Everything seemed to go well at Maternal Fetal Medicine. The super nice tech started at the top of the head and went down the body. She said everything looked fine. We saw sweet little profiles and lots of wiggling. No surprises there. Cory was a wiggle, and early on we couldn’t even get a heartbeat because it was a wiggle! She had a hard time getting a good look at the heart, but finally got something for the doctor to look at. A doctor will look at the images and write a report for my ob. At least baby was cooperative enough to very clearly show us another boy is on the way!

The important thing is that the baby is healthy. I am scheduled for an appointment on the 9th with a nurse practitioner to discuss a birth plan because of my hypertension and previous preeclampsia. She might check on the baby then too We’re both very happy and the tech was nice enough to give us some paper copies and a cd copy of some of the better shots and short video:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrishel/sets/72157624469572831/

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Didn’t sleep very well. It was another one of those up at 4 and can’t get back to sleep until it’s time to get up things. Got something to drink and came back to bed in time to feel baby kicking. Must have been just in the right spot. I must have woken Jay up with my stirring, so I moved his hand over to feel. I wasn’t sure if he would, but he did. So 18 weeks and Daddy gets to feel it for the first time. Hopefully next week we’ll get to stop calling it, It.

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I’ve painstakingly researched and narrowed Cory’s new bedroom design down to 3.

Individual images can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrishel/sets/72157624419447557/with/4811848733/

A. automobiles and roads (top) at $345

B. trucks (right) at $181

C. trains and tracks (bottom) at $325

Take the poll and help me decide. Which do you like?

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Through nap, through night, and through another nap, Cory has stayed all dry without wetting his nighttime diaper. He’s still not going poo on the potty, but he’s still going days again without going. He was going pretty regularly during naps. I guess he’s figuring out what it feels like and what he needs to do.
Jay and I both have noticed that Cory’s speech is slipping. He certainly has a vocabulary, but either he’s been watching way too much British cartoonage, or he’s dropping sounds. Rs are dropped and Ls are Ws. I know those can be developmental, but it’s more than that. It seems he struggles to get sentences together. I suppose all we can do is keep modeling good speech for now.
I’ve checked my bp, and it’s normal, but I keep feeling a bit dizzy and weak especially from getting up from laying down or sitting. I’m certainly eating more. I’ve gained all the weight I lost back. I’m not totally sure I’m supposed to gain 2-3 lbs in a month.
My summer vacation is halfway over. I used to be very anxious to get back to my classroom, but this year I’m mostly happy just to stay home and taking Cory places and keeping house-mostly! It’ll be a bit sad to start back towards the end of August.

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I know every pregnancy is different, but I only have one collection of data to pull from at this point in a pregnancy! I looked back over some of the older blog posts. I’m almost 18 weeks along and at 20 weeks Jay thought he was feeling Cory for the first time. I’m barely ever feeling this one! Maybe once every three days I get some wiggles at one point during the day, but that’s it. Then I read on and laying down or soaking in the tub at 23 weeks we could both watch Cory poke and squirm appendages in my tummy. At first I thought that maybe I’m just heavier than I was with Cory, but I started at 155 with Cory and I started at 161 with lost weight the first trimester. Last check up I was at 158- so it can’t be the weight or fat in the way. Maybe this kiddo is just calmer. Cory’s been active since he found out he could move in me! I’m sure that at the ultrasound in a couple weeks they’d tell us if something was wrong. As opposed to Cory moving so much they could never get a heart beat or check on his measurements.

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