Busy Week
Last Monday, we toured the birth center here in Maryland. Not much was said that we didn't already know, but it made me less nervous about my appointment there on Tuesday. The actual appointment went well; it was a little shorter than the first ones usually are, due to the fact that two mothers were giving birth at the same time (an apparent rarity) and my midwife had to keep running upstairs to check on one of them. But we got all the paperwork out of the way, and the top of the uterus was right where it was supposed to be (thus relieving my irrational fear that there would be twins), and, best of all, we got to hear the baby's heart beat! It was right at 160bpm, which is just where it should be (looks like my drastic cutback of caffeine was successful), and it sounded mostly like this. Definitely hearing the heartbeat made it all seem much more like I am having a baby and less like I just have a really bad case of the flu.
Then on Wednesday I got the go-ahead to continue with the perscription medication I am already taking. Apparently the only confirmed risk with the meds is that the baby may have a slightly greater risk of pulmonary hypertension - which is made even more unlikely due to the fact I have consistently low blood pressure.
So, all in all, a good week, despite the stressfulness of it.