guinea pig is okay

guinea pig visit went smoothly. my bf took us to the vet this morning & the dr checked on Bitsy and she listened to her breathing. she said it sounds more like asthma sounds than a "hoo" sound. I told her I am not sure how to explain it so she told me to record it next time she does it and send it. she told me that lack of vitamin C can cause respiratory issues & to start adding children's vitamin C tablets or drops into the guinea pig water bottle and see if that changes things. the vet also said since Bitsy is an older pig, her body doesn't absorb or keep Vitamin C in the body as well as it did when she was younger and if we buy big bags of guinea pig food (which we do) it doesn't last as long in the pellets. so tonight we're gonna buy some vitamin c for the pigs. relieved.

I got my blood work results back this morning with a note from the midwife & I do not have any abnormal results. so no preeclampsia. hallelujah. I hate how the bottom of my results said "patient denied testing. encouraged to come back for testing" or whatever... like it makes it sound bad. I just said I have an appt for the other test on Wed. maybe it's just a generic check box if i denied a test, idk. tomorrow I go in or that glucose test 😩 I wanna get it over with to know if I have to do the 3 hour one or not and if I have GD. please God, I hope not. everything else is going smoothly so far in this pregnancy and all my blood work is coming back normal. so we'll find out soon. I've also been documenting my blood pressure like I was asked to and so far my blood pressure has been coming back normal. I started checking morning and night & this morning after running around, getting guinea pig checked out, Dunkin run, it still came back normal. I am wondering now if it does have to do with nerves/anxiety going to the Dr? we'll find out if there is a change when they check my BP on Halloween morning. 

today at Dunkin the lady at the drive thru asked my bf "what is she having?" and I kinda knew what she was asking but was not 100%... so my bf looked at the coffee we ordered for my mom & he was like "Hazelnut?" lmao she's like "no what is SHE having" pointing at me... & then we both said a girl lol. so it is apparent to the public that I am pregnant. I am super self conscious in showing my belly cuz I wonder if people just think I am fat? but I am not fat anywhere else so it makes sense for them to think pregnancy. I need to stop worrying about what others think of it in public and just embrace it. during the week I tend to try & hide my baby bump with big t-shirts. in general I have read people just stare at pregnant women all the time in general. gor various reasons I guess? but I am always reading about it. i think it's super rude. whether they're staring in a positive way or not it's rude in my opinion to ever stare at someone no matter what. so I hate that about it. I don't like attention drawn to me on a normal basis so for people to stare at my pregnant body feels uncomfortable. so just don't do it.