Blog Archive - 2008 July
Good Morning!
We're doing well in the Goodwin Household. Tomorrow is our next appointment and ultrasound to check on Baby Goodwin. I'm getting anxious in a good way. We've decided to ask Dr. Harrison to try to determine the gender of our baby. You all know what avid "surprise" people we are. However, in this situation, we aren't sure how much time we will get with Baby Goodwin, so we'd like to know as much as we can about him/her while he/she is still with us.
Just now, Mike and Annie went outside to switch the cars, so Mike could go to work. They walked out the door, Ruby looked over at me, and she promptly began to cry. What the heck?? My child gets left alone with me and she CRIES?? In a mere fourteen days, I have become chopped liver. Apparently, a bed-ridden mommy is as good as no mommy. :(
LOL! I don't really feel that way, but it did kind of suck when Ruby realized she was left with me and started crying...
Today is our weekly appointment and ultrasound. We'll be checking the amniotic fluid levels and making sure the baby is okay. Dr. Harrison is also going to look for the sex of the baby. She's going to write it down on a piece of paper and seal it in an envelope, so I can open it with Mike when he gets home from work. I want us to be the first two people (aside from Dr. Harrison) to know whether we're having a son or a daughter.
It's REALLY working!!
Obviously, I'm back from my doctor's appointment, and I have really great news! The baby is doing WONDERFUL. And, get this...
I have GAINED 3 cm of amniotic fluid. I had 14 cm last week, and I have 17 cm this week. That is a 20% increase, ladies and gentlemen!! That is SO GOOD! Dr. Harrison was very pleased with what she found. She said this is really good.
Please forgive my incessant posts over the next couple of hours. I've got to do something to waste time until Mike gets home. :) I thought I'd put a blog post out there with a lot of the wives' tales about gender, and my results of those wives tales. We'll see if they're right or wrong for this baby. Also, if you want to get your guess in for the gender of this baby before we let the cat out of the bag, you should head over to ExpectNet and enter your guess for this baby. :) You can click on this banner:
We are absolutely thrilled and excited to announce that:
We proudly introduce you to Burke Michael Goodwin:
We're still here. We're still pregnant. :) I don't have much to report on this morning, but I'm sure I'll have more material later today.
Oh, um, and have I mentioned....I have a son?!?!?! :) Oh, I did? I'm sorry. I must have forgotten. Please forgive me if I mention that a couple hundred more times in the coming months. :)
Until later...
Here is a more detailed update on the medical specifics, for those of you who are interested. :)
I am really tired of being horizontal. Two total hours of time in an upright position per 24 hour period is not much at all, friends. Especially when all of my time in the shower and using the restroom is counted as time in an upright position. My body longs to be sitting up.
Okay, I'm finished whining now. :) Thank you for listening.
4th of July = 20 Weeks!
Happy Independence Day, everyone!
We've got a busy day planned at our household. The Burkes, The Goodwins, and The Cherrys are all coming over for a lunch picnic. After the picnic, they are heading off to see "Hancock", and I think some of them might go see the fireworks at Slater Hill tonight. It should be fun. :)
Of course, you know where I'll be spending my 4th of July! :) So there was no reason to skip a blog update today. :)
Do you like us? Well? Do ya? Do ya?
Love Mercy
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