13w4d (cont.)

I just realized that I forgot to update about my appt. and u/s yesterday. It ended up being a 2 hr appointment, partly due to chatting with Dr. Wall about iPads, Facebook, and all sorts of random things! Also, my little ones are partly to blame for taking forever to show their goods!

So, Dr. Wall had said that they'd be able to guess at the sexes at that appt. And, he was right, sort of. They did guess but both he and the tech said that they were TOTAL guesses. Personally, I don't think they are right, either. So, for now, the sexes remain just as much a mystery as they were before my appointment. I do have to really applaud the tech because she literally spent 20 minutes making sure to get good shots between their legs. But, even with all of her trying, and great pictures, it's just too early to tell. However, both Dr. Wall and the tech said that they should be able to tell at my next u/s, at 15w3d, so I'm SUPER excited about that appointment!

Otherwise, all was well. The babies both measured right on track with heartbeats of 151 and 153. There was no evidence of a bleed so either there never was one or it went away (I suspect the former). Absolutely everything looked good with the little ones, who were super wiggly and gave us something of a show!

As for me, I had a small amount of protein in my urine for the first time. Dr. Wall said that it could be from a UTI. I haven't had any symptoms of one but I do get them chronically, so I am hoping that is all it is. I can't even imagine starting to go down the pre-e path this early, so I'm sticking with UTI until proven otherwise. My BP is completely normal (112/75, I think), but I have been swelling anytime that I'm on my feet. Still, I have funky kidneys... I swell. It could all be nothing. We're going with nothing.

Otherwise, it's just still more of the same thing. I'm still taking Zofran and Phenergan daily. Back on the Diflucan to try to get rid of the dang yeast once and for all. Lots of rest for some of the other stuff.

My favorite moment of the appointment was when Dr. Wall was talking about the pelvic pain (I think that he suspects that I might be developing SPD) and I told him that the nurse has said that it was caused by an "old uterus." His response? "I wouldn't say that. Now, high mileage uterus, maybe..." Ah, Dr. Wall. I couldn't survive a pregnancy without him!

For the record, I'm up 4 lbs from pre-pg now. I got a DVD with video of the entire u/s so I'll try to cut it down to a few good moments soon. It's EXTRA long due to all of that searching for sex clues!