Ultrasounds and New Perfume - Update #6

With more than a handful of ultrasounds completed we have become, dare I say, savvy, with the whole process. There are a few rules to follow, they are simple in theory but yet almost impossible to carry out. These are in order of importance from least to greatest based solely on my opinion. #3) Drink enough fluid to allow the tech to see things well; a full bladder allows things to be more visible. Problem is if you have a full bladder inevitably the lab will be behind and it is next to impossible to keep the bladder engorged; leaving you with successively worse pee shivers until the scan is complete. #2) Don't lay completley on your back, this is the easiest to follow. We learned this the hard way during a recent and particularily long ultrasound. Joanna looked over at me and it wasnt the 'look at our sweet children swimming inside me' look. It was more of the 'my blood is not returning properly back to my heart from my feet and legs via my inferior vena cava' look. Solution; ask the tech to put a foam wedge under your side and everything will be hunky dorey. Finally #1) Under all circumstances never ask the tech questions. Let me repeat that, don't ask anything. They are techs, not doctors. They are paid to scan not to interpret what they see. Now as a pregnant women you want to know what every little thing that is going on the screen. Resist the temptation because they dont know your circumstances and may say something that is no big deal but you will over analyze that little phrase every agonizing minute until the actual doctor comes to your room many hours later to relieve your clearly unfounded fears.

We have had some good news with regard to the recent ultrasounds. It seems as if the babies are growing quite well. Our doctor confirmed yesterday that the girls are at the size that a singleton would be at 29 weeks! The girls weigh in the neighbourhood of 2.2-2.4 lbs. The fantastic news was kind of short lived though, as the docs were in dissbelief of our relatively ginormous babies. Subsequetly Joanna was promtly tested for gestational diabetes. This test came back negative, and just to be sure this morning Jo had to chug the glucose drink for the second time. Can you say 'delish!'

The eternal entreprenure I am I was wondering what that wonderful smell was as I was driving home last afternoon. It then occured to me it was 'insta-tuitionelle', my latest addition to the already saturated fragrance market. Since smell is the number one marker for memory this new fragrance will allow us to................HOLD THE PHONE, BACK THE TRUCK UP........this perfume should under all circumstances stay at the hospital. I actully think that they make it smell like they do so you fight hard/comply to orders so you can get the heck out of there as fast as possible!!

Joanna got to soak in give or take 3 minutes of sunshine yesterday. 1 minute to the patio, 3 minutes outside, and 1 minute back to the room. A highlight forsure. My highlight was the food order blunder today. Jo chooses her food for lunch, dinner, and the next morning; she does this all on one sheet of paper that is seperated into 3 colums, 1 per meal. Today breakfast came and the accompanying order sheet. Something was off though, the indicator may have been the fact that there was nothing on the tray that Joanna had actually ordered. Not to mention, and this is by far the best part, a new sheet had been printed off and new items had been circled, compounding the hilarity it was in ink and Jo always circles the items in pencil. Are you kidding me..... anyways if this is the worst part of the day then we are having a wonderful day. Ill take more of those days with a touch less 'intsa-tuitionelle'.

Ryan

P.S.

Once again here is the contact email info for visiting Joanna.

thegirls@coastalfitness.ca