Sproglet Update

[callistra]

Just got back from our 28 week check up and video screening. :-) Mr Blobby is very healthy and very happy. S/he is breathing, which means s/he is healthy, as they don't actually need to but s/he has energy to spare and is doing so. Also quite perky and wriggly. Just like a real baby!! LOL. Got to see ears and fingers and head and stuff. No, did NOT ask baby's sex. :-P

Looks like 1.3 kilos at the moment, so Dr Anna is expecting about an 8 pound baby. Sh*t. Probably about 3.5 kilos or so. This is alllllllllll Johnnnnnn'sssss faullllllttt. :-) He was huge too. I was only 6 pounds or so.

Not much to report; Mum and Bub happy and healthy. And I'm still under the recommended/expected weight gain for women in my size.

Had our first parent class last night. I forgot that a) I tend to project my voice a bit. I can cut through steel. b) Other people are shy. c) Other people are WEIRD. :-) But we all had fun. One of the ladies came to me later and said John and I should be fantastic parents. I laughed and said we're going to get it all wrong and will be amusing parents so every one can stand on the side and poke fun at us. :-) She was really nice, and was the only one there who came out right and said "I'm terrified of labour! I'm here to try and learn more about it so I'm not so scared!!" She was also the oldest lady there I think.

The midwife asked if any one was there because they thought they had to be. About half the men put their hands up. *grin* Mind you, there's "had to" and "had to". :-) I was sleep depped, but managed to be polite. IE, did NOT blurt out "Gee, you're ugly!" at inopportune times. Not that I'm likely to, but when I get tired enough I kind of halucinate and make things up. :-) Meet a nice girl who was 22, and was pregnant due to assisted fertility due to polycystic ovaries. Ouch.

Every one was so quiet! I was worried John and I would dominate too much! We did, but there were one or two others who came in to help, thank god. I get bored when the midwife asks a question and I wait and I wait and I wait and I wait and I wait and then I go oh fuck it and say something. And John and I did NOT argue when she drew the food pyramid and it's the same old USDA food pyramid set up by a bunch of grain growers. Bread my ass. Some grains are good, but your veg should outweigh *everything* else.

Comments

[gevauden.livejournal.com]

Only 3.5 kilos?!
Haha, I kid. That's fairly hefty.
Meanwhile spare a thought fot poor Kirsty. Elora was about 4.5 kilos (the exact figure escapes me for the moment) and Kirsty's only 5'2".

Anyway, I'm glad to hear all is going well fo you guys. Looking forward to your next update.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Ouch! It's all John's fault.
:-)

I'm glad someone does, I worry that I burble on incessantly about it sometimes. But then I read the pregnancy forums, and I feel sane again.
:-)