When Emily was pregnant the first time, I went to nearly all of her monthly and then weekly doctor's appointments. I wanted to be a part of the entire process and not miss a thing. Yesterday, I went to my first doctor's appointment during this second pregnancy, and while I still want to be a part of the process, this might be my last one. I learned quickly that these visits to the doctor become completely different when you are there with a toddler on the verge of wanting to eat dinner.

We were at the office on time for the appointment, but at the end of the day, who could expect the doctor to be on time. Well, Mackenzie thought we should have gotten in on time because her patience level ended about a half hour of waiting. This completely stressed out Emily which, when she finally got back to see the doctor, was expressed by an elevated blood pressure reading. Really elevated.

So, we were asked to come back this morning to check again (sans Mackenzie in the office). The first reading was again elevated a little, which was blamed on Emily worrying that the reading was going to be high. Are you serious? Anyway, the next one turned out OK, but we are going to be monitoring it from home regularly.

I just know this one is a boy....he's already causing problems.

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