Meeting the Midwife

Today was my first appointment with the midwife.  Ellie went with me and David met us at the subway station.  The midwife’s office is one door down from the subway exit which will be so nice come winter.  Our midwife, Maria, was very nice.  It was her first day on the job.  The appointment took about an hour with question/answer being most of the appointment.  They also check my hemoglobin and blood sugar.  The good news is I only lost 8 pounds this time.  The bad news I am anemic.  After the appointment, I had to go find the local lab and have all my blood work that I had done in Greenville redone. 

After David headed back to work, Ellie and I were off to our neighborhood apotec (pharmacy) to find over the counter iron.  Our apotec is like a small version of Walgreens or CVS.  They have basic self-care items (hair care, tooth care items, etc.) and the pharmacist behind a counter.  I was able to find some multivitamins but no iron.  After asking one of the employees, she led me to an old-fashion looking medicine chest.  It was not behind the counter or locked but had specialty over the counter medications in it.  I am not sure if when I need a refill if I can go into the chest by myself or if I have to have assistance.  I guess I will ask for help just to be on the safe side. 

The yellow awning is the entry to VasaMamma, my midwife's office.

Ellie with the VasaMamma Sign.