Mom arrived Wednesday, Sept. 11th just in time for our first midwife appointment on Thursday. Not surprising I've been counting down the days for this first appointment and of course it was rather uneventful, lol. I was prepared that it was probably too early to hear the heartbeat so I wasn't too disappointed when that was the case. We did family health history, checked my sugar and protein levels (normal) and scheduled another appointment for just 2 weeks later so we could check for the heartbeat again. Josh and I love our midwife, Pearl. We met her a few months ago and I liked her then, I just couldn't really remember details. After this visit I told Josh I remembered why I liked her so much, she shoots you straight, but is very calm and kind at the same time. I like that :)
Mom and I went window shopping and oo'd and ahh'd over baby things. She got me a few maternity pieces as I already can't wear my normal jeans and prefer only 3 sundresses for comfort. It feels so odd... kinda silly to have gained only 3.5 pounds since finding out I was pregnant and yet my uterus (which has doubled in size) has already pushed what belly weight I did carry up and out. I dread when people will ask how far along I am, I'm tempted to lie and say 3 and a half months or something, rather than 10 weeks. Not really that worried, but I still feel silly showing so soon, maybe that's just me. Maybe I'm showing but I haven't personally fully committed to believing I'm really pregnant and that's why it feels weird. I think hearing the heartbeat will help :)
My birthday came as a happy surprise Saturday morning when I was checking Facebook and read all the "Happy Birthday" notes. I had completely forgot with Mom's visit and pregnancy consuming most of my thoughts. Mom and I had stayed the night in Napa and enjoyed two days of browsing around, me taking tiny sips off some of Mom's better wine tastings, eating and enjoying the fantastic weather.
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