Oh shit...this again?!

I promised I would report most everything here on the blog so I can look back and remember my experience with pregnancy and also not explain 178 times to every person that I talk with what is going on.

Thursdsay, I had a doctor's appointment with my fantabulous doctor, Amy Johnson. She found blood and protein in my urine. This pretty much ruined my day for me. So back up a bit, last summer I had a blood/urine test for a new life insurance policy we set up. Jason's results came back fine. My results, after a test and re-test, mine came back with abnormal levels. The reasons why were unclear to me however the Internet research I did said it could have been from high intensity exercise (I was lifting really heavy and working extra hard in classes). Needless to say, I didn't go to my primary care physician when I should have.

Dr. Amy joked that she didn't want to hear how long I knew about it. She said I had it when I was in my first tri but didn't think much because that is common for first tri. I am not in the first tri anymore! I felt awful and completely irresponsible. It is funny: we seem to not care about ourselves as much as someone else sometimes. As soon as I get pregnant, I am more worried about how this is affecting my baby than myself.

The plan now is I am going next Thursday and Friday to get a ultrasound on my kidneys to see if possibly I have a kidney stone or something. Then to the urologist to determine the results. I feel better knowing we will know what is going on but stupid because I should have done this months ago. At the time I didn't get around to it because I never had any pain and well, I never got around to it. Dr. Amy didn't seem terribly concerned. I trust her style and she will always be forthcoming in what she thinks is really going on. If I do have a kidney stone, they are surprised I haven't had any pain but there's nothing they can do right now because I am pregnant.

I will update you this week with the results!