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My midwife finally called me back! I was getting a little worried that we might have to look for another one. I had asked about it on the Birthing Naturally board, and the ladies assured me that it's normal for a midwife to take a few days to return phone calls that are not urgent.
Turns out they were right and she had just been doing a lot of births, etc. Anyway, I have my first prenatal appointment with her a week from tomorrow, on the 30th!
On the moodiness front, I'm still pretty grumpy. I try to spend time by myself when I'm feeling especially annoyed (which is a lot of times!) and that helps. It also helps to read Calvin and Hobbes. We have two books, and they crack me up.
My mood is not helped by the fact that I feel like crap physically. I have been constipated for a long time now, and prune juice and olive oil are not helping! I never knew constipation could be so uncomfortable!
Anyway, the silver lining I have to look forward to is the gender ultrasound on Tuesday the 29th! In one week, I will be able to say he or she instead of it! Yahoo!
The day started out really well (note the extreme sarcasm here) when I fell in our bathroom at around 5 am and hit my stomach on the side of the toilet bowl. I decided to go back to bed and just see how everything panned out.
Well, I started to cramp, and then when I woke up for the day around 8:30, I actually had some bright red spotting! It was really worrisome, so I decided to head into the ER.
Tim met me there. The annoying part was I tried to get a hold of my OB, but was put on hold for 15 minutes and just hung up on them. Gotta love the base hospital!
At the ER they did a quick pelvic exam and then sent me up to labor and deliver where they put a fetal heart monitor on me. Baby seemed to be doing well, heartbeat was strong in the 150's-160's.
They decided to do an ultrasound. The baby and placenta were fine, and there was no cause for concern. Then they decided to look for gender. The machine wasn't the best quality, and the baby only showed the goods for a second, but the nurse seemed to think we were having a baby...
BOY!!!!
We are not going shopping or anything yet though, because it was such a fleeting glimpse, and there also seemed to be the cord between the legs. But the nurse and I are pretty sure we saw a penis! I am so excited, I can't wait for our 19 week u/s to confirm! 6 more days!
Anyway, I am on pelvic rest for the next couple of days, but they think we are going to be just fine. I am so relieved!
In all the "excitement" of the day, I forgot to mention a few things. The baby is a lot higher than I had thought! They found its heartbeat up by my belly button! It was so cute at the ultrasound! At one point it even smiled at us! And it kept wiggling its little fingers like it was waving at us. Finally, it got mad that they kept prodding at it with the probe, and it turned around like it was sulking!
What an attitude already! It was so nice to see it again, and to see it so healthy and vibrant. It made both the doctor and the nurse laugh with its antics.
Also, today's Wednesday, so...18 Week Party!
