June 27, 2008

Breathing Test

So today was my breathing test. When I filled out my paperwork the girl saw that I checked "yes" for eczema and said, "INTERESTING!" I asked her why that was so interesting and she said that often people who have allergies develop them on skin or internally, and basically eczema is asthma of the skin. Sometimes when you're pregnant and your hormones are going crazy you can develop asthma.
So we did the breathing test and she did see consistent "coving" which is how you compensate your breathing. It's like little blockages or something? I forget, but she said a lot of people who have untreated asthma have coving and that was what they were looking for.
SO...I might have asthma. There is another test they have to do which they can't do until I'm no longer pregnant. I don't know if they'll give me an inhaler or even if I'll still have it after I'm not pregnant?
She had a student in with her which was very imformative to me because she explained stuff to him and I got to learn, too. I heard them talking when the door was closed and it was something like, "Oh that reminds me I should find out her gestation. Can you imagine if she's having trouble now how bad it's going to be when she's further along?" Then she asked me and I told her 11 weeks and she looked at me, SHOCKED and asked if I was having twins. She said she's never seen anyone show at 11 weeks. I told her it started around 6 weeks, not quite as big but I really haven't grown too much since then.
So, I won't find out my results for about 5-7 days since a specialist has to read the results, but it was still really interesting. I'm not allowed to do any strenuous exercise, just really mild. (Not that I really can at this point, anyway. I have a hard time walking up my stairs to my apartment.)
So my first appointment with the Birth Center is July 7! I'm excited for that to see what they have to say.

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