First ultrasound

Well today I had my first ultrasound....man I was nervous. Fortunately everything went really smoothly. All the measurements are exactly where they are supposed to be too! It was actually rather comical going to the OB. First of all I went during work. Yeah, I decided to deliver at the hospital I work at cause otherwise there is no way I could get time off to go to all of the appointments somewhere else.

So I'm currently running a SICU single handedly....ok I have 2 med students, but that really just increases your workload. So I had to convince the attending I work for to let me go even though all of our patients are sick as sh!t. I also had to give my code pager to one of the other residents. I didn't want to end up stuck in stirrups when a code came through and be stuck with my pants down (literally). I must have said something right cause I actually got there on time to my appointment. The waiting room of my OB is always a strange sight as well. It's an inner city hospital....there are tons of pregnant teens with their no good boyfriends, and people with a billion kids already. I was the only doctor in the room....and I think maybe the only person in the room who actually had a planned pregnancy. It's really sad actually. Big problem in our society that I probably shouldn't get into.

Needless to say it was nice to have another data point. I ran around my SICU for the rest of the day dropping Swans and tapping lungs with a pic of my baby in my pocket. I'm living the life....