It's All About the Teeth

Or at least it will be for the next few weeks. Today I had to take Patches to the vet to have him sedated while his teeth were cleaned, examined, and some were removed(turned out to be 3 rather than just the one initial one the vet saw at his check-up a couple of weeks ago).

On the 9th of June, and then the 16th, Caleigh has to go back to the orthodontist to first get impressions and x-rays done, then the fitting of the appliance to spread her palate so that her teeth will meet properly again. Hoping that it doesn't hurt her too much and/or make her speech such that her classmates make fun of her(I remember mine did when I got my braces and then retainers).

Woohoo!!!

Had my 34 week appointment this morning(solo b/c silly, swiss cheese brain me wrote 9:45 on the calender in the kitchen when it was really 9:15, so Kev had to take Caleigh to school while I went alone-too last minute to ask gma). All is well, baby is still head down(yahoo!!), heart rate is 169 and I've got an rx for chiro and a requisition for another growth u/s at 38wks just to check up on things. The only question I forgot to ask was about what the hospital policy is regarding the use of infant seats other than the bucket seat that most people use. We kinda can't take the Britax out of the car to bring baby out to the car when we leave to come home.

Thanks, thanks a lot

Why do people think that pregnant women are fair game for any comment they feel like making? Why do they feel the need to comment on her size, how high/low she's carrying, or any other thing related to how she looks? Don't people realize that the last thing a pregnant woman needs is someone saying "boy, you got a lot bigger with this one than the last one, or is it just that I haven't seen you in a while?" Thanks for making me feel even more like a huge, beached whale than I already do.

Daddy's Away

We're surviving the week(so far), but are really looking forward to Saturday morning when he'll be home. Aidan has just exploded in terms of vocabulary this week, even being able to say Sioux Falls and Chicago(sorta).

Growth U/S at 32wks

Had the 32-34wk growth u/s this morning and it showed a baby with a heart rate of 151, measuring around 34wks(so 2wks ahead of dates, not a surprise), between 5 and 6lbs(somewhere around the 95-97th percentile), and.....head down, woohoo!!!! Now to figure out a way to keep baby that way until delivery(said while scratching my chin to think of things to do to ensure that).

Methinks

I need to get me a jumbo flyer and some jumbo bobbins to go along with it. I kinda sorta ran out of room on my standard bobbin this afternoon while plying my BFL singles(okay, okay, so the singles are kinda thick, but they're getting better). I had to actually wind the yarn on to the bobbin manually at the very end, and it almost spilled off the bobbin. There's almost no room between the flyer arm and the yarn on the bobbin.

Not Again

Just got back from the 32wk OB appointment. My weight is up another 3lbs :( and the baby's heartbeat was 154(which is up from the 104-143 that it usually is) and the little stinker has turned breech on me again. Not sure whether there's a whole lot of room left in there for turning back, but I'm gonna do my best to encourage turning and then staying put.