doctors, doctors, and maybe doulas!

Update on WP:
We finally got in to see a gastroenterologist yesterday. He is thinking that the surgeon who performed WP's EGD and colonoscopy overlooked an ulcer. WP had lab work yesterday which showed that he's still anemic but not enough so to need any iron tablets. He is going on 3 separate days in August to have further testing done. The 1st test he's going to have will be a Meckel's Scan which will detect whether or not he has a Meckel's Diverticulum which is something that is present at birth and can cause significant blood loss. This scan is an xray and noninvasive. The following week he will be having a repeat EGD, which is the scope of the upper GI system that will show from mouth to stomach. The week after that he will be having a repeat colonoscopy, which is the scope of the lower GI system that goes from rectum to top of large intestine. He will have to do that awful clear liquid diet and colon prep again for the last procedure. If all of this is inconclusive then he will do the capsule camera. That is a camera in the form of a pill that records the entire GI tract as it travels from mouth to rectum...sorry if this is too much info. Nurses never have too much info! Ha! The capsule camera will show the small intestine which is not able to be seen on the upper GI scope or the lower GI scope.

On a lighter note, WP is interviewing with the head football coach/athletic director of Wayne County High School tomorrow morning @ 9:00. Prayers requested! This would be an awesome place for him to start his coaching career. Coach Boyles is known nationally for his talent and WP would love nothing better than to learn from the best of the best. School starts next Thursday here so this will be very last minute. If he gets this job we can stay in our paid-for trailer and save money to buy a house when we're ready.

Update on my Dr appointment:
I went for my 15 week checkup today. I heard that precious heartbeat again. It clocked in at 150 beats a minute. The Dr said the baby is growing fantastically when he examined my belly. I have lost 2 more pounds but he was not concerned. My dehydrated is resolved, thank goodness. He thinks my headaches may be stemming from caffeine withdrawals, even though I gave the caffeine up before I had a positive pregnancy test. I think it's hormones! I go back in 6 weeks for an ultrasound. I am currently trying to contact the radiology program at Jones County Junior College for a free ultrasound performed by the radiology students. I know several people who have gone between 14 and 16 weeks of pregnancy and found out the baby's sex. I'm ready to know! I need to hit these back to school sales for baby clothes!

Doulas:
A friend of mine referred me to a doula she knows. A doula is kind of like a labor coach. People who use doulas have a much lower need for pain medication because the doula is there to help them use different approaches to the pain. I've emailed the lady but am unsure of whether I actually want to hire her or not. We'll see...

Off to work tomorrow and for the rest of the weekend. boo.