Anyway, everything else checked out fine at the appointment. BP 108/71. Hgb 11.2. Baby's HR 143. And apparently my overall weight gain to date is fine, I just gained almost all of it within the past month. But like I said, I hope it slows down a little bit or I will really be a house by the end of this.
From here until week 36 I will meet with the doctor every 2-3 weeks, and then weekly from week 36 until the end. It's getting close!!
Mike and I met with the pastor today of a local church that we've been attending to discuss becoming members. We figured that we need a church to call our own for when Baby Girl arrives so that she can be baptized there, go to Sunday school down the road, etc. This place is our favorite and it's literally within walking distance from our house, which is nice.
We also went over to Old Navy today and picked up these little gems for next year!
Yup, she's gonna be a Nittany Lion for Halloween!
And I couldn't resist this little Cindy Lou Who shirt for next Christmas Season....
Gotta love em! The Lion costume was on sale for $4 too! Added bonus!
Onto our most exciting trip of the day....our 3D/4D ultrasound appointment! It was a very cool thing to do, and I would definitely recommend it to others if finances allow it. There are several different packages that you can get. Ours was $115, and there were more and less expensive ones available.
With our package we got a 15 minute ultrasound (which doesn't sound very long, but it was long enough). They confirmed that our little baby is, in fact, a girl! Then they take a bunch of 3D pictures (the 4th "D" is real time) where you can really make out facial and body features! It was very cool. We think she has Mike's nose and he says she has his lips too. His exact comment was "She has an upper lip, so she can't be taking after you." He makes fun of the fact that my upper lip is tiny and disappears when I smile sometimes. Sweet guy huh?? Gotta love him.
It was funny because she was trying to suck her thumb the whole time. The ultrasound tech kept trying to get her to move her arm and she'd move it for a second, and then bring it right back up to her face. She said "Looks like you might have a thumb sucker here". To which Mike noted that he sucked his thumb as well. I don't think I did. So once again, taking after her dad!
We were leaving and I said to Mike "Man, it seems like she's taking after you in every way that we've seen so far. What is she gonna get from me?" His response: "Um I don't know. Her gender?" Nope, she gets that from you too buddy! Basic sex ed. The male determines the gender. I guess he meant that she and I are the same gender. Haha. I'm sure there will be plenty of other things that she'll get from me and I can't wait to see what they'll be!
Now onto some cool pics!
It's definite!! Baby Girl!
That hand was always up by her face!
Here we got one where the hand was momentarily not obstructing our view!
Smiling!
Decided to kick herself in the face!
Grabbing her toes with her hand!
Hello again hand!
Yawning!
So Cute!
So like I said, we got 23 pictures total, but I won't bore you with all of them. These are the best. They gave us a little photo album to put them in and then a CD of the pics and a DVD to music. Not sure when we'll ever watch that DVD, but whatever. Also gave us a book about baby's first year and a diaper bag and travel bag. Not a bad deal for $115.
Like Mike said, "Think of all of the dumb things we spend $100 on. At least this is cool. And how many times are you pregnant in life? Let's do it."
And I'm glad we did :)
Next up, Baby Shower in PA this weekend! I'll post with some pics after that!
Aww so cute! It's crazy how much you can see with technology - I agree, it does look like she has mike's nose and lips! Can't wait to meet her in person:)
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