Life of the Rainers

Calls to the Doctor

This week I haven't been feeling the greatest, so this has resulted in calling the doctor a few times this week. I always feel bad for calling for some reason. On Sunday I woke up with a headache and throughout the day it seemed to get worse and worse. I was hoping when I woke up on Monday morning the headache would be gone, but it was actually worse and on top of that I was really dizzy and nauseous. So I got up the courage to call the OB office just to let them know what symptoms I was having. The front desk worker freaked me out and said I need to come in asap and I told her I just really wanted to talk to a nurse. She argued with me, but then agreed to have a nurse call me back. ha! The nurse called me back and said the doctor wanted to see me first thing in the morning. Ugh, I was not happy, but I showed up that morning all flustered because my head was hurting so badly. I knew it was nothing and thats exactly what the doctor got at. She came in and said I don't think you have a blood clot or an aneurysm (ha! I wasn't even thinking that), I think it is just pregnancy hormones and told me to rest and sleep for the next couple of days. She checked me and of course I haven't made any progress and he hasn't even dropped yet. I have this feeling he is going to be late, but I hoping my feeling is wrong.

So my other issue I had to call about has to do with awful upper leg pain. I have been having pain in my upper left leg for the last couple of weeks, but this past week the pain has gotten pretty intense. I am at the waddling stage and it is difficult to walk and get up after sitting down. I feel old. So anyway today the pain has even been worse, so I decided to get the courage up again to call the OB office. I was really nervous because I felt like it was stupid to call about leg pain. The nurse called me back and she was so sweet and proceeded to tell me that because I am petite and he is getting bigger and I am so close to delivery day that I am going to just have to endure it. So I guess I will continue to waddle and feel old.

I am glad I am getting closer and closer. I am very fortunate that this is really the first issue I have had. If this is the worst thing that happens I can totally handle it!

Love,

Rachel