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Today, I went into my OB’s office to have bloodwork gathered, to confirm whether I have any blood-clotting or immunological issues that might impact a healthy pregnancy.

This series of bloodwork apparently requires sixteen vials of blood. (four purple, two orange, and ten blue.)

Needle-stab into first vein (left cubita fossa). Nothin’. Needle-stab into second vein (left forearm). Vein blew out during the second vial. Needle-stab into third vein (right cubita fossa). Fifteen vials drawn successfully.

Then I helped her label them all, because God knows there were a lot of them.

The placental tissue from the D&C showed some hydropic degeneration of the chorionic villi. I did not have a molar pregnancy, but to be safe, the doc wants me to get hCG levels drawn every week ’til they reach 0, then every month to be sure that I do not develop choriocarcinoma. It’s highly unlikely that I will. I should remain on birth control and avoid pregnancy for at least one year.

Aww, twist my arm and make me go back to school, then, huh?

–Em