Yesterday, I had some weird mucus-y bloody discharge. I had had some pink spotting but this was red, red. I called the advice line. Then had a phone appointment with an OB. She said if I wanted to wait til Tuesday, that would likely be ok. If I wanted to go to the ER that was ok too. (She said everything sounded fine, but since she couldn't examine me, she couldn't be sure). I knew I needed the piece of mind, or I'd drive myself crazy.
My mom came with me, so Aaron could stay with Bertram. I checked in around 3pm. Around 3:45 I had an ultrasound (which I didn't get to see, boo). Around 4 I had a blood draw, and they said no eating or drinking til I left. The blood work was going to take two hours, then I could have a pelvic and be done.
So we waited and waited. And a smelly homeless guy sat near us, so we had to move. Mom finished her book. I had played on my phone for too long.
At 7, I went and talked to the nurse to see if my blood work was back. She said it was, but they needed a room in the back to do the pelvic. I told her they could do it in the waiting room, because I wanted to just be done. She said there were four people ahead of me. So we waited more. But then she came out 10 minutes later and said they could see me in one of the front rooms. (The reason they didn't want to do it there was because there was no door (just a curtain) and the bed was a small gurney, without stirrups). They had me prop up on a bedpan, since the bed wasn't made for pelvic exams. It was fairly uncomfortable, the dr had to bend the speculum all around to get a proper view of my cervix. He said it looked closed, the blood work was good, and the ultrasound was good. He said to follow up with my OB on Tuesday.
We left a little before 8. It was a long afternoon. But the ER was pretty busy most of the time we were there. We went to Jack in the Box because we were both starving.
I have a follow up with my OB tomorrow afternoon. I think I see her like every week. This pregnancy has been a bit rough.
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