Baby P Photoshoot!!!!

This morning we spent a long while at the doctor's office for my glucose test and anomaly scan.  I was pretty tired from our party with the Huffho's on Thursday night, so I fell asleep early last night and slept right through until 8:20 a.m. today!  It was AWESOME - especially since I was supposed to be fasting.  We left the house at 8:45 and although my stomach was growling already, I was hopeful that I'd get to eat shortly after 9.

NOTTA!

They informed me upon arrival that I couldn't end my fast until after all three blood tests had been taken!  YEESH!  That meant I had to wait until lunch time!  (I half rolled my eyes and thought, "YA RIGHT!")

Anyways, after we did blood test number one they gave me a really disgusting orange juice syrup to drink.  The bottle said "75g of glucose" and "not to be consumed without medical supervision".  ICK!  That stuff was horrid.  But I managed to get it down my throat quickly, as we had to head over to the ultrasound room.

In the ultrasound room, I had a specialist perform something called an anomaly scan on Baby P.  Basically, it was a glorified photoshoot! He took pictures of all her "perfect" parts - her four-chambered heart, kidneys, bladder, spinal cord, etc.  He also commented on how "peaceful" she was - not moving at all during the entire procedure!  This is the first we had ever heard such feedback about our baby girl.  Usually, the doctor is telling us how active she is!  I explained to the doctor that she was most likely in a SUGAR COMA! 

In other ultrasound news, the due date has been changed YET AGAIN to February 16th!  Baby P is one week younger than we thought - making tomorrow her 20 week milestone :)  I wonder how many more birthday's we will hear between now and the REAL DEAL!

After the scan, we had to go speak to our obstetrician about getting a medical note for the business office at school.  Who knew that you needed medical PROOF to confirm a pregnancy?!  Alas, we did.  She wrote us a note quickly and said she'd see us in two weeks.

With time to kill before the next blood test, we went for a nice walk around the clinic - stopping at McDonald's for Phillip to pick up some breakfast (I told him that he wasn't the one fasting and NEEDED TO EAT!) and to browse some shops.  Then it was back to the clinic for blood test #2.

With yet another hour to spare, we returned to the shops and ended up in a store called Mothercare.  I got a really adorable new shirt with pink and white stripes that reads "I LOVE MY BUMP!"  Phil also decided a pregnancy pillow would help me sleep so we picked up one of those as well.  It was really fun browsing all the girly baby clothes - something we haven't done since finding out the gender a few weeks ago!

Ah - back at the clinic we did blood test #3 and then hurried home as fast as possible!  I ate TWO LUNCHES upon arrival and then we laid in bed and watched "What to Expect When You're Expecting" together.  (My hubs is the BEST, right?!)

Now I'm STILL laying in bed.....perhaps in a "sugar coma"....feeling pretty BLAH with a bad headache.  Luckily, we have ZERO plans for the afternoon (besides marking!) and I can lay here comfortably with my new body-length pillow!

The doctor is calling us later this evening with our bloodwork results.  Inshallah, everything will be A-OKAY!

HAPPY SATURDAY TO ALL OF YOU!