what i did on my summer vacation
we are officially grillers. we own a grill, and we have used it to satisfactorily cook our food. how weird is that? it feels so domestic and conventional and dang self-reliant.
we had just finished putting the grill together (with only one small swearing session!) when the rain started. okay, we probably should have taken it out of the box and assembled it at home before going to the park, but the sogginess did not keep our charcoal from ashing nicely and from cooking our veggie sausages and ears of corn and buns and, yes, even our sorta-s'mores. we were soaked but we were well-fed. and justin kindly hauled everything back to the car while i tiptoed through the horrifyingly-well-used park restroom (so grateful for travel toilet paper and wet wipes and that i remembered to bring them along), and we got our chairs planted at a prime spot on the lakefront just as the fireworks started. downtown cleveland looked damn good from just across the inlet.
we capped our lovely mini-weekend-in-the-middle-of-the-week off with an absolutely stellar ultrasound this morning. milo's weight is estimated at 5 lb 4 oz - the 53rd percentile, right down the middle, beautifully average. we saw his beautiful, chubby-cheeked face and his fairy dust hair, and his slightly large-for-age belly and his slightly short-for-age legs (could he turn out to be a turtle?), and it was fabulous. we got the best picture of his face that i will attempt to reproduce later. it's sitting on my desk, where i can keep looking at it and grinning. objectively-speaking, this kid is damn good-looking.
and, what a relief: my ob had a whole new attitude this morning. i don't know if something changed, or if someone talked to him; when i went to my gd gd appointment monday and they told me the peri would be in shortly, in walked the chairman of the whole department, boss of both my peri and my ob, who doesn't see many patients. maybe the disagreeing doctors dragged him into it, and maybe he brought about the change in my ob - who knows, but either way, the department head is now taking a personal interest in my case and my ob is being conciliatory, which can only work in our favor. my ob is now agreeing to attempt stripping my membranes at 37 weeks (up from 38 weeks) and is talking about "negotiating" where we go from there if the stripping doesn't work, which is a far cry from my last visit with him.
he also confirmed that milo has moved into head-first position, which is one more worry to check-off the list. and in other developments, i'm having daily contractions (not just braxton-hicks) that i can feel. judging from yesterday's NST, i'm actually having many more of them than i can feel, but i've gone from feeling one or two every few days to feeling a few every day. i know it may mean squat, but i'm holding on to those pinching peaks as evidence milo may be ready sooner rather than later. please, please, please.
one of our out-of-town friends just popped in, and we're going to return to the lake and pull out the grill and dazzle him with our newfound skills tonight. this grilling thing could become habit-forming.
we had just finished putting the grill together (with only one small swearing session!) when the rain started. okay, we probably should have taken it out of the box and assembled it at home before going to the park, but the sogginess did not keep our charcoal from ashing nicely and from cooking our veggie sausages and ears of corn and buns and, yes, even our sorta-s'mores. we were soaked but we were well-fed. and justin kindly hauled everything back to the car while i tiptoed through the horrifyingly-well-used park restroom (so grateful for travel toilet paper and wet wipes and that i remembered to bring them along), and we got our chairs planted at a prime spot on the lakefront just as the fireworks started. downtown cleveland looked damn good from just across the inlet.
we capped our lovely mini-weekend-in-the-middle-of-the-week off with an absolutely stellar ultrasound this morning. milo's weight is estimated at 5 lb 4 oz - the 53rd percentile, right down the middle, beautifully average. we saw his beautiful, chubby-cheeked face and his fairy dust hair, and his slightly large-for-age belly and his slightly short-for-age legs (could he turn out to be a turtle?), and it was fabulous. we got the best picture of his face that i will attempt to reproduce later. it's sitting on my desk, where i can keep looking at it and grinning. objectively-speaking, this kid is damn good-looking.
and, what a relief: my ob had a whole new attitude this morning. i don't know if something changed, or if someone talked to him; when i went to my gd gd appointment monday and they told me the peri would be in shortly, in walked the chairman of the whole department, boss of both my peri and my ob, who doesn't see many patients. maybe the disagreeing doctors dragged him into it, and maybe he brought about the change in my ob - who knows, but either way, the department head is now taking a personal interest in my case and my ob is being conciliatory, which can only work in our favor. my ob is now agreeing to attempt stripping my membranes at 37 weeks (up from 38 weeks) and is talking about "negotiating" where we go from there if the stripping doesn't work, which is a far cry from my last visit with him.
he also confirmed that milo has moved into head-first position, which is one more worry to check-off the list. and in other developments, i'm having daily contractions (not just braxton-hicks) that i can feel. judging from yesterday's NST, i'm actually having many more of them than i can feel, but i've gone from feeling one or two every few days to feeling a few every day. i know it may mean squat, but i'm holding on to those pinching peaks as evidence milo may be ready sooner rather than later. please, please, please.
one of our out-of-town friends just popped in, and we're going to return to the lake and pull out the grill and dazzle him with our newfound skills tonight. this grilling thing could become habit-forming.
posted by laura at 1:28 PM
5 Comments:
Oh Sweet Milo. I'm so glad for all the good news. I can't wait!
How wonderful! Don't get to used to that picture on your desk--I think you'll be looking at his sweet face up close and personal before you know it! So glad to hear things are lining up for you.
I am completely jealous of the grilling and the food!!!
I am glad you had such a wonderful u/s, and that your ob seems to be coming around. It's always great to read such a good post!!
Excellent news! Yeah!!!! Coming soon....baby of the year!
I'm smiling thinking of you looking at Milo's picture! I'm so glad the u/s went so well. And the grilling sounds delicious! This way, Justin will be able to keep you fed until the snow flies while you're busy taking care of little Milo :)
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