I had a really satisfying appointment today with the midwife. My blood work all looked really good, aside from the one thing we knew was going to be low, the ferric reading. So, I need to go ahead and double the iron supplements I’m taking, though on the other half of the day, since the body can only absorb so much at once. I have to start drinking a magnesium supplement soon, too, in addition to the magnesium lotion I use before bed each night. Mg helps with sleep, but also helps balance what increased Fe intake can kind of make go wonky. But she said Mg is a big deal for the last few months, as are the iron levels. If the latter aren’t at least double what they are now by the time of my next appointment, she said I will have to have a one-time IV to get the necessary iron supplementation. So, all the more reason to sort it out before then(!).
Anyway, utterly exhausted tonight. Had lunch with my mom after the appointment, and it was a very nice time together, though I struggled with the food and don’t manage much beyond grains. Then I had my high school reunion – it’s an annual thing for all alumnae, with just special focus on the reunions that are multiples of five that year. People from my class actually showed up this year, and it was really fun just getting to hang and chat with them. They were mostly people with whom I hadn’t really been friends, but whom I, of course, had known. Yet it was still great. It helped with the sense of loneliness in life lately. AND my husband actually came with me, and it was so wonderful to have him there. He ended up hanging out on a sofa in a corner when we were doing a class photo, and then I basically didn’t see him again until he left close to an hour later. But it meant so much to me that he was there and was supporting me. I felt safe, somehow, because of it. Not that school feels unsafe. Just that I felt the experience distinctly of safety with his being there with me. I ended up staying another hour and a half after he left. It was a really good time for me, just being with people, and also connecting with some on a personal level. It was really nice.
Thank you, God, for this day. Thank you for the Mass and the reunion and lunch and the appointment and the safe travels and the weather. Thank you. Help me to sleep well, please. Make me and the baby well. Keep my husband safe, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2024
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