Ultrasound and all is well.

Well, as predicted by grandma, little Ace "aced" his biophysical profile today.  He practiced his breathing, opened and closed his hands, he moved his body, arms and legs, and had plenty of amniotic fluid.  He's measuring a 7 pounds 4 ounces and it about the cutest little blob you could imagine.  I go in for my blood pressure check tomorrow.  Depending on how that goes I may or may not get an induction date set - now that we...

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Documenting the pregnancy...

MY PREGNANCY: Mother Name: Amanda Age: 25 Birthday: October 1st Height: 5'6 Father Name: Geoff Age: 25 (although he'll be 26 by the time baby comes) Birthday: October 31st Height: 5'11 FIRSTS Is this your first pregnancy?: Yes.  Yes it is.  When did you find out you were pregnant?: Saturday, March 12, 2011 How did you find out you were pregnant?: I realized I was almost a week late on my period, so I took a test.  Boy,...

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Update

Well, I'm still in bed.  Resting.    At least I'm at home in my own bed.  Although with all the Dr appointments I've got going on this week, I'm not sure how big a perk that is.  Haha.  I've already been twice this week and have two more appointments before the weekend.  At least they are keeping an eye on me, right? Monday my blood pressure was up.  Higher than Friday.  This was not...

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Rest? What's that?

So, at my regular Dr. appt on Wednesday, my blood pressure had been up a bit.  Thursday I wasn't feeling well - headache, exhausted (I went to bed at 8:30pm, pretty unusual for me, even at 36 weeks pregnant), so Friday during my lunch break I stopped at Geoff's pharmacy and took my blood pressure.  It was 144/97.  Not so great.  So, I called the hospital and asked if they wanted me to come in so they could take it with their cuff....

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Vehicular Slaughter

So, Geoff and I embarked on the adventure of buying [yet another] car recently.  Thanks to a slew of unfortunate happenstances, we found ourselves in need of a cheap, winter car.  So, we started watching Craigslist for a suitable contender.  Craigslist is a scary place to look for cars in our price range, but we eventually found a winner.  So, it's at this point I start counting the number of cars we've owned in our relatively...

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What's in a Name?

When I was a senior in high school, I was a TA for an AP Art History class.  Toward the end of the year, the class got to go on a field trip to San Francisco to see the art at the Palace of Legion of Honor.  My mom came along as a chaperone and, if I'm being honest, the two of us spent the day having way too much fun and not nearly enough time chaperoning.  On the bus ride back from the trip, we spent a good long while considering...

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Home Stretch

Raise your hand if you can believe I've been pregnant for 35 weeks 2 days?  No?  Me, neither.  I can't believe that, quite literally, any day my little boy could be on his way into the world.  He's weighing in at anywhere between 5 and 6 pounds this week.  I was born at 35 weeks.  My little boy is going to keep cooking for a least a few more weeks, I'm sure, but, he's almost full term and if I were to go into labor...

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Baby. Shower.

This past weekend I had a wonderful baby shower that was generously thrown for my by some friends in the ward.  Truthfully (and here's my 'poor pregnant me' moment), I had not expected to have one.  I'm not a terribly social person and although I have some awesome co-workers and church friends, I just didn't anticipate having a baby shower.  Then all in one day, three friends in the ward offered.  It was a wonderful treat. ...

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Did Anyone Else Hear That?

So, Geoff and I are at our Lamaze Childbirth Education Class.  We are discussing infant care - you know the part that comes after the baby is born and the hospital lets you go home with a 2-day old human being.  So, we are talking about all the responsibilities of being a parent.  Our teacher (a nurse named Amy - or possibly Aimee, something I wondered about throughout most of the 4 3-hour sessions) is discussing the importance of...

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Spoiled Rotten

Well, my birthday turned out to be a fantastic day.  Geoff and I started out the day "early" and went out for breakfast at Denny's (you get a free Grand Slam on your birthday!).  Geoff enjoyed a bacon avocado breakfast burrito and I had a grand slam with scrambled eggs (6 weeks 'til I can have over-medium again!), turkey bacon, hash browns, and pancakes.  While there, Geoff surprised me with my first gift of the day.  A beautiful...

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