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| 4 April 2002 27 Weeks 4 Days Wow, I never thought today would be such a sad day, but a little while ago we found out that one of our managers here at work, Jo Anna Rodriguez, lost her baby today. She was due in just a couple of weeks, and was planning on starting her maternity leave on the 14th. It has just made me very sad for her, and a little more worried than normal for me and Bean. I know, just because it happens to someone else doesn't mean anything bad will happen to us, but I still worry. We do not know yet what exactly happened, if she had problems or what the details were. I sent a plant from work, but I can't bring myself to call her right now for fear of upsetting her or for fear of me crying and upsetting her. I pray that the Lord eases her pain and heals her heart. I went for my OB appointment on Tuesday, it was a long one due to the glucose test. They have not called me with the results, but I have never had gestational diabetes before, and I have none of the telltale symptoms, so I am not at all worried that I might have it. They also tested my TSH again, they do it once a month, and no call on that yet either. Bean and I both are measuring right on target - fundal height on Tuesday was 27 centimeters, and I gained another pound and a half. I am still down 8 pounds, but once again Dr. Heroux is not concerned since everything else measures fine. I talked with her about the numbness in my right leg, and she assured me that it is normal during pregnancy. She said that we retain water in different areas than normal while pregnant, and that could be putting pressure on nerves or blood vessels, or Bean could by in a position where she puts pressure on the same things. She basically said to be glad it was just numbness and not pain accompanied by numbness. She told me that it is up to me whether or not I do the March of Dimes Walk America, but I think that it is becoming clear to me that it would be better for me to skip it this year. Last night just walking around the library, my leg went numb in that short of time. I am banned from grocery shopping till Bean is here as well, since this gave me terrible troubles trying to complete the entire grocery shopping trip last week while my leg kept going numb. So, I have to rely on Jon to do the shopping for the next 2 months. I also talked with Dr. Heroux about my questions regarding the depression I feel at times, as well as the postpartum depression that I had following Jacob's birth. After talking about it, she and I decided for me to start Prozac now. I started it yesterday, and I feel not quite so weird on it today. Yesterday it made me nervous and tired, and I just wanted to go home! Actually, I did go home at 11am yesterday, took a half of a sick day. I just couldn't deal with being here, and didn't feel right, so I went home and it helped. I took a nap and read my book, relaxed. She put me on 20mg per day, so it is a small dosage of the meds. They say it will take about 3 weeks to notice the difference. She told me that with each pregnancy, the PPD can get worse, so starting the meds now is the best choice. She also said that I would probably feel better just from having taken the step of talking to her about it. Now that Bean's eyes are open in utero, we tried the little game where you take a flashlight and shine it on your abdomen, she is supposed to be able to see the light and move away from it. It worked, she was really quiet before we put the light on there, and as soon as we turned it on, she moved to the other side of my abdomen! It was really neat!! |
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