So I had my 9pm doctor's appointment yesterday. It was my 28-week checkup for the baby and everything seems to be OK and normal. I asked the OB about my illness, the shooting pains in my kidney and all that, told her that I thought I had a sinus infection, but she didn't think antibiotics or anything like that would be good for the baby. Hrrumph. We'll see about that.
I had to take a glucose test for gestational diabetes, which meant I had to drink a bottle of this carbonated sugar water that kind of tasted like orange Fanta. Then we had to hang out in the lobby for 1 hour before drawing blood for the test. By the time we finished up, it was 11:45pm. I am not used to these night owl hours for doctors! Can you imagine any doctor in the US working office hours until midnight!
Today Jeff and I saw another doctor, this time a GP to see about getting antibiotics. We both are feeling better (no more fever) but have hacking coughs and gross outputs of phlegm. When the nurse was taking my vitals, she recommended that I don't use antibiotics because it would be bad for the baby. Uh oh... At the end of each of our appointments, the doctor said he would prescribe some appropriate medications for each of us. Over here, prescriptions are typed into the computer system and go directly to the pharmacy downstairs, so you don't have to mess around with the little white piece of paper. But on the other hand, you don't really know what you're getting until you pick it up at the pharmacy...
So we got our # at the pharmacy and waited. Jeff got an antibiotic and I got a topical analgesic for my kidney pain! Thwarted again. They must have some policy against giving antibiotics to pregnant women! And I don't think that cream is what my kidney needs! I guess I will be the control group while Jeff gets to feel better in 3 days with his hoity-toity meds.
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