8 lbs ... no that is not how much the baby weighs already, that's how much I have gained. I feel like I've gained about 50 lbs. Though in reality 5 lbs is baby, 5lbs is other baby incubating materials. I've really lost 2 lbs. How is that for rationalizing? Trust me, I could care less how much I gain or don't gain, I just want a healthy little one.
I visited Dr. J-C this morning, however she was off to the hospital to deliver a woman who had called at 9:30 am saying she "thought" she was in labor. To be cautious, Doc sent her to the hospital. They checked her ... she was 8cm! So needless to say, she needed to go. So I saw the nurse and everything seems fine.
I head out around 1pm to go to see Dr. Ghidini for the fetal stress test and the weekly sono.
7 weeks from yesterday this will all be over! Or as some might say, it will have only just begun!
We have also decided to bank this baby's cord blood. Many say its a rip-off scheme, but its not something I am willing to risk not doing and then wishing I had. Its about $2000. $1800 after the special discount! But they let you pay it over a year and then its just $125/year to store it. Right now it has been used to treat about 40 different things, cancers, inborn errors of metabolism, etc. Considering all we've been through with this pregnancy and the fact that our children are of mixed race (i.e. hard to find a match in a public bank), I think it is worth it. I hope it is an insurance policy we NEVER have to use.
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