Today was my 16 week appointment at the midwives. Baby’s heartrate is in the upper 140s. Aside from my midwife totally obviously not believing that I can feel the baby yet (ha – I’m slender and I feel the bubbles already, dammit!!), it all went well. I told DM I always feel so badly when the appointments go fast, like I should be better prepared or have more questions. I asked DM whether he felt like he needed more information from these appointments, to which he responded “well, I put it in there, what else do I need to know?” CLASSY. Just love men. (Though, my man arguably is much more sensitive and supportive than your average bear!!).
With each appointment I’m reminded how grateful I am for great health insurance – the cash we’ve had to shell out has been less than 10% of the thousands these prenatal appointments have cost so far. And that’s a good thing, considering the other funds spent on just me so far to accomodate my growing shape – Oy Vey. Every day there are packages arriving with new workout attire, work attire, or stuff for our March trip when I’m larger and need summery clothes. See this lovely exchange below:
DM: package came today. could be your [workout support] band
me: cool! actually bet it was the other pack of maternity clothes
DM: nope. black sports braw
which is a bra you take into a brawl.
or one you wear in the South.
like Andertucky.
me: mwahaha
DM: I’m here all night.
Background – I’m from Madison County in Indiana, which is “the South” according to DM, who is from the Twin Cities. He makes fun of my central Indiana roots all the time.
With moving into the second trimester, we are starting to think more about baby gear. We haven’t really begun much in the way of baby shopping, though we’ve looked into registering at Buy Buy Baby and on Amazon. Amazon is a favorite for us already – their customer service is awesome, we do Amazon Prime with the free two day shipping, and they have the mom’s club (haven’t checked that out yet, but will). Buy Buy Baby is somewhat new but getting more popular – they are Bed Bath and Beyonds’ answer to the baby industry. There is a store in Castleton by where my parents like to go out to dinner sometimes, but more importantly Buy Buy Baby is in my backyard (a brand new store opened less than a ten minute car ride away in Lincoln Park), and they are right in the corridor of where we typically run our errands. Big win for convenience!!