Ear infection and 38 weeks!

Last Saturday my left ear started hurting.  Of course, it would happen on a weekend when my doctor isn't in the office and there are no Urgent Care facilities in our area.  Joy.  So after suffering on Saturday, and losing hearing on that side on Sunday, Monday arrived and I was finally able to speak with my doctor.  He put me on antibiotics and Sudafed without even having me come in for an appointment.  I was super happy to start the antibiotics so I could hear again!!  It's annoying to not be able to hear anything!!  Fast forward to today: Friday.  I. Still.  Can't.  Hear.  >:(  We will come back to that....

This last week I have had to go to the hospital for non-stress tests.  The nurses hook you up to a machine and monitor Baby Schritter's heart rate and also any kind of small contractions.  The hope is that his heart rate goes up during a contraction or with movement. Which, it does, so everything is fine!!  I have to keep doing this next week too, but it only takes 20 minutes or so and I can go after work so it's not too bad. 

First thing this morning we had an ultrasound to see how big Baby Schritter is.  Since I have gestational diabetes (supposedly), they want to make sure he doesn't get too big before he is born.  The good news is that he looks great in there and is currently measuring to what equates to 7 pounds and 12 ounces.  I think this is WAY big enough, but apparently my doctor thinks this is just fine.  :/  The ultrasound technician showed us that Baby Schritter has hair on his head (quite a bit!) and the fact that he is definitely a boy.  :D

We saw our doctor right after the ultrasound.  This week marks 38 weeks along.  I gained another 2 pounds, which he is happy about, my blood pressure is still great. I'm 70% effaced and only one-half a centimeter dialated, so Baby Schritter is not coming to visit us this weekend and probably not next week either.  I'm a little disappointed because I really want to meet this little guy, and going to work is getting harder and harder.  I hate having to bend over or crouch down to pick things up, put things away, or do things that seem simple like refill water bottles under the cabinets.  It doesn't help that I swear I drop things WAY more often than I ever have before!!  I probably don't, but I sure do notice it a lot more nowadays!

Back to my ear problem. I had our doctor look in my ear today while I was there and he said I definitely have an ear infection, but it's not caused by wax buildup.  I must just have a lot of fluid in there.  I asked how long it will be before the fluid goes away and I can hear, and he said, "I probably shouldn't tell you this, but for some people, it can take months."  MONTHS?!!!  And there is nothing I can do about it.  So don't be offended if I have to keep having you repeat yourself if you talk to me.  I honestly can't hear very well at all.  My new favorite phrases are, "I'm sorry?", "Come again?", "What?", and my personal favorite, "Huh?", followed by, "I can't hear you!!!".