September 6, 2007

Darren and I met with our midwife for the first time today (yea for no more hematoma!) and everything is great. My "bump" measures at 26 weeks althought I am not yet 24 weeks. We talked about how that was probably just normal for me since I tend to grow big babies (yikes!) We are planning on a gentle jumpstart at 38 weeks...just long enough to ensure good lung development, but not too long. (we don't need an 11 pound newborn!) It sounds like that would be around December 15.

Our baby boy was jumping all around and kept moving away from the doppler so we got to peek at him with the portable ultrasound machine to get a good listen to his heartbeat. He had his hands up by his face...soooo cute! We were sent home with that "yummy" (grimace) glucose solution that is used to screen for gestational diabetes. I am supposed to do that in about 3 weeks, so we will post the results after it's done. The appointments at this time are pretty quick and to the point... weight check, measurements, blood pressure, listen to the heartbeat, "any questions?", bye-bye!

Work started full-time for me again the last week of August. I pace myself, try to sit to give instruction whenever possible, and try to get lots of sleep at night to prepare for the next day. So far, all I have been is tired (who isn't?) and have had a backache... but neither of those are new events for the first couple of weeks of school and happened even when I wasn't pregnant (smile). We have been interviewing candidates for my leave replacement, but there are still a couple left to look at before we need to make a decision. The plan is that I will work through November 30th.