and her quote was "For the rest of the pregnancy?! I'll have to call you back tomorrow because I'm not sure what we are going to do since you have to cut back so MANY hours." What a jerk! Anyway, she actually called me back about 10 minutes ago and of course is trying to make this the hardest possible thing for me...she now is going to have me work 11p-7a...ugh! I really think that 3p-11p makes way more sense. First of all, that is the busiest part of the day...we have alot of visitors and the IV fluids get hung in the evening. Why would she have the charge nurse or another nurse take my assignment for the busiest hours of the shift, only to have me come in for 11p-7a when things have slowed down? It doesn't make sense unless she is doing it just to make things harder on me. So, of course I was scheduled to work Friday, Saturday and Sunday night and 3 nights in a row is not ideal for my return to work. She decided to let me work 3p-11p tomorrow and then Saturday and Sunday I will work 11p-7a. Next week I am scheduled to work Wednesday and Thursday and she said I will either be doing 7p-3a (even worse!) or 11p-7a. She'll get back to me on that. Oh, and did I mention that she originally wanted me to come in tonight from 11p-7a instead of working tomorrow evening...is she crazy? Ok, I'm done with my rant now.

Right now I am trying to just be happy that everything looks really good and the babies are doing well as far as we know. I have an ultrasound next Friday and they will measure my cervical length again just to make sure nothing has changed. They will also be checking the babies to make sure they are growing ok. I am very thankful that everything looks good right now, but I know that things can change fast. I would appreciate your continued prayers that everything will continue to look good and that my return to work would not be too stressful (physically or emotionally).