A little piece of heaven

Today I had my 20 week OB appointment. The news is…Everything is GREAT! Belle looks SO GOOD. She has grown, her measurements are exactly where she needs to be for her gestation age, her heart is strong and steady. One cute little tidbit – her femur measures 2 weeks ahead – meaning, she will have long legs!

I asked the doctor about C-section vs Vaginal birth and he recommended a C-section. He said the risks on the child are lower with a C-section and he doesn’t want to run any risks at all with Belle. He will not be the doctor delivering Belle, but I appreciate her advice and agree with him.

So Belle will be born by C-section on May 3rd!

Nathan is doing great today, he had an OK CME session and is now watching TV while I pack and get everything ready for tomorrow. TOMORROW! I can’t believe we’re going on vacation tomorrow. Wohooo!

Bye for now! I’ll try to update from Colombia.

So I haven’t posted for like 2 whole days because…

…I’ve been on the phone day and night fighting with Fedex to release our package of supplements

…Taking Nathan to the doctor, the acupuncturist, the BodyTalker, CME, school, and the mall to go xmas shopping

…Out with friends for a little Xmas party

…Out playing tennis and water polo

…Hanging out with Yussef and Ouula, who came by again today.

…Having an existential crisis and trying to understand the meaning of all of this.

…Thinking about getting ready to go to Colombia!

The most important thing … Nathan is healthy again! We went to a new doctor who is FABULOUS and is into alternative medicine (he’s an MD with a specialty in alt med). He gave us an emergency protocol to follow when Nathan gets sick and we did it yesterday, and he was so much better this morning. I am thrilled because we finally have a good doctor to see while we are here in Chile.

Oh, and if you’re wondering..no, I haven’t started packing, and yes, we leave Friday morning, but don’t worry, around this time tomorrow night (1:24 am) I’m sure I’ll be running around packing and getting everything ready.

I leave you with a couple of cute pics:

From Random

From Random

Nathan woke up feeling still crummy and got sent home from preschool because of severe whinyness.  I was trying really hard to take him to a specific doctor but I wasn’t getting through.  Finally I conned one of the nurses into giving me his cell phone number and left him a dramatic message.

While I waited to hear back from him, we had a lovely afternoon with Yussuf and his mom.   They dropped in to visit and we really enjoyed chatting and the boys watched Elmo together.  Nathan seemed a bit better so we all walked to the mall together and had a lovely sushi dinner.  When we got to the mall something clicked in Nathan and he started acting more animated, energetic, and finally decided to eat (after 2 days!). While we were at the mall the doctor called and finally gave us an appointment for tomorrow at 1 pm.  He’s a western doctor with a specialization in natural medicine so I think he will be a great doc to see Nathan.

After we got home we had a home visit from an acupuncturist who worked on Nathan for about an hour.  I was shocked that he tolerated the needles without even crying.  Maybe it helped that he was watching Elmo during the treatment?  Afterwards he went happily to bed and I think he is starting to turn a corner.

You may be wondering what we’re counting down for?  Well – 2 things.  Today I am 20 weeks – I am halfway through my pregnancy with Belle!  She is moving a lot, growing, and my belly is huge!  I can’t believe in 20 more weeks she will be here!

The other countdown is for .. VACATION!  On Friday Nathan and I are going to Colombia to spend Christmas with my aunts and cousins, and to have a much needed, much deserved vacation.  Most importantly – Owen is going to meet us there! Nathan and I haven’t seen Owen in 2 months and we’ve missed him terribly, we can’t wait to see him again. We are planning on spending most of the time at the beach, chilling, and resting.   We are gonna camp by the beach:

Stay at an apartment in Cartagena in front of the beach:

And spend the first 3 days of the New Year at an Island off of Cartagena:

I can’t wait!  4 more days and we’ll be on the plane!