6-month OB Appointment

Well, Bud's looking good, considering all the stress we've been under with his big sister being in the hospital.

Yesterday, we went to see Dr. P., and she said everything looks great. All of our ultrasounds and tests from recent weeks are fine (we already knew that), Mommy's blood pressure and so on are good, so Bud is thriving.

He is moving a lot, now, too. Each week, I can feel him more and more. Before, it was mostly on my lower-left side, but now I'm feeling him moving on my right side, my upper abdomen, and of course, dancing on my bladder! But I love it. It's really comforting, especially when other things in life are getting pretty stressful. I'm glad to know he's content in there. :))

Oh, and Dr. P. is already talking about planning my c-section date at my next appointment, which will be in 3 weeks. Wow! I guess she books it far in advance, when it's a planned c-section. According to my calculations (Dr. P. said a week to ten days before my due date), it will be sometime between July 23 and July 26, as long as Bud doesn't surprise us. I can't wait to find out! Andrea's birthday is the 23rd; our anniversary is the 24th; but we already knew this might get interesting. :))

Wings Fan in Training!

Today we went to watch Game 2 of the NHL playoffs, between the Detroit Red Wings and the Calgary Flames. The Wings won 3-1. It was a great game!

It was Baby Boy's first playoff game, and I think he liked it. He was kicking a lot! :))

As you can see above, we are already training him to be an enthusiastic Red Wings fan. I decorated my belly, so he could be part of the fun. :))

A Gift for Daddy, from Baby

I saw this onesie at the mall, back in February. First I walked by it, thinking in passing how cute it was, and how appropriate for our family. Later, I turned back and bought it. I couldn't help myself! So, I presented it to Daddy last night, in honour of finding out we're having a boy:

"Daddy's Little Tax Credit": how appropriate for the son of a Chartered Accountant! :))

Excellent Ultrasound!

Today's ultrasound was perfect, in every way:

• I had a different technician, who showed and explained every single image she took during the ultrasound.


• They took me into a different room, with a pretty much brand-new ultrasound machine, which had amazingly clear images.


• The baby cooperated for every single picture/measurement we wanted to take.


• The baby looks perfectly healthy, but he has a bit of a fat belly, so we'll keep an eye on that (likely due to my diabetes). But no worries!

Oh, did you notice I said HE?!

That's right! HE cooperated in every way this time. HE kept showing off the goods! The technician kept saying, "Oh, there's HIS parts again . . . yep, he's still a boy. Yep, he's still a boy!"

If you know ultrasound images, check out the bottom one, and you can't miss the evidence. He was letting it all hang out, this time. :))

By the way, the top image is the baby looking at you; the middle image is a side profile, and the bottom is . . . well, he'll probably hate me for this one day. :))

For a bigger view of the pics, click on:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p220/luvthosebooks/23weeks.jpg

Happy Little Heart :))

I went to see Dr. M. today. He's the Fetal Medicine specialist at our local hospital. I went in for the echo-cardiogram that Dr. P had mentioned a long time ago. It ends up that all the echo-cardiogram was, is an ultrasound that focuses on the baby's heart! No big deal there.

Anyway, Dr. M. said that just by looking at the baby's heart for a bit, he was able to rule out 95% of the congenital heart defects out there, and that included all the major ones. So that's good news! :))

Dr. M. said the views of the baby's heart weren't the best, because the baby was not in an optimal position, and kept wiggling around (what else is new!). But he also said he's been doing this long enough to know, by what he saw, that we have a very healthy baby--and a very active one!

And no, we STILL did not get a peek between the baby's legs. He did take a quick look for me, but no luck. The baby had its legs crossed!

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I have the REPEAT anatomy ultrasound tomorrow, so maybe the baby will cooperate more for us then. But I'm not counting on it--this one is STUBBORN! :)) (Or maybe just shy.)