Off Again

Well we're off again. Tonight we're flying to Seattle then early tomorrow morning we're getting the clipper ferry to Vancouver Island then a Greyhound bus to Cowichan Bay for a wedding which will take place on Saturday. Just thinking about it makes me want to curl up and sleep...We're looking forward to the scenery and hopefully to cooler weather. I like cool weather these days :D

Yesterday we had an echo cardiogram to check the baby's heart and everything looks good. That was nice to hear. The baby however is like it's father and is very stubborn. He/She had its chin resting on its chest and even though the Dr. had me doing jumping jacks, baby refused to lift it's head. Later on at the obstretritian's he decided to give the doppler device a few kicks while we were checking for its heartbeat. We'll have to have a word with him/her about their behaviour...

Half Way There!

This past week was busy. I started Physical Therapy because my back has been hurting pretty bad recently. Of course, when I went to the PT appointment my back felt just fine so I felt like a fraud :P Now I have some exercises I'm supposed to do once or twice a day and I have two PT appointments every week for the next few weeks. I'm beginning to see a bit too much of UCLA hospital...

In other news I finished a very cute baby cardigan for some friends of ours who are having a baby girl about a month before us. It feels like quite an accomplishment to finally get the cardigan made! I just need to sew up the arms now and get some cute buttons.

On Saturday we went to O'Melverny Park with some friends. We celebrated three birthdays and had a very enjoyable picnic in a lovely shaded area. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.

We are 20 weeks pregnant now, officially halfway through, just another 20 more to go. Pregnancies take way too long in my opinion. Everything seems to be going well however and this is probably the easier part of the pregnancy. I have appointments this week with my ob/gyn and with my diabetes nurse. I need to see if it will be okay for me to fly with Andrew to D.C. the end of August.

That's all the news for now I think. A pretty uneventful week, not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Thumbs Up!

Well, we've been home almost a week now. I'm almost back in LA time, still a bit sleepy in the evenings. I still need to get my knitting needles out again. I need some inspiration!

Today we went for our big 19 week scan. It was so fun to see the little baby move and study each detail. I lay in the ultrasound room for a whole hour while the radiologist checked everything!

She started on the head and made her way down to the toes. Counting every little digit and measuring everything there was to be measured including arteries and ventricles in the brain. The pictures were so clear you could see the chambers of the heart. She even got a photo of the baby’s nostrils!

It was unreal. The baby was moving lots and even gave us a thumbs up :D The radiologist identified the baby’s gender but she didn't tell us because we asked her not to. It was very hard not to sneak a peak though :)

The pictures are not as clear as the 11 week scan because the baby was more squished this time and we didn't really see the whole baby like we did when it was smaller, the picture of his arm is pretty impressive though!

Boring blurry shot

Thumbs up from BFung!