Follow Up at the Doctor

Yesterday was my follow up appointment from a week ago when I was first told that I would have to be on bed rest. Well.... nothing changed. I still have to stay at home, not only for a week, but for the next 5 weeks. She wants me to reach 30 weeks in my pregnancy before I go anywhere or do anything strenuous. So that means I won't be working at all until the end of October, MAYBE. I really don't anticipate going back to work until the baby is born and I kind of have mixed feelings about that.

On one hand, bed rest is a nice vacation from those that irritate me the most at my job, but on the other hand I just got a new boss and feel that I need to prove myself as a good worker, especially since I'm the ONLY black person in my department. Sure, there's other minorities there, but I definitely feel like I'm looked at differently, and I don't care how diverse and Vincentian my job claims to be. There are some things in this world that never change, and race relations are one of them. I sent my boss an email today explaining everything to him. Didn't get a response so we'll see what happens. FMLA protects me from losing my job but it doesn't protect me from people's judgement.

Other than the job issue, I've been pretty at ease. I'm still not dilating so that's still a good sign. She also did a preterm labor test called the Fetal Fibronectin (fFN) test. It can determine if a woman is going to go into labor within the next week or two. She called me today and told me it was negative, which is a very good thing. It means that my little bun will continue to bake for a couple more weeks. I really don't think I'll have this baby prematurely. Sometimes a mother just knows. I think I'll make it to December with no major problems so I still try to move around and get a little exercise so I don't get blood clots and other complications that come with bed rest.

Everyone keeps telling me that I should enjoy this free time while I can because the real work will be here soon. I'm going to try to take their advice...