| 24 weeks pregnant |
| March 9, 2004 Wow, in exactly one month Mike will be 19. Sometimes I feel inda bad, because I know becoming a father this young wasn't exactly what he had in mind and I fear that he will be less able to reach his goals. Those thoughts are fleeting. I know that even though neither of us would have planned to have a baby this early, we're both very happy about having Kairi. He has his worries, like every expectant father, but I know h'es going to be a wonderful father. I don't think there's any way to convince him of that, it's something he'll just have to prove to himself. I'm now 24 weeks pregnant. I've been feeling pretty good. Well, I was sick with a cold over the weekend and I'm had some minor insomnia. Oh, and this one particular muscle in my back that make me want to cry on a daily basis. My indigestion/heatbrun has gotten lass harsh. Eve with the few complaints I have I"m very much enjoying this pregnancy. Sme women have such rough pregnancies, I know I"m really blessed. I can feel Kairi kicking and moving around all the time and overall I'm simply happy. It almost feels unreal that in two weeks I'll be in the third trimester, only three months left! I don't expect Kairi to be born until after her due date, so I'll have a little July baby. She could even be born on Jul 4, though I'm not sure how I feel about that. On one hand it'd be pretty neat for her to have fireworks for her birthday, but on the other hand it's be a lot harder to plan a birthday party if everyone already has plans. Well, come what may, we'll figure it out. I missed my OB appointment last Friday because I was sick and since I don't have a pone right now I couldn't call them. Today I got a note in the mail from their office, saying to call and schedule an OB check asap. It made me laugh, as if their care has been so paramount up to this point. The only thing I missed with this appointment was meeting a completel stranger who thinks she might deliver my baby. There are four OBs that work in the office I'm seen at and they rotate for deliveries. Two of them are men! I'd like to know where the hell a male doctor get the idea that he's qualifies to guide women through childbirth! I'll never understand doctors-- first my OB thinks a 30% c-sec rate is something to brag about, then she wants me to see each of the three doctors she works with as if meeting each of them once for less than 20 minutes means anything (they're still strangers to me) and then she doesn't bat an eye when she informs me that two of these strangers are men. Sigh. March 12, 2004 Still 24 weeks pregnant ;) I saw my 2nd OB yesterday. I like her a lot better than my normal OB- she has more personality and I just got a better vibe from her in general. What I didn't like was that I waited in the exam room for over half an hour, by myself. Mike stayed home. I go to these damned appointments for him and he stayed home. Needless to say I was a little upset over that. They gave me the orange "drink" for the glucose test (for gestational diabetes), which I was really not looking forward to, I had even planned to decline it but they were so matter-of-fact about the thing I figured I' be talking to a brick wall- I didn't have any research with me to back up my wishes. Oh, and now the really joyful part: I get to see the OB every 2 weeks now instead of monthly. Lovely. I would much rather see my midwives every two weeks and see the OB once a month. Maybe for my next pregnancy (I'm thinking a few years down the road, I know) I'll be able to see the midwives exclusively and forgo the doctors all together. Doctors, blah. |