Okay, I know it has been a week since I last posted- time got away from me this week. I had my 2nd prenatal visit this week and things look good. All my labs were perfect, my weight was good, and the baby's heartbeat sounds great. I was less than enthused about the nurse midwife I saw, she wasn't that knowledgable. She recommended taking omega-3's (fish oil) as there is some research that suggests it helps prevent preterm labor and helps with brain and eye development, but didn't know what dose to take. She just gave me samples- but the dose is pretty puny. We suggest people take 1000 mg daily of DHA and EPA for cardiovascular health but this is only 300 mg DHA. I'll have to look up the dose in the studies myself. Anyway, unfortunately I cannot report that my nausea has disappeared- despite now being in my second trimester- bummer. I have days where I do pretty well, and then others where I'm back to wishing I could lay on the couch all day. So that's getting really annoying. Thursday night I was particularly sick feeling and B came home late from work. I was changing for bed and he came in with a huge smile on his face and said- you're stomach is growing! Nice thing to say to a pregnant gal- I cried. Not that I don't want to grow a healthy baby, but its hard to be in the stage where you don't look pregnant- just getting rounder. So he held me while I cried more, but couldn't wipe that silly smile off his face. He's so excited.
In non-baby news, I had a 6 month review at work and everyone was so complementary. They said my knowledge level and confidence makes them forget that I'm only an intern. A little scary but nice to hear since in July I will be an upper level. I'm continuing to work on boundaries with my patients- we serve a lot of needy and manipulative people, but I'm improving. I even told a patient yesterday that I will be talking to her specialists and to her pharmacy about the fact that I'm in charge of her medications and that if I find out that she asks them for refills of something I've denied, she will no longer be my patient. I was very proud of myself! Anyway, better run, my house is filthy and we have dinner plans tonight!
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