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February 20, 2008
I'm sorry... you want me to do WHAT?
Well, for those of you who don't know, baby Rohlf #2 is a BOY!! We had our ultrasound yesterday and apparently there is some extra plumbing so we are fairly certain there is a lot of blue in our future! ;)
I have no idea how other clinics do ultrasounds for pregnancies, but my clinic sends you home with some instructions to use the bathroom an hour before your appointment and then chug in a few minutes or less 32 oz of water. Now to all the people reading this and think, "No prob, I drink 32 oz of water in a few minutes all the time" let me tell you- it is not what you think. First of all, if you are chugging 32 oz of water in one sitting it is probably because you are thirsty.... very very thirsty! If someone just randomly asked you to drink 32 oz of water right after breakfast- yeah it wasn't all that fun. Take into account that I'm still throwing up at times due to this lil' one- I found myself gagging during the last 10 oz. AND THEN I'm pregnant- so this lil' guy is already sitting on my bladder. On a normal givin day or night this is how my routine is. Make dinner, use the bathroom, clean up dinner, use the bathroom, drive to church, use the bathroom, ect, ect. You get the idea. There is not a lot of room in there on a normal day. I felt so bloated and sick and then I go in for the ultrasound and it isn't just some light wand grazing across your belly. It is all out 'push of war' as the tech is trying to get measurments of the baby and it isn't quite in the right position. Oh my! At last she said she finally said, "You can go empty your bladder now." Praise the Lord I didn't have any accidents as I was running to the bathroom. I tell you what, after going through pregnancy the first time and now seeing as how things are going this time... I look at the "depends" aisle in Walmart through a whole new set of lenses. :)
Anyway, that may be tmi- but if you are ever in line for the bathroom with a prego lady... for the love! Let her go first! :)
Posted by Leah at February 20, 2008 03:17 PM
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Oh man, I loved it when people let me go first in line for the bathroom. And when people didn't I wanted to say "Um, do you have a child doing back flips on your bladder??!" Ahh... yeah, I too clearly remember my bedtime routine. Wash face. Use bathroom. Change clothes. Use bathroom. Get in bed. Get back out of bed. Use bathroom. Etc, etc.
Posted by: Sarah at February 20, 2008 03:35 PM
Wow! I had NO idea it was that crazy! A lot to look forward to I suppose... hopefully I'll have a few years to prepare my bladder!
Posted by: Holly Boston at February 20, 2008 07:55 PM
Welcome Ralph! ;) I'm excited for Belle to have a little brother. What fun! I'm excited for you guys! Oh, and I don't mind the explicit pregnant woman talk. an all too normal part of prego--weird body things and discomforts. I actually bought a bunch of something like Depends almost a year ago. I didn't end up needing them...what to do with a bunch of too thick pads? (prank someone?) save them? yeah, I think that's what I"m doing.
Posted by: Jackie at February 20, 2008 09:07 PM
Melissa would sneeze and then get all mad at the baby...I should look into the depends thing for next time :)
Posted by: Ben L at February 20, 2008 09:56 PM
Oh man! Sneezing is the worst! I have to stop whatever I'm doing and concentrate very hard... sometimes it works, smetimes it doesn't. :)
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