A Bit of an Update

No real new news on Peeper, but I did have an appointment with Midwife K (the Liberal Drinker) this morning, and all looks good.

There really wasn't much to it - weight, blood pressure, chatting, and a listen with the Doppler.

Her heartbeat sounded great, at around 159 bpm (if I remember) - with a couple of kicks to the microphone, for good measure.

She asked (again) about whether we've chosen a pediatrician, and told us about our two options.

Yeah, our little town has one pediatric group, and one solo practitioner. Or, we could go with a family practitioner, so I guess that's technically three choices.

She suggested quizzing our friends for their opinions on these specific docs. I know I talked to LiPA about this before, but I'll have to ask her again, because I've forgotten what she told me!

She told us that it's not too earlier to start "interviewing" them, and deciding who we like. That kind of freaked me out a bit.

Then, this afternoon, Shrike told me that her sister was telling her about how we need to figure out what we're going to do about childcare when we go back to work.

Oy. And we're not even going to need that until February!

Oh, there were a couple of kind of funny things to report from the appointment:

First, when the nurse was doing her thing, she asked me, "So, you're at about twenty weeks. Have you had your ultrasound yet?"

Um yeah. Eight of them. So far.

Second, when MW K was about done with all her questions, she looked back down at her little cheat sheet and said, "Oh, I don't guess I need to ask if you want your tubes tied afterward, do I?"

Yeah, I think I feel pretty safe passing on that one.