Ward Words

So, it is a little late, but here is my next pregnancy update. My most recent midwife appointment was last Wednesday, so I am just over a week behind, so not bad! We have not hooked up our desktop computer since returning after the hurricane, so I am not able to upload any photos right now. Well, I guess I could upload them, but they'd be huge as this computer has no picture editing software on it (to my knowledge). If that is incorrect, Lucas can help me when he gets home.

(Time out because the dog is crying at the door to go out. We have to physically take him out there on a leash because we are missing 2 sides of the fence in the backyard, thanks to Ike. Wembley would be gone if we just let him out there and expected him to do his business and come back in)

Ok, I just remembered I've had 3 midwife appointments since my last post. Oops. Not as good as originally thought. The first appointment was one of the longer appointments--I had to do the 1 hour glucose screen for gestational diabetes, followed by having blood drawn for the glucose screen and rh-factor. She also checked the fetal heart rate and position of the baby (both great!). 2 days later, I had to go back for a rhogam shot, because my rh-factor is negative. She also had to draw some more blood because the lab didn't run one of the tests she ordered and had already disposed of my blood. This is the second time this has happened to me this pregnancy. Not a big fan of that lab--I don't do well with having blood taken anyway, and to have it done 2 extra times that wouldn't have been necessary if they had just read the order is maddening. The glucose screen required me to drink 12 oz. of a high sugar liquid and then sit around for an hour while my body processed it. While we waited, Lucas and I watched some birthing videos and worked on some paperwork. I passed the screening and am now going in for appointments every 2 weeks (standard after you reach 30 weeks). So, my 30 week appointment was last Wednesday. I actually moved it from later in the week because I caught some awful cold. Last year, I somehow managed to not get sick the entire school year. After 2 years of catching "the death" illness in Colorado, I had come to expect it and was relieved when it never came. This year, the bug was milder, but I am still working on this barking cough that won't go away. It doesn't help that talking makes it worse, and my job pretty much requires me to talk all day (speech therapy). The 30 week appointment went well--everything looked fine.

Lucas and I have finally started work on the baby's room. Lucas has been building a built-in bookcase for our front room of the house, so that we can unpack all the boxes of books that have been stored in the baby's room until now. This week, he also scraped the popcorn-like texture off the wall and spackled the room to smooth it out. Tonight he will sand it down and then we can prime it (I know, I'm not much help...). This weekend, a couple friends are going to help paint it with us. We've been doing lots of research on car seats, strollers, diapers, etc., but haven't purchased much yet. We started child birth classes on Monday and that will run for 8 weeks.

I suppose there is more, but this is long enough for now!