Well, I had my follow up appointment this morning regarding the land of yeast – and I passed with flying colors!

The Midwife I had today was John. I will admit, I was a little leery about having a man take a gander at my junk. It’s been years since I had a male OB. However, I loved him. He was so kind and thorough – and just an overall wonderful person! I’m now convinced that I want to go the route of a midwife and not an OB.

Here’s the TMI part. You may choose to not read if you don’t want to read about cervixes and endometrial cells. Skip down to the stars below if you’re grossed out.

He basically said that I have a lot more endometrial cells on the outer edge of my cervix. Those cells are flimsier and tend to bleed more easily. So, he said he assumes that all it took was that applicator hitting it and blammo – lots of spotting. He also said that explains why I tend to spot after sex. And the icing on the cake – he said my cervix is tilted. I guess most people’s sit at about 10 o clock when lying down, but mine is more like 12 o clock. But he did the recheck and all my yeast cells are gone. He said my pH is a little less acidic than they’d like, so I may be prone to more infections in the future, but for now everything is good.

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So, needless to say I learned more from him in 15 minutes than I have in the past 15 years about my body.

I also chatted with him about spilling the beans. We discussed my LMP vs my real due date, and “to get the date correct” he suggested an ultrasound. So, Thursday morning we can actually see the little bee! SO EXCITED. After I get confirmation at that appointment, we’re going to start telling people. He warned that you’re really not fully in the clear until about 10-12 weeks, but I’m willing to take the chance. (He said that I’m definitely on the lower end of the risk scale for miscarriage.)

So, that’s that! My appointment tomorrow is all about blood work and peeing in cups and talking about histories.

I cannot wait until Thursday!