The nursery is almost complete (hopefully I will have pictures up in the next couple of weeks). I'm having fun toying with decor ideas - but it's hard to visualize when it's not quite complete. Pat's doing a great job though, and has been lucky enough to have both of our dads to help.
He's got to be bigger than that, right?
In very exciting news, I retrieved Avery from Connecticut last Saturday, and in less than one week, my Mom and Scott should be back in New Hampshire at last!
We had a great 28-week midwife appointment in which I had to drink 5 oz of a repulsive orange glucose drink then have blood work done to test for gestational diabetes. Thankfully, it came out negative - so no worries there. We also got another peek at baby E. It always takes my breath away to see him on camera. He has been very active and the ultrasound tech reported that he is still a BOY and is a very long baby...surprise, surprise. We got some great pictures, and if you ask me, I think he's got chubby cheeks like me and big lips like his Dad! The picture itself is a little creepy looking, but the "live" version of the ultrasound was incredible.
Babyface at 28 weeks.
The reason we have gotten to have so many looks at our little guy is that around the time of my board exams, my blood pressure was slightly elevated (shocking!). So, because elevated blood pressure can cause decreased blood flow to the placenta and baby, they like to check growth and development more frequently - though our baby is growing very well. This past visit, the midwife said that baby E appears to be in the 84th percentile for height and weight and his heart sounded great. My blood pressure has been back to normal and i'm feeling really good- so at this point, we're just feeling lucky to get so many pictures of our little man.
I have been working at a health center in Newbury, Vermont for the physician that I worked with on the public health project. The health center is unique in that there are several practitioners in the center that work cooperatively. A family physician, physical therapist, massage therapist, family and substance abuse councelor, and she'd like to expand even more by hiring a dental hygienist. I have always thought that dental health should be integrated into overall health and medical care and love this idea of incorporating the two fields. Currently, i'm working up a proposal, but it's all up in the air, so we'll see. It would be a great opportunity, especially because I could bring our baby boy to work early on, since he'll be relying on me to eat. It's been great so far, lots of babies to cuddle and I even got an on-the-job prenatal massage the other day - fabulous!
27 weeks in front of the Intrepid
Baby E does NYC
Family photo - soon, i'll have a baby in my arms, too.
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