We finished the nursery last weekend! Yay! I love how it came out, it's fabulous! We have some minor touch ups to do, but the bulk of it is complete. We have a chandelier coming to hang from the ceiling- how awesome will that be?! Very princess :-) Also not in the picture is the ottoman that goes with the glider- it was just picked up the other night- Sal had to go to West Windsor to get it! That's absurd. The Babies R Us near us was completely useless. I was willing to buy the floor model- it was still wrapped in the plastic and they refused to sell it to us! WTF?! Whatever, we have it now and that's all that matters to me.Had two doctors appointments on Tuesday. First was the OB at 8:45, then the high risk at 9:15. Well, we got to the OB by 8:30 and weren't taken in until 9. Then the doctor tells me I need to strip from the waist down for an exam/to test for Strep B, followed by a HIV test. No one else could tell me this? I couldn't have my blood taken first? I made Sal call the high risk office and let them know we would be late (I hate being late for anything, it makes me all twitchy!) So we finally get to our 2nd appointment at 9:30. I was due into work for 10:30 just as an FYI. They take us in to the ultra sound room within 10 minutes and the tech did all her measurements and whatnot within another 15 mins- now it's 10 am. The tech leaves and says the doctor will be in shortly, he's across the hall with another patient. Okay, fine. Now, I'm laying on the table with gook all over my belly from the ultra sound, waiting for him to come in. We can hear him trying to wrap things up with the other patient, but she and her husband keep asking questions- NOT medically relavant questions! They wanted to know about insurance and hospital stays and private rooms, etc- CALL BILLING! I was sweating bullets at this point, I was going to be late for work! I texted Dawn and gave her a heads up and of course, she said it was no big deal, but to me it was! FINALLY the doctor comes in at 10:15! He read the tech's measurements and made a few of his own- in the end we found out that Sophie is 4 lbs 5 oz, she's in the 50th percentile and she's head down/ face up. He reviewed all my measurements from previous appointments and said Sophie will probably be 7 - 7 1/2 lbs at birth. She's been measuring very average- which is good- not too big, not too small. So we were thrilled with that information! By the time all was said and done we didn't get out of there until 10:30- there was no time for us to go home and get my car, my lunch, my stuff for work, etc. I dropped Sal off at work and then sped my way to the office. I was 45 minutes late to work. Oy! I was all sorts of flustered and worked up. And to top it off, I had no food!!
The rest of the week went okay though. My ankles have been perpetually swollen though and that's gross. I just don't have time to sit with my feet up! Soon I'll be on maternity leave though and I'll get some rest. My sciatic nerve has also been killing me- literally, I think it's killing me! Last night I came out to the kitchen to take my pills and it shot down my leg/butt and brought me to my knees. I screamed for Sal (he probably thought I was going into to labor with the panic in my voice!) and he had to carry/drag me to bed. I've had every pregnancy symptom so far... this better be one healthy child. I can say though I've been blessed with NO STRETCH marks (so far anyway, 6 more weeks to wait and see)!
Alright, I'm tired of typing.... tomorrow is my baby shower, I'll update some day soon and tell ya all about it!
