11/9/2007

Pokey pokey

Filed under: — Aprille @ 3:28 pm

I got my first flu shot of my life today. They’re strongly recommended for pregnant women and caregivers of small children, so Denny and I both got them, since it will still be flu season by the time he’s a caregiver of a small child.

Denny got his at work, but I got mine at the clinic. I got a special mercury-free one that’s apparently safer for preggies. That’s cool and all, but another motivator was the fact that I’d be able to get the shot while sitting down and not being rushed. I get all passy-outty in those situations where there’s a giant line of people, and the health people just shoot you in the arm as you walk by.

That’s the kind Denny got, because our job provides them for free. I tried to go a couple of years back, but just seeing the environment made me start to faint, so I turned around and left. Actually I stopped for a few minutes in a nearby chair to get my bearings, and then I left.

Today’s wasn’t so bad, though. The various people who told me you can’t feel the needle going in lied to me, but I survived. The things I do for Bisquito. I don’t want to talk about all the other unpleasant things I plan to do for him/her in about three months’ time.

I also had my gestational diabetes test, which was no biggie. I had to drink a beverage that tasted like extra-sweet Orange Crush. I’d heard horror stories about it making a person feel disgusting, but it didn’t bother me. Then I had to wait around until an hour had passed, after which time I got a blood draw to see how my system responded to the sugar rush. The midwives are going to call me today if I flunked, in which case I’d have to go in for a more robust test (apparently this first one has a high rate of false positives).

I hope I don’t flunk. We passed a coffee stand on the way back to the car that had really good looking cinnamon rolls. The idea of 3 months without those is daunting.

EDITED TO ADD:  It’s 4:59 and no phone call.  They tell me no news is good news.  Let’s hope.

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