For the most part, this is what I sent out to the family by email after my prenatal appointment yesterday. I wanted to archive it here as well.
Yesterday I had my 2nd midwife visit (the initial appointment was with a nurse practitioner). It was pretty uneventful though it is reassuring to hear the heartbeat each month. I'm currently at 17 weeks, 5 days and our due date is January 10, 2007.
Since my last prenatal visit, I have seen an endocrinologist who increased the dose of my thyroid medication. This has made a huge difference in my energy level. I was getting to the point where I could barely get out of bed even after a full night's sleep. She also had me start checking my blood sugar levels 4 times daily since I have a pretty high risk of gestational diabetes. So far my blood sugar looks good and the monitoring helps me see the effects of various foods. Hopefully that awareness will help me keep from getting GD.
I'm definitely starting to show now and most of my non-stretchy pants are unwearable. Thankfully, I have a lot of stretchy pants that should hold me over until I get to the point where I can start wearing some of the maternity pants that Kathy (sister-in-law) gave me. I haven't yet felt any movement (that I could recognize as such) but it is still a little early. From the sounds on the doppler that the midwife uses to hear the hearbeat, the little monkey is moving around quite a bit. Next Wednesday we have an ultrasound appointment. If the gender is readily apparent, we'll have the doctor tell otherwise we'll let it be a surprise.
The back bedroom's transformation is nearly complete! Mark installed the ceiling fan we picked up for the room, the walls are now a pale lavender and the bamboo flooring has been installed. We had a neighbor who does flooring come over to finish up the tricky bits and do the baseboards but Mark and our friend Nick did almost all of the work. All that is left now is to put another coat of paint on the baseboards and on the trim around the door, put the door back on its hinges, and start putting the furniture back in the room. The handy part about taking everything out is that we're only putting back the things that we want to keep in there. We'll be filling it up with baby stuff soon enough.
Here is a picture that totally doesn't do the room justice as the paint is a very subtle shade and the photo was taken before the baseboards were installed:
And this came in the mail today:
Why, yes, that is in fact a tie dye nursing bra.
