Doctor Visit- Bad Experience.

I have been blessed my entire life with great health! Very rare do I have to go to the doctor. I go for my first prenatal appointment to determine my due date, sign some papers, get some blood drawn, and talk with a nurse. When they called to schedule I was told you won't see a doctor and there won't be an ultrasound because it is too early. We just need to get some health history and blood work. I told John Thomas not to take off work for that and told my mom I would be fine and I would go on by myself. I have never had to have blood taken and I was a wee-bit freaked about that. 

I get to the office and tell the nurse from the get go that I am scared of needles and was very nervous about having blood drawn. She told me no worries, just don't watch and we would talk throughout it. So I sipped on my Chick-Fil-A Tea, had my head opposite direction and tried not to think about what was going on. She couldn't get any blood out of my left arm and was going to try the right arm. I will admit, it did not hurt at all- but in my mind, I was dying. I begin to break out into an embarrassing sweat and she told me to put my head down because it looked as though I was about to pass out. Lovely. She put some nasty smelling thing under my nose so I wouldn't "go-out." 

She then took me to a little room so I could lay down and she could do it. It didn't hurt and I kept talking to her throughout the whole thing. When she was finished I was thankful I had made it through. As soon as I sat up, here it came. I jumped from the table/bed thing and ran to the restroom and just lost it. (TMI, I know, but I want to mark down all things- good, bad, ugly.) She was so sweet though and got a wet cloth and patted me down. I then burst into tears because I was so embarrassed of myself. Her comforting words- "No worries, you are the second one this morning!" haha- it was only 10:30sh. 

The rest of the appointment went well- confirmed my due date was February 13 and signed a lot of papers. 

When leaving, I called John Thomas and both of our moms. All three were very persistent that I would no longer attend appointments on my own.  :) 

I have no pictures to document this visit- thank goodness! I was a hot and sweaty mess by the time I left there!

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