Laying down a beat.
Esther and I had another appointment with the doctor. It was going to be a mixed bag. A few days ago, Esther got some questionable lady exam results. A nerve-wracking thing regardless of the time it is received, but particularly when we are taking about having a baby.Esther was a trooper, her husband, almost not. During the procedure, Jered was holding her hands during the uncomfortable bits, learning how truly uncomfortable those things can be. As the doctor was wrapping up, It must have been too much, because I nearly passed out. I was teetering on the edge of fainting, white as a ghost, clammy, sweating and light headed. This has proven that I can’t become a doctor, but has also made me a little nervous about delivery, not in Esther’s performance, but mine.The doctor’s outlook, after doing what was needed, was that it really should be nothing, and it is ultimately to stop something down the road, which is never a bad thing.The coolest part of the appointment was getting to hear the baby’s heart beat!The nurse brought in a little microphone and speaker and we managed to capture it below (you can press the play button to listen for yourself).After we heard the heart beat, Esther was much more relaxed (didn’t help me much…), and we were both a little teary eyed.”You look like you’re going to cry” Esther said to me.”Yeah, that’s a big thing [for being such a small noise].” The brackets are what I should have said, so please read them as though I did.So all in all, it was a good appointment, a little scary, but a lot happy![display_podcast]
Filed under Doctor's Office by esther | Comment (1)Rhesus Monkeys
No, not the monkey, the rhesus factor- it has something to do with blood. Well, I found out today that I’m Rh negative. The doctor told me it’s no big deal unless Jered is Rh positive and our baby turns out to be Rh positive which is likely. It’s still not too big of a deal because they have a shot they will give me at 28 weeks and again just before or after delivery to ensure that I don’t build up antibodies against any future Rh positive babies.
I’m a little confused by this because I thought Rh factor had to do with whether or not your blood type was positive or negative. All my life my mom told me I was A+, which I assumed meant that I was also Rh positive. Of course, I had my last blood test when I was about an hour old so who knows! I think I’ll have to talk with the doctor about this because I’m a little confused- maybe Rh factor and positive/negative blood types aren’t really related at all, or maybe they are. Either way, though, I was told there is nothing to worry about.
And…they did another ultrasound to try and pin down a more accurate due date, and it is amazing to see how much the baby has grown already- Uni is nearly twice as big as on the last ultrasound. I’ll post pictures over the weekend! If anyone has information about Rh factors and blood types, let us know!
Filed under Doctor's Office by esther | Comment (1)Prenate DHA aka the biggest vitamins ever created
At our appointment Monday the nurse gave me some samples of some prescription vitamins that contain DHA and extra folic acid. I was written a prescription (which I have yet to have filled, still living on the free gigantic samples). The thing about these vitamins, they are huge! I can’t believe they make pills so big- each one measures almost an inch long and it’s a strange teal color. Thank goodness they’re coated! I take my monster pill every morning because of the benefits that the packaging claims:
Enhances Cognitive Development (who wouldn’t want that?)
Improves Visual Accuity (because I want an eagle-eyed baby)
May maximize fetal growth and development (grow baby grow!)
Enriches quality of breast milk (we drink organic, why shouldn’t the baby?)
May contribute to advancement of childhood mental development (how this is different from cognitive development I do not know)
Sounds pretty good, huh? 
Gotta go take my horse pill!
Uni strikes a pose
Our first appointment was this morning and it went really well. The baby is developing right on schedule and we got to see it’s little heart beating on the ultrasound machine. We even got these sonogram pictures to take home. The very first pictures of our quite tiny baby.
Today is a very happy day indeed!
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It won’t suck…right?
Today, Esther and I bought a Dyson vacuum. While not directly baby related, it will make for a nicer home that baby will come home to. Let me tell you, that thing has some major suction, our floors are cleaner than they have been in years.
Monday, October 29th, tomorrow, Esther and I have our first appointment with the OB. We should get a full work-up and an ultrasound. I guess we will get to hear the baby’s heart beat. Esther showed me some fuzzy, blurry photos of 8-week ultrasounds tonight. Between you and me, they look like blips on the radar and not much else.
If we get any pictures of the radar blip, I’ll post them here. Wish us luck!
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