So, the last few days have been pretty worrisome for me. Overall, I feel like the normal champion that I am, but I've been having some mild to moderate cramping. My friend Wendy (XOXO) said not to worry and that it's normal, but I am a spazoid and went to the clinic to get my hCG level checked. I was at an 840, which apparently isn’t bad or good. I don’t know. She said that she can’t really tell anything until I go back in on Thursday (gotta wait 48 hours) for another draw to see if I’m making adequate gains. Talk about being stressed the bad word out!
To top it all off I am so stressed and freaked out, I comforted myself by eating Burger King for lunch. Gross. I don’t even like BK (or any fast food really…but it was there and I thought I needed it – I did NOT need it though, I just felt nasty afterwards. Nothing says greasy, fat, pig like the BK).
After that fiasco, I spoke with Tricare about this whole homebirth thing. While the ladies that work in Tricare are super helpful and want to do everything in their power to make things go smoothly, they did not know how to handle me. They said I was a rarity. So. New(ish) plan of action: gotta switch to Tricare Standard. I’m not 100% sure how the payment and all that fun stuff will work, but we’ll figure it out. My appointment with my midwife (Suzy) is on Wednesday evening and she has experience working with Tricare, so I’m sure she’ll have some advice about what to do.
Final run down: Wednesday - meeting with Suzy. Thursday - 2nd draw to check hCG level and a required OB orientation on base.
I don’t want to speak too soon about this blog, but I may actually be able to keep up with it. It’s an outlet for me to talk about all the baby stuff I want and no one has to listen to me. You can quit reading anytime you want! Magic!
1.I had cramping with both my kids. Bad, period-y cramping. As long as you're not bleeding it's nothing to worry about.
ReplyDelete2. We all have crazy cravings. Cut yourself some slack!
3. Yep, Standard's the first step.
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