I would like to have an Emily the Midwife action figure to bring home with me - I always come away from my appointments with her feeling much more upbeat and less anxious about anything to do with pregnancy. My impatience about the continuation of pregnancy and lack of labor/baby gets dissolved enough to last me through the next week.
She confirmed that everything is going well, reinforced that edema is *not* a symptom of pre-eclampsia, that all the lab work etc shows I do *not* have pre-eclampsia anyway. She reminded me that swollen feet are normal at this stage in a pregnancy, that I don't have to stay off my feet if I don't want to, and advised me to stop taking my blood pressure at home, but "for god's sake if you're going to use that blood pressure wrist cuff take your readings lying down with your arm at your side." She said my husband can drink two liters of water a day if it makes him feel good but I should only drink when I'm thirsty.
Yesterday I had a huge burst of energy after my appointment, made two ginormous batches of soup (for which there is no room in the freezer), did an hour of yardwork, laundry, dishes, etc. Didn't even feel that tired at the end of the day, though I got a good night's sleep. Wonder if that was that burst of pre-labor energy people talk about, or just an extra good version of a Good Day.
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