Radosti
11-18-2005, 08:18 AM
OK, I go to a group OB/GYN practice, so see a different doctor every time because they rotate hospital duty and it's important that I know any doctor that might end up delivering me.
This one OB there is the nicest person ever. I saw him once before and he took the time to answer every question without making me feel like I am being rushed out of there. I have been swelling like crazy for a while now. All the other doctors just said, "Deal with it, you are in the third trimester." or "Get compression socks." Well, the socks hurt.
I also ended up at the hospital about a week and a half ago due to dehydration, so was told to drink even more water than I have been. The baby has dropped into position, so is no longer on my lungs, but my breathing is still very labored and I am very puffy on a daily basis. In one week, I have gained 7 lbs of fluid. It's everywhere, in my hands, feet, face. My feet haven't been a size 8 in a long time, but now even the size 9 Wide shoes don't fit.
Anyway, yesterday, I went back to see the super nice OB doctor. He looked at me, squeezed my ankles and wrists and asked me about headaches. I said that I had a pounding headache all day yesterday. He asked me if I've cut out all caffeine. I told him that I did due to the dehydration episode. He took another look and said that the dehydration episode was also fueled by me lifting boxes and such stuff at work. He wanted me to drink small amounts of caffeine every day to help with the swelling and the headaches.
On the way home, I stopped and got one of my treasured (but until now rejected) Dunkin Donuts coffees. I savored it all the way home and within 10 minutes realized that my headache was gone completely. I spent the rest of the evening running to the bathroom as my kidneys were finally doing what they were supposed to and clearing the fluid from my system. I felt like a million bucks and got so much done around the house. And, this morning, my face doesn't look like a swollen pancake, but more like my old self. Yeah for that doctor!!! Who knew that something so small and simple could make me feel so much better????
This one OB there is the nicest person ever. I saw him once before and he took the time to answer every question without making me feel like I am being rushed out of there. I have been swelling like crazy for a while now. All the other doctors just said, "Deal with it, you are in the third trimester." or "Get compression socks." Well, the socks hurt.
I also ended up at the hospital about a week and a half ago due to dehydration, so was told to drink even more water than I have been. The baby has dropped into position, so is no longer on my lungs, but my breathing is still very labored and I am very puffy on a daily basis. In one week, I have gained 7 lbs of fluid. It's everywhere, in my hands, feet, face. My feet haven't been a size 8 in a long time, but now even the size 9 Wide shoes don't fit.
Anyway, yesterday, I went back to see the super nice OB doctor. He looked at me, squeezed my ankles and wrists and asked me about headaches. I said that I had a pounding headache all day yesterday. He asked me if I've cut out all caffeine. I told him that I did due to the dehydration episode. He took another look and said that the dehydration episode was also fueled by me lifting boxes and such stuff at work. He wanted me to drink small amounts of caffeine every day to help with the swelling and the headaches.
On the way home, I stopped and got one of my treasured (but until now rejected) Dunkin Donuts coffees. I savored it all the way home and within 10 minutes realized that my headache was gone completely. I spent the rest of the evening running to the bathroom as my kidneys were finally doing what they were supposed to and clearing the fluid from my system. I felt like a million bucks and got so much done around the house. And, this morning, my face doesn't look like a swollen pancake, but more like my old self. Yeah for that doctor!!! Who knew that something so small and simple could make me feel so much better????