well, there’s a reason i haven’t posted since the afternoon of november 5th…our pumpkin baby finally showed up on november 6th! pictures can be found in the link to the right…
she will be 3 weeks tomorrow ~ it’s amazing it’s gone so fast so far. we have learned that she loves to be swaddled at night, she really likes baths in the big tub (as opposed to the sponge baths out of the kitchen sink), she loves to eat (gained 1lb, 5ozs in two weeks) and loves to sleep on her daddy’s chest all evening. she isn’t a big fan …
Month: November 2006
First Doctor’s appointment
We had Mallory’s first doctor’s appointment today – she was four days old. We hadn’t met our choice of pediatrician prior to this appointment so I was a little nervous about liking her (or rather, not liking her). But when she walked in and had on blue-rimmed glasses and seemed cool – I was pretty happy.
But before we met the doctor, we had to strip Mallory down to weigh her. That is when she decided to let loose with her first real bowel movement (we’d seen the nasty meconium the night before – was fun to hear Rick’s reaction …
still in a holding pattern for fred
i had a non-stress test on friday and they wanted to check my amniotic fluid levels since we were overdue. there was a concern that maybe my water had broken so my doctor wanted me to head to triage to get checked out. after about 2 hours of being hooked up to a fetal monitor (where the baby looked great, heartbeat continues to be strong & healthy), they determined that i was not in labor or anywhere close to being in labor so they sent us home.
we got more details on the inducement: they call us tuesday afternoon to confirm …
40w 2d ~ still no baby…
apparently this child of mine doesn’t know about schedules and planning just yet. as happy as i am that the baby didn’t come on halloween, today would be a good day but i’m not feeling anything happening.
i am done going to work everyday but have been doing a tiny bit of work from home. mostly i’m just enjoying doing nothing but watch the snow fall today. cooper & i will go for our daily walk in a couple of hours and then hopefully i will curl up and try to watch a movie or maybe get some scrapbooking done.
rick is …