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OB Appointment – I have teh dumb.

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And it’s contagious.

Today I had another OB appointment.  The first one since we started going every two weeks.  I had my glucose test, which I knew was coming.  On the way there, I asked Pete…wasn’t I told to to tell someone that I was going to be having it done and I would need the drink?  But who was I supposed to tell?  Neither of us really remembered, and I decided I was supposed to tell the nurse.

Ehhhh (imagine buzzer sound here), WRONG!  I was supposed to tell the receptionist so I could go ahead and get started on the drink and not have to be there as long.  Continue reading →

Week 28 – Well hello, 3rd trimester.

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OMG, third trimester already?  Really?  I can’t even believe it.

Last night, we went to see my dad’s band play at a free holiday ball thing.  For the first time since I’ve been visibly pregnant, I wore a dress.  It wasn’t even a maternity dress.  Just a normal dress with an empire waist, and it normally gathers in the front a bit, so I thought maybe I could get away with it as long as the front wasn’t a lot shorter than the back. =)  It fit fine, so I wore it!  I did observe, however, that dresses make a pregnant girl (at least this pregnant girl!) look a fair bit larger than she might look otherwise!  I wasn’t self-conscious or anything.  More amused than anything else. =) Continue reading →

OB Appointment (oh, and weeks 25 & 26)

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I’m incredibly bad at updating lately.  I don’t know if it’s that nothing is really happening, or I forget to jot down every little thing that happens so I actually remember to write about it later.  Probably a combination of the two.

First, the OB appointment.  When I got there, I didn’t have to pee yet (for once), so, since I was early, I thought I’d wait five to ten and then go try to pee in the cup.  Sure enough, the nurse (a different one, the one who I met at my verrrryyy first visit before my blood was drawn) called me back while I was in the potty.  I wasn’t intercepted on my way back to the waiting room, so I just waited to get called back again. Continue reading →

Week 24 (and 23…and a CRAZY dream)

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Ohh, I have been so lazy.  No pictures, no updates.  I will start with a CRAZY dream I had last week.  A creepy baby dream.

I dreamed I had to go to the hospital, I think for a fever.  When I was there, it wasn’t hospital-like at all, more like science lab with pretty much no privacy.  But it was just me, a few nurses, and another patient in a bed a few yards away in a biiiig room.  My nurse was doing all kinds of random tests, which was weird, but I didn’t worry too much about it.  Next she started getting ready to do an ultrasound.  Continue reading →

OB Appointment (22w2d)

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I just updated yesterday, but I had another OB appointment today.  A quick and easy one, as expected.  Went in, peed in the cup, waited to get called back.  I actually waited 15 minutes or so to go back for this appointment, but I’m not complaining.  It’s the latest I’ve ever been called back.  And it is a doctor’s office.  An OB office at that.

First, as usual, Gail weighed me.  I’ve gained about 10 lbs so far, and I officially weigh more than I have ever weighed before. =)  Then she took my blood pressure, asked a few questions (no, no bleeding; yes, I’m feeling movement), and told me the doctor would be in shortly. What came next was kind of funny.   Continue reading →

Week 22

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Boring update this week.

Here’s something I’ve found humorous throughout my pregnancy (at least since it’s been public knowledge), but I just now thought to write something about it.  It’s the belly glance.  When I see someone I haven’t seen since I got pregnant OR I haven’t seen in a while OR I just told someone that I’m pregnant…I get the belly glance.  They’ll look me in the eye for a second or two or a few.  Then…the quick glance at my belly to assess the progress.  Continue reading →

Week 21

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I’ll start with the most fun update this week.  Yesterday, Pete felt our little girl kick against his hand on my belly for the first time!  I have felt her against my hand several times now, but we could never get the time/place right for Pete to feel her.  But he finally did!  The look on his face was so cute. =)   Priceless.  Then he kissed my tummy.  It almost brought a tear to my eye.  He already loves our little girl. ♥  Continue reading →

Week 20 (Holy crap, I’m halfway there!)

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Reached the official halfway point.  (OMG!)  So hard to believe.  Still so much getting ready to do….

Not much to report this time.  Starting to show enough that it’s obvious to people who know I’m pregnant.  I’m sure even strangers would suspect it now, but only that one guy I mentioned in the last post has had the nerve to actually say anything. =)

I finally broke down and bought some maternity pants.  Some that fit!  Well, they’re a little long, but that can be dealt with.  The short ones (they call them “ankle” now…how nice) were too short, and that is harder to work with.

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I just updated yesterday, but….

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Worth noting: first stranger said something about me being pregnant today.  Sorta. Patient, guy in his 50s (I knew a guy would say something first, I don’t know if it’s because they’re gutsier or tackier than women, lol.)

He didn’t come right out and ask.  He was actually a nice guy. He said something like, “So, do you have any kids?”  Sometimes I just say, “not yet” …because in the earlier stages of pregnancy, I just didn’t need to tell every random person I just met.  But this time I said “One on the way, actually.”  To which he replied that he suspected, but he wanted to be sure and phrase his question carefully.  Ha.  Continue reading →

Week 19(ish)

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We were at Walgreens recently to buy a card to mail Pete’s folks their ultrasound picture.  While there, I thought it would be a good idea to get some dark chocolate peanut M&Ms.  It was a good idea.  Because I ate some, and I liked it.  I think Baby Girl liked it, too because she got a little sugar rush.  I know it’s bad, but it was so fun to feel her being active.

It doesn’t have to be M&Ms though.  One afternoon, I made a microwave pizza for lunch.  She went nuts!  She either reaalllly liked it or reaalllly didn’t (I prefer to think it’s the former).  But I loved feeling her dancing around in there.  I can’t wait till I’m feeling her more.  It seemed a little more frequent today, but it’s generally rather sporadic. Continue reading →