Little Critter

I had an appointment with the Dr. today and the outcome worried me a little bit. I figured maybe the blog would be a good place to share my concerns. The good news is that Critter's heartbeat is nice and strong and when we had the last ultrasound (at 20 weeks) everything looked really good and normal. The scary part is that Critter isn't as big as he/she should be right now (at 28 weeks) and I have lost weight in the last 4 weeks. Overall I still haven't gained any weight since finding out I am pregnant, I originally lost 14 pounds in the first few months and have only gained 11 of them back. At my last appointment I asked the Dr. if I would get another ultrasound and she said, only if there is a problem. And today the Dr. ordered another ultrasound. He wasn't worried enough to do it today, instead we made an appointment to have it done next Friday. Now wasn't that considerate of him...I get to go through the next week wondering why little Critter isn't growing big and strong like he/she is supposed to. And, to make it even more tolerable the place where I am having the ultrasound done has a policy that they don't report the results immediately to the parents, instead they send the report over to the Dr.'s office and then I get to wait another week while they interpret the findings, whatever that means. AND, during this time apparently all of the pregnancy rules still apply so it's not like I can have a glass of wine to take the edge off.
So, while it is a possiblity that the little nugget is just petite, I am hesitant to go with that theory as it originates from rather hearty stock (aka Mommy and Daddy). However, this would fit into my plan of fulfilling my dreams to produce an olympic gymnast (I was never any good at gymnastics, but I always loved it so I have secretly hoped that one day I will have a daughter that is Mary Lou Retton Jr.). Or, perhaps the due date is off, however at all of my previous appointments the baby has measured according to said due date so now it seems that growth has slowed down. The Dr. said that this is relatively normal (relative to what?) and that all babies grow at different rates, but I still keep thinking about the fact that they don't do more ultrasounds unless they are concerned about something.
I think it is entirely possible that there is nothing to worry about and that I am being overly dramatic or something, but still...not the report I was hoping for.

Updates...

I have been receiving a lot of grief lately about not updating the blog so here is an update...

This is a picture of our new house. We moved in on April 4th and while I wish I could say that we have been spending the last several months making it our own, that would be a big fat lie. We have been traveling almost every weekend to visit friends and family. I have been waiting for the nesting thing that is supposed to accompany pregnancy to kick in, but so far nada. This weekend will be our first weekend home in a month and a half so we are finally going to paint the baby's room. I'll post pictures when it is done. We did buy bedding for the crib, you can see it at this link: http://www.wendybellissimo.com/products/product_detail.php?id=62



Last weekend we got to go visit Critter's future best friend/wife, little Lulu Rozeboom. And can I just say that she is absolutely gorgeous, but what was even more special to me was to watch Karoline with her. She is such a natural as a mom and it just blows me away because I can recall back to our days in college when she would look at me like I was on crack as I headed out of our dorm room to go babysit, voluntarily! I knew she had that maternal gene in there somewhere because of how good she was to me on those nights where happy hour was a little too happy, but it is so neat to watch her with Lulu. Holding Lulu made me really excited (and a tad bit impatient) for Critter to come, but Mike says we are going for well-done and I'm still in the medium-rare category.

Speaking of Critter, the pregnancy thing is going pretty well. It has been relatively uneventful, which in the scheme of things is a huge blessing. I have learned that Critter really likes it when his/her Daddy sings as evidenced by massive pummeling of Mommy's internal organs. We are trying to decide if we want to get one of those 4-d ultrasounds done. Our doctor's office doesn't do them unless there is a problem, but I have heard that you can go to a radiology place and have them done. What do you more experienced people think?

Well that is all for now, more later...