Random Stuff.

Got blood work done today, nothing big just the one that screens for nuraltube defects and downs. I don't expect it to come back and say that anything is wrong, but there is always that fear in my head. After all, no one really expects that any test will say something bad. So we'll see what happens.

Other then the blood work we grabbed some stuff from wal-mart that we needed, like deodorant and tooth brush heads. We also picked up one of those Britta water bottles. I've been meaning to drink more water but the water tastes funky so I've been avoiding it. So now I can drink more water that doesn't taste odd. Also my appetite has been getting better (not that it ever went away) and tomatoes are a little more tolerable then they have been so far this pregnancy which is nice.

I also wrote my first check today. Yay me. LOL. My mother told me how to write them a few years ago though I did double check it on the internet to make sure I remembered it right. The check was to pay off what we owe Allstate. We decided that since we have the money left from Christmas we would get that bill off of our backs. We still have to pay off the Sprint bill but we didn't get that much money so we just paid off the one we could afford. It is nice to have that off of our back. The first thing we want to do when Chris gets that job in January is pay that bill off, that way we're out of debt. Then we need new tires, a spar tire, car insurance, baby stuff. Oh and a place of course but lets work on all of that stuff first.

On the baby front, My next appointment is on Wednesday, it's always on a Wednesday. She said that I would get either the stuff for my Rho-gram shot or the GB test at this upcoming appointment. I don't remember which she said. The Monday after that appointment we have the anatomy scan. I'm excited to know for sure the gender (well as sure as you can be before the kid is born). I'm also terrified that there will be something wrong. I never would have been scared about it if I hadn't been a part of the loss community for so long, I never would have known how much can go wrong; how often babies have things wrong that make them incomparable with life outside the womb. I'd actually wished that sex-ed had told me more about the possibility of losing a baby then just sex=baby. But then again, I do miss being that naive; I wish i could go back to that.

But on a happier note this kid has been kicking me the whole time as I wrote this. I love feeling kicks especially now that they are getting so strong. I can't wait tell all of the kicks are strong enough to be felt from the out side. Right now it's just a few here and there, and hubby never has his hand on my belly then. And I'm so excited to be able to use the baby's name when I talk to him/her.

~Cathrin