Overall, we were pleased with our visit and felt good about the place and the care they provide. It was quite a different experience from our trip to Merryhill School, our other option, as the tour there was on a Saturday while kids were not present. On our tour today, kids were everywhere! It happened to be picture day and the kids were precious getting their pictures taken in costumes like an astronaut or a pilot. With the exception of the kids being present the two schools offer very similar care so it will be a tough decision on which daycare is right for us. Fortunately, we still have some time so we will start weighing the pros and cons soon.
After our tour we headed to Kaiser for our monthly doctor's appointment which included a gestational diabetes test. I stopped by the lab to drink the sugary concoction before heading upstairs. I was dreading the test but it actually was not as bad as I anticipated. The drink was fairly small but insanely sweet! The worst part was having to chug it in front of the lady at the lab. She pulled it directly out of the fridge before handing it to me and it was so cold that I was getting brain freeze while downing it. After finishing, I headed upstairs to my appointment, having to wait one hour before having blood drawn for the test. I checked in with the front desk and we waited to be called back. Soon after sitting down, Baby Stepp started moving around like crazy! She must have gotten a sugar high from that drink. I guess that is a sign of things to come. Note to self: don't feed babies sugar, they go crazy!
Our appointments have been alternating each month between my OBGYN and the nurse practitioner. This appointment was with the nurse practitioner and was fairly uneventful. Per normal procedure, they checked my vitals and all was well. However, I am still convinced that the scale at the doctor's office is broken!! During the appointment, we got to hear the heartbeat with the doppler. Every other time, the heartbeat was all that one could hear, but this time the predominant noise was her moving around in there...still on her sugar high.
Since we recently decided to go with a midwife for our delivery we requested assistance in scheduling an appointment with one of them in Roseville. This process quickly turned into a situation as nobody was sure how to schedule it! After 3 failed attempts we finally had a woman come by that was familiar with how to schedule an appointment with a midwife. She got our information and told us she would set up an appointment and would call us later today.
We then headed back down to the lab to have my blood drawn, having successfully passing the hour with the appointment and our scheduling pursuits. As soon as we got to the lab I had my blood drawn and we were done! In addition to gestational diabetes the blood work will be analyzed for anemia. If they see a problem they will call within the next 3 days, otherwise we won't hear from them. We have our fingers crossed that we don't hear from them!
We split ways and headed to work, both wishing we could call in and take the rest of the day off. Unfortunately we both had obligations and couldn't give in to our desires. I'm glad that I made the decision to go in since my wonderful husband sent me a beautiful bouquet of roses to the office! :)
Now that the day has come to an end we are headed out to a romantic evening of Burger Mania at Woody's and Gnomeo and Juliet in 3D!
Love it! :)
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