Today I made an unplanned trip to the OB after feeling under the weather for the last couple of days. At first, I started out having typical hayfever symptoms, but last night I had a HORRIBLE cough and started feeling achy, so I was told to come in today to get checked out.

The midwife thought I had the flu, even though I didn’t have a temperature (she said that’s not always a prerequisite), but luckily my flu test came back negative for both Type A and B. I have some kind of viral infection, which she said is still contagious, so because of that and the fact that I felt like I was going to die, I took the day off work, drugged myself up and took close to a 3-hour nap.

I’m feeling a little bit better tonight, which really isn’t saying much, so hopefully I’ll feel even better tomorrow. And hopefully my voice won’t be so rough. Otherwise I won’t sound so good on the air.

Despite that, I still have horrible heartburn/acid reflux when I sleep. Hooray. Lucy’s been bouncing around a lot, though, especially this morning while I was at the doctor’s office. She didn’t move a lot last night, probably because I shook her up so much with my coughing, so I guess she was making up for it. I also saw my belly move for the first time today. She was SO squirmy that I could see my belly lurch from side-to-side and ripple. It was great. Everyone in the waiting room probably thought I was weird for staring at my belly and laughing.

The midwife also tried to help me feel Lucy’s head, but I wasn’t able to. She made it sound so easy, but I jusdt couldn’t feel the hard lump. But, I told her I trusted her when she said that Lucy’s head down. 🙂 Apparently, she could feel her cute little butt too. Awesome. 🙂

Oh, and I was down three pounds from last week. I have no idea how that happened, but I’m not complaining. I just hope it wasn’t a fluke and I’ll be up even more at my next appointment. If I’m feeling better by Monday, I don’t have to go in for my regular appointment since the baby was checked today, which would be nice. Now, I’m off to take some more medicine and go to bed. Hooray.