So, it turns out that there is a lot of pee when it comes to pregnancy. I didn't know this until Megan started having to pee on everything - pregnancy tests, various strips of indicator paper, and now, the motherload.
One of the worries the doctor has when your blood pressure goes up is that your kidneys are overtaxed because they are not functioning as well to remove both your waste and that of the baby. Megan now has to test her pee every morning and today it came up with a bit of protein, so the nurse who comes to the house brought an enormous jug (3L, for god's sake) for her to contribute to over a 24 hour period. I don't know how much other people pee in 24 hours, but I think a frat party would have trouble with this kind of volume. Anyway, she gets to fill it, and due to the fact that the doctor wants her to stay put, I get "transportation duties". If you're keeping score at home, that means that she has to pee and I have to carry said urine across town in a giant yellow container (at least its not clear!). This would be fine if we owned some sort of discrete conveyance. However, we don't have a car, which leaves me the unappealing options of walking with a jug of pee, or dressing it up like a sock puppet so I can take it on the bus without getting any funny looks. Actually, I think I have seen a guy on the bus carrying pee, but I don't think it was for his wife. The 24 hour period starts tomorrow morning, so at least I will have the hung-over weekend crowd on the bus rather than the peppy students heading to class.
-Chris
One of the worries the doctor has when your blood pressure goes up is that your kidneys are overtaxed because they are not functioning as well to remove both your waste and that of the baby. Megan now has to test her pee every morning and today it came up with a bit of protein, so the nurse who comes to the house brought an enormous jug (3L, for god's sake) for her to contribute to over a 24 hour period. I don't know how much other people pee in 24 hours, but I think a frat party would have trouble with this kind of volume. Anyway, she gets to fill it, and due to the fact that the doctor wants her to stay put, I get "transportation duties". If you're keeping score at home, that means that she has to pee and I have to carry said urine across town in a giant yellow container (at least its not clear!). This would be fine if we owned some sort of discrete conveyance. However, we don't have a car, which leaves me the unappealing options of walking with a jug of pee, or dressing it up like a sock puppet so I can take it on the bus without getting any funny looks. Actually, I think I have seen a guy on the bus carrying pee, but I don't think it was for his wife. The 24 hour period starts tomorrow morning, so at least I will have the hung-over weekend crowd on the bus rather than the peppy students heading to class.
-Chris
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