Fetus' First Costume

Our little McBride just couldn't help but get in the spirit this year for Halloween.

"Braaaains"

Happy Halloween!

22 week appointment

Well, our 22 week appointment was yesterday. We listened to our little gal's heart beat, got a flu shot and just talked about any issues we were having, which were basically none at the moment. This was the "make everyone feel better" appointment since we are quickly approaching the 23 weeks and 3 day mark when I delivered prematurely in our last pregnancy.

We also learned something new about the heparin shortage. The shortage is really surrounding the injectable quantity and size that I would need to use when I am past 36 weeks. Apparently, there are no issues with administering the small dosages they give at the hospitals or even the drips.

The real issue may now be more of a regulatory problem with how they distribute the correct quantities of heparin to avoid such issues as was experienced with Dennis Quaids' twin babies in this story. So I guess I should now apologize to China for my sarcastic remark in my last post. Although I did have a pretty good conspiracy theory brewing about Chinese heparin smugglers and their need to keep the heparin supply low to feed their opium habits. Okay, Okay, I'll stop ... until next time :).

That's probably more information than you ever thought you'd need to know about blood thinners no?

20 Week Appt and Ultrasound

Today was our 20 week appt! Other than gaining almost 6 lbs in the last month (darn you Pizza and Pasta cravings), everything is progressing quite well.

During our appt this morning my OB mentioned he would like to start seeing us every two weeks, to be on the safe side.

Also, it appears if I will need to be induced if I would like to have any type of epidural during delivery, since the medication I am on (Lovenox) lasts for 24 hours in the system and they cannot do an epidural when on the medication. Normally, they would put me on Heparin which has a shorter shelf life in the system around 36 weeks. But apparently there is some shortage of Heparin ... thanks China.

After the appointment was our ultrasound. Looks like baby McBride is progressing right on target - measuring 2 days ahead at 20 weeks and 3 days.

And now, for the moment you've all been waiting for. Baby ultrasound pics. Yes, there is a bit of a hint as to the gender in the pics. See if you keen senses (and or reading ability) can figure it out ...

Peanut Pictures, finally ...

Today I finally got off my duff and bought us a scanner at Frys so I could scan our little one's photos. Below are pics of peanut McBride at 6 weeks and 12 weeks. Tomorrow is our 20 week ultrasound! So ... more scanned photos to come.