This visit was my second pre-natal visit to the OBGYN.
If you read about my first visit you can probably estimate how excited I was since it was my first time getting a professional confirmation of the pregnancy AND the first time I had heard his heartbeat and seen him on the ultrasound.
With this visit, however, I was just simply scared to death. It was time for the routine blood tests – and oh boy do I hate needles. In fact I abhore them and avoid them whenever possible. The thought of having 4 vials of my blood sucked out of me sent chills up my spine. I believe I was in cold sweats the whole night before. Even my mom was worried about me!
Before you laugh, let me explain. I’m not sure why, but my body has always reacted very negatively to loss of blood. Even the smell of blood can cause my body functions to start shutting down! I’ve had experiences before where I’ve completely lost all sense of hearing and seeing – while on the verge of passing completely out – just with a little blood loss.
I don’t like that one bit!
Thankfully the nurses seemed to understand my concerns. There were 3-4 of them in the room with me while blood was being drawn. One nice nurse who I see every time I go there kept a cold rag on my head and kept talking to me throughout the whole ordeal. I got to lay down on a table and I didn’t look at my arm the whole time. Thankfully, I had this really nice older “blood sucker” (not sure their technical name 
) who really knew what she was doing. I didn’t feel the needle at all. Near the end I did start to get woozy, but it was nothing like I’ve experienced before. I was even able to drive home with my mom afterwards.
Sidenote – since Kevin works during the week (the only time I can make appointments), my mom always goes with me. She’s a trooper and I love her very much.
By the way, my blood tests turned out just fine. Thank God!
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Tags: Appointments, Chills, Cold Sweats, Confirmation, Dr's Visits, Heartbeat, Loss Of Blood, Needles, Nurses, Obgyn, Ordeal, pregnancy, prenatal care, Routine Blood Tests, Smell Of Blood, Spine, Ultrasound, Vials
