Alpha-Fetoprotein Screening

Week 16+:
AFP screening was a breeze compared to the time it took me, to get it done.
But I was assuming that it was going to be a big challenge for the Nurse, whose intention was to just collect few mls of my precious blood.
I am a healthy looking gal & drawing blood at any instance should be easy for me, right?
Its not!
You see, in the past, everytime I have gone to draw blood, I have emerged out of the lab - all poked, punctured, tied-up & restrained. Bandages here, bandages there.
At the end of such sessions, I am all bruised & so is the Nurses ego!
My capillaries just shrink or something at the mere sight of the needle.... Its a tough job and I have innumerably been at the receiving end of the 'raised brow' look & all the huffs-&-puffs!
Anyways, yesterday, all it took was a couple of tapping & the blood came out! My capillaries have never been so obidient!The Nurse saved me & herself too!

Later, I went for Maternity clothes shopping at a nearby Target. Can you believe this, there was just a single row of the most boring, icky looking Mnt clothes....! This particular store doesnt stock up on Mnt clothes...or is a Target tradition? I will check Sears, Macy's. Walmart is a last resort. I should be done shopping by this w/e coz 3rd August, when we leave for Alasaka, is hardly days away & I have no outerwear expect my Gauchos.

Check this out, its real crazy! I dont know, but I see both green & pink dots, one above the other!
Follow these instructions: If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, you will only see one color, pink. If you stare at the black + in the center, the moving dot turns to green. Now, concentrate on the black + in the center of the picture. After a short period of time, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see a green dot rotating if you're lucky! It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, & the pink ones really don't disappear. This should be proof enough, we don't always see what we think we see.