Check Up

Another post from future-Mom -

We had a check up with the perinatologist yesterday. Heard baby's heartbeat, which is at ~150 beats/min. We love to hear it, and would have happily listened for much longer than the nurse needed. The size/position of my uterus is just fine, because I'm 'short-waisted'. It'll go up further, and then out.

The nurse took a little blood for genetic testing and checking my thyroid function. Stung a bit, but no bruise. I'm very impressed with this clinic overall. The nurses are pros, my doctor gives me the right amount of information and trusts me to manage my diabetes with the help of my CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator).

It's been a rough couple of weeks, and we're balancing taking care of ourselves and helping out our family as much as we can. "Cletus" the Fetus had better be resilient and keep up - he's got me and that cool guy for parents. We gotta roll with the punches and keep on going. Cletus is an inspiration as well as being along for the ride. Keep on growing, baby!