Milk Blister

The bizarreness that has become my body during pregnancy continues to unfold. I've got to say, I'm starting to take the oddest things in stride these days - I suspect that green blotches could appear on my nose and I'd assume it was some normal pregnancy thing I just hadn't read about yet....

This time it is a milk blister. I'm in the shower last night and I look down at my breast and see this white pimple looking thing in the middle of my nipple. Too strange! It's kind of hard, but doesn't act like a pimple, so I decide to google it later. Apparently, it is a milk blister. Fairly simple to remove, but talk about strange!

Off bedrest - hooray

Cleared to be off bedrest! Freedom sweet freedom!

Strange smell follow up

So, the check they did last week showed it wasn't amniotic fluid. But I still had it going on this week so they checked for other stuff and it's bacterial vaginitis. According to my doc, it's nothing serious, especially since I'm in the 3rd trimester, but that it was important to treat it. So, they gave me antiobiotic cream (same form factor as what you get for a yeast infection) that I have to apply before I go to bed tonight and that's that. According to the pamphlet they gave me, this is the most common vaginal infection you can get. To diagnose it, they check a) the color/consistency of your vaginal secretions, b) the acidity of the secretions c) the smell of the secretions, and d) they look at the sample for certain cells that are a clue to the presence of BV.

If you suspect you have this, make sure they test you and don't just brush it off as "typical strange pregnancy stuff" - mine didn't smell fishy, but it was still BV. And other than the smell, I had no symptoms.

Bed rest - not free yet.

Back from the doc and have good news/bad news. Good news - they say the baby is looking good (4lbs, measuring large for his age), cervix is closed and long, all good things. Bad news - still on bedrest for another week. If I don't have any more cramping or contractions, they'll *probably* let me off of bedrest next week. So, happiness about the baby being fine, but slightly bummed about being home bound and couch bound for a while longer. All for a good cause though :)

Strange smell (TMI)

So here's the "ewww, what's that all about?" post for the day. Over the last 1.5 to 2 weeks, I've noticed some "leakage" (I've been slacking off on my Kegels so I suspect it's urine) in my panties. However, it doesn't smell sweet (like they say amniotic fluid does) and it doesn't smell like urine - it smells strange, almost like popcorn but not quite(odd, I know). Guess I'll ask the doc about it tomorrow...

Baby Safety article on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/family/11/13/par.baby.safe/index.html
I hadn't even thought about the hot water thing....

Christmas is coming...

I already hate bed rest. The day before I went to the hospital, John brought all the Christmas decorations down. I had planned on putting them up the next day. Now, I'm stuck here on the couch, not allowed to lift anything or do anything. And there are boxes *everywhere*. Argh!