4greatboys
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LOL Kristy I never had my finger pricked, they always took if from the vein in my arm. There really are not to many tests involved. In the beginning they take some blood then--I think about 20 weeks they make you have a glucose tolerance test to make sure you dont have GD (gestational diabetes). If test goes okay they take the blood when you get there, you drink some orange stuff and then 1 hour later they take your blood again to make sure your sugar is fine. On my last pg mine was high so I had to do the 3 hour test. Again take your blood when you get there, drink the stuff and come back every hour for 3 hours and have it taken so they can monitor it. My last test was okay.
We may have to pm about the strep test they do close to the end. Its not painful but its not all that fun. Let me just say you will be quite suprised where they check.
We may have to pm about the strep test they do close to the end. Its not painful but its not all that fun. Let me just say you will be quite suprised where they check.
Yeoowww!
But it did help me hold ds in until dr got on his catchers mitt.
but thats close to it. With ds #2 I went from 5cm to babies head coming out in 15 minutes. I kept telling them the contrax were really bad and they FINALLY called the anes. to come and poke my back with that big long needle. But I had one contrax where my lower parts just kept pushing. I put my hand down there and someone was waving back to me 
I think that was a compliment in his mind--he LOVED to hunt! But, my goodness, have things changed a lot since mine!! I had one blood draw at the very beginning and then nothing more! Even for DD and that wasn't a military hospital! Gotta admit, I wish I could have had an ultrasound like they seem to do for everybody nowadays. That would have been fun.
When they decided to do an emergency c-section, I didn't really have time to think about it. But what was funny is that the nurse holding me while they did it was talking to me and when they stuck the needle in (didn't really hurt that much) but i started to yell sh@#. But I stopped and the nurse said, "It's okay honey you can yell in here." I told her I didn't want to be one of these women yelling and cussing during labor. She promised me I would be fine. I got a full spinal and never had any problems with it. In fact, given the choice I may choose c-section the next time instead of the old fasioned way!!
good luck and good vibes going out to all waiting in the Yaya medical ward!
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