Baby Rez is growing big. My belly feels huge; if I’m already this big, I’m wondering how giant I’ll be at 9 months. We had a doctor appointment last week and Dr. Karl said “You’re almost at the third trimester.” I was like “whaaaat? I thought the third trimester started...
When we bought our house, the office was located in the small bedroom upstairs. Since this room is directly across the hall from ours, we knew it would be the perfect baby room. We moved the built in desk downstairs and painted the room a neutral beige. Since it wasn’t immediately...
We had a checkup at twelve weeks. We didn’t get to see Baby Rez, but they used a Doppler to listen to his heart. I’ve been really nervous these past couple of weeks, but the doctor eased my anxiety by saying “It’s time to start getting excited. We decided it was...
We switched to Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) so we could deliver at Stanford/Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. We had our first ultrasound there yesterday. Our OB, Dr. Karl is very nice and has been delivering babies for 20+ years. She assured us that this is the place we want to...
We had our second ultrasound at eight and a half weeks. Everything looked good and the heart rate was a fast flutter at 174bpm. We measured 21mm and as Dave pointed out, baby now looks like a little turtle! It’s a relief to have made it this far. In just a few days...
We had our first ultrasound at six and a half weeks. We had an idea of what to expect from TV and movies, but since it was still early for us, I tried not to get my hopes up about what we would see. We were able to see and...
I don’t know if Daisy understands I’m pregnant, but she’s definitely acting differently. Some dogs can smell cancer and other ailments, so it follows that a dog can sense pregnancy. Daisy’s a pretty sensitive girl as it is…she trembles in fear from fireworks, wind and…I don’t know… a cricket chirping...
