Last week seemed hopeful and I worried that coming back this week, after getting such good news, I’d have a your-uterus-is-a-glass-that-is-half-empty-not-half-full doctor with a furrowed brow and concern.  Thankfully, that wasn’t the case.

Just like any doctor’s office, going early is almost always the best plan. Last week we waited in the afternoon for almost an hour before I even got called back – this morning I was back to work within an hour and a half of my appointment. I’ll be sticking with mornings.

After a scan with the ultrasound tech where kiddo was still hanging out breech and being a little bit squirmy, the doctor came in. She, the third doctor I’ve seen at this practice, was warm and friendly. She said all the numbers looked good – that her fluid was still on the low end, but there were a lot of pockets of fluid and that some of them were pretty large (2cm x 2cm is apparently large here). She joked that I was sort of “fake high-risk” in the sense that things were not as dire as most of their patients. When I asked about kiddo’s size, she said they’d be taking measurements next week and that if all looked on track, they might release me back to my regular doctor.

I asked her about the protein shakes I’ve been drinking (admittedly, I haven’t been chugging them as much since the last appointment) and she shrugged. She said if I hadn’t gained any weight during the pregnancy (I’m at about 10lbs up at this point) or if I was dehydrated, she’d be far more concerned. She laughed and said “actually, your urine looks beautiful – I don’t know if anyone has ever told you that before” to which I responded “oh thank you!” We both laughed and I told her that was a great compliment, and that it was like Valentine’s Day all over again.

She pointed out that Ember is “practicing her breathing” which is apparently a thing little tiny people do – you can see her ribs moving back and forth while she takes little tiny person breaths. The Doctor mentioned that babies do this at later stages of the pregnancy, and that often a sick baby will regress if something is wrong, meaning they’ll stop doing the things they learn most recently first. She was happy to point out Ember’s practicing, and said that between that and her non-stress tests from my regular doctor’s office, she felt good about the whole thing.

So she may just be a tiny person – some people consider ME a tiny person (5’0″ tall helps that). Here’s hoping that next week she shows signs of growth and they let me go be a Regular Pregnant Person instead of a Complicated Pregnant Person.