Hooray for our free mattress that really wasn't free! (we had to pay about $90 on shipping and handling) We are so excited to have this big ticket item!
Here is Rick, the proud man, for putting together the crib in less than an hour. Good for him! Other baby news: I had my 28 week appointment on Wednesday. Apparently my glucose screening test I passed; My iron levels are some of the best that my doctor's seen in a long time (12 in first trimester; 11.9 in July); and my fundal height is measuring 33 cm when it's supposed to be 28 cm... uh oh.
That was interesting. She took the measuring tape, measured my stomach, and then went back to my file, and measured me again. She repeated this process about 3 times. For all those that don't know, the fundal height is the measurement from my pubic bone to the top of my uterus. The measurement is in centimeters, and it is supposed to be the same as how many weeks you are. For example, I was supposed to measure 28 because I was 28 weeks at this appointment. Then I am measuring 33.
So, being the great doctor she is, she gave us a referral for an ultrasound since the ultrasound tech is on vacation this week and she wanted to know as soon as possible what was going on. We were able to get in Friday afternoon for an appointment for the ultrasound. It was not a fun experience. The technician didn't talk very much, I was laying flat on my back the entire time, while she asked me random questions that worried me to no end, like "Where was your placenta positioned before?" and "Do you have Diabetes?" When I told her that I didn't have Diabetes, I asked her, "Why, is he big for his age?". She said that she wasn't able to disclose that information to us (which I was kind of expecting). Now I am waiting for Monday to come in case I have a phone call from my doctor's office saying I need to come in earlier than my September 1st appointment. Or just an appointment to tell me if there's anything wrong with the baby or me.
I take a lot of comfort in the fact that he is a little worm, squirming around all over the place. He's going to be a great soccer player, with all the hard kick's he's been landing. :)
In other baby stuff, Rick and I have been debating on whether to use cloth diapers OR disposable diapers. Now, we are not what you would call "green" or "organic", but I do like more natural things. However, the main reason why we've been looking into cloth diapers is because they are less expensive than disposables, something that Rick and I are concerned with. Of course, we won't be using completely cloth diapers. Maybe to just start out with during the day, and then when I am out and about, using the disposables.
Anyways, here is a great website that we stumbled across given from our friend Adree:
And this the place where we'll probably be buying our cloth diapers from:
Some of the fancy cloth we'll eventually get into (Bumgenuis or Fuzzi Bunz), but they're too expensive right now for us. So, we're going with the prefold diapers, and maybe buying one or two of the more expensive cloth diapers per paycheck!
I hope everything is going well! I hate when anything other than "everything is going great" comes out of the Dr.'s mouth. I was measuring 2cm smaller... way scary! BUt everything came out A-OK.
ReplyDeleteWe started on disposible because they go through soo many right off the bat, and 6 out of 10 have poop in them too. They make more earth friendly (as is breakdown in 50 days instead of 50 years) that work well, but we just recently invested in gDiapers and love them. They have a disposible/ flushable insert and a cloth one. but we still use pampers when we are out and about just for safety.