Today was a big day. C&W were flying up with W's mom to do a hospital tour, stop by and say hi to Dr. B and get some new pictures of their little one. C texted me when they got to the airport and I called the hospital to make sure they weren't too terribly busy with laboring mommas. They said they had 4 on the board, but of course there's no way to predict when babies will come. C texted me again when they landed and I headed to the hospital to meet them there. We met in the lobby and then headed up to Labor and Delivery. It was kind of funny because when we first got there, we walked up to the nurses station and I told them, "I'm not in labor." LOL! The head nurse took us to a labor and delivery room first and then walked us to the triage area, where we will go when we first get to the hospital. She discussed that the baby will be staying in the room with them for most of the day/night. They don't really keep baby's in the nursery. On our way out, we saw the waiting area for friends and family and discussed the plan for when I go into labor a little bit.
We walked over to Dr. B's office to say hi and she was excited to see all of us and meet everyone. She was so sweet and asked if they had any questions and spent a few minutes chatting with us. It was so nice of her to take just a few minutes to talk with us.
After we finished at the hospital, we decided to grab lunch at Panera (one of mine and C's favorite) before heading to the ultrasound appointment. We got to eat and visit for a bit and C got to feel the baby move. Yea!! So exciting. After lunch, we headed to the ultrasound appointment. This was pretty funny. We arrived at the location right on time and we walked in, were greeted by a very outgoing, friendly gentleman. I wasn't sure we were in the right place, even though the sign on the outside said "Storkvision" It turns out, it was an insurance office that had recently moved in to that suite. GPS took us to the wrong location. Luckily, the actual location wasn't too far away, so we hopped in our cars and headed to the new address. They were ready for us when we arrived, so I filled out a little bit of paperwork and then we headed back to the ultrasound room. It was so big. There was a very big screen TV at the front of the room and two couches (one on the left and one on the right) of the room. In the back, was the bed/table where I would be when they did the ultrasound. This is also the day we found out that this little baby is now breech. Really?! I had told the US tech that at our OB appointment on Tuesday, baby was head down, so she placed the wand closer to where the head would be and instead, we saw more butt/legs. Thank goodness we had told her gender was still a surprise and we wanted to keep it that way, that she moved it pretty quickly and none of us saw anything regarding the gender. She focused a lot on the face and got a few good views of the hands/feet too. I think this really helped make it that much more real for C&W too. Seeing their little babies face.
We got some great pictures of all of us after the appointment too. Once we finished up with the ultrasound, we said our goodbyes so that they could head back to the airport and back home. It was such a fantastic visit though. It's always nice to spend time with them.
Such a cute little baby. The technician kept commenting, "Look at those lips!" and how full they were.
Later in the evening, there was an event at a local birth center where my doula with Baby "E" is now a midwife. It was Belly Art Night. They do these events once a quarter and I was really looking forward to it. They have several artists that come to the birth center and paint all the 3rd trimester bellies. I had asked C earlier if there was anything particular she wanted me to have them paint or something special they liked. She said that she really liked dragonflies, so I had the idea of putting a baby dragonfly in a bubble with a Mommy and Daddy dragonfly looking in at the baby. It turned out so great and it was such a fun evening!
The picture on the right is me with my doula with Baby E's birth (now midwife) Gina.
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| All the beautiful bellies!! |
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