An apple a day

Does not keep the doctor away when you are knocked up.
NOTHING keeps the doctor away when you are knocked up except other knocked up ladies.
Learned that one yesterday.
Had my appointment in the afternoon. Joe was unable to make this one due to some work stuff. Really not a biggie, the appointments have become pretty routine at this point. The high points being:

• pee in cup
• get weighed
• blood pressure
• baby heart rate
• measure belly
• Any questions?
• Go home or back to work.

And that is it. Really, all of it. You spend more time in the waiting room than in the exam room.
So, get there yesterday. And the nurse informs me there is only one doc there, so they are running a "little behind".
The fact that there is only one doctor there is a little odd as there are 5 doctors in the clinic. Turns out doctors want time off too and 3 of the 5 had planned to be out for the day. Of the two that were scheduled, one got called away to a family emergency. Leaving just, one.
I proceed to grab the paper and get comfy in the waiting room. As I am sitting there, I hear the nurse at the desk tell the next woman that comes in, "The doctor had to leave for a delivery, so we will just want to reschedule you".
I am thinking, hhmmn. Odd, they haven't rescheduled me. Maybe someone came back from lunch and can see me?
They don't say anything to me, so back to the paper I go. Make it through that. Get to the magazine rack. Grab something roughly 3 months old and get to work on that before I hear my name. And its not the nurse escorting me to the back area for the appt. Its the booking nurse at the desk.
Bottom line -- no doctors in the house. And I have been sitting there for about 35 + minutes at this point. But -- silver lining, if I don't have any big issues to discuss with the doctor a nurse can see me.
Done and done.
So, see the nurse, the sequence above, doesn't change and this is how things played out:
Me: gained 5 lbs. 5 POUNDS IN TWO WEEKS. Ugh.
Tummy: Measuring at 34"
Little Leprechaun: Confirmed head down (good thing) and heart rate @ 135.
So, bottom line, he and I are both doing what we are supposed to. Although I would argue that 5 lbs in two weeks is a little aggressive in my mind.
So an HOUR later. I left the office.
Oh, and I got a flu shot.

In other news, got some pictures of the baby shower from home posted on the Flickr site. Thanks much to Brooke for passing them on. Now I just need to get cracking on those darn thank-yous. I swear, you all will get them before he is born. That is my solemn promise.

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