The e-mail says that Bean is about the size of an avocado, 4.5 inches long and 3.5 ounces. Ears are near their final position and toenails have made an appearance.
I had a doctor's appointment a week and a few days ago. They weighed me and said I lost another pound. (I actually think I just weighed heavy the time before, they thought I'd lost two when I thought I'd lost four. So really I gained a pound! not total though, just one of the ones I'd already lost.)
Anyway the Nurse Practiotioner said she's not worried because my baby is growing. Apparently she has x-ray vision in order to see that, unless she was just talking about how fat I look.
They made us wait forever. Which was all well and good until it started to be lunch time. And then nap time. It's like seriously people? Don't you think you would try to rush the people with kids in so the chance of a melt down is way lower. I guess not. They only deal with getting babies out, after that forget about it.
So anyway, she screamed almost the whole time the nurse was with me. We heard the heart beat for about 3 seconds while Kaida took a breath. So that was fun. I don't remember if we've heard it at the ultrasounds or not.
I have orders for a genetics blood test and the second trimester ultrasound. So hopefully we'll get to learn the sex on August 23rd.
I switched my care to the midwives. I have my first appointment with them on the 31st. It was a little complicated since I had these tests and I didn't know if I should still do them or not but the nurse at the midwives was very nice and helpful. I'll still do the ultrasound since apparently anyone can access those results within the hospital and she's going to send me a new prescription for the blood test.
One of my main questions for the midwives will be if my water breaks before contractions really get going how long do I have before they'll start pitocin. I know some midwives will let you go days before they try to augment but I wonder if there is a hospital policy about it that these midwives need to follow. Hopefully that's not going to be an issue at all but I'd rather be prepared beforehand.
I've only thought of one name for each gender so far. I guess I just want to wait until we know the sex before we really delve into it.
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