Latest Dr Visit

Its been a while. Things on the baby front have been going well. E and I had an appointment with Dr. Molinari last Wednesday and my sister was the first family member to see the little tyke on the ultrasound. He/She is bouncing around in there and as it is the 13th week now, the doctor can see the bridge of the nose, the base of the skull, the brain, the fingers, femur and tibia/fibia bones; lots of details. We could see the heart beating, like a metronome, at 160 beats/minute. The Doc tried to record a DVD of the ultrasound, and though I can see the etching of the laser on the disc, it won’t play. Oh well, next time I will take my lap top with me to make sure it works before I leave the office.

He prescribed some more standard bloodwork to just check on E’s levels going into the 4th month. That required another trip to the local public hospital. Its like clockwork now. We arrived at 7:30am, E waited in the “pay your ticket” line and I went to get a ticket at the analisi line. My ticket was coming due, so I pulled another and traded my original to some other guy who was sitting down. He didn’t believe me when I said I wanted to trade, he thought I was trying to scam him, but I showed him my number and pointed to the deli counter (the number display) and he got the hint. Unfortunately for me, his number was only a few spots ahead of my second pull, but it was better than nothing. E showed up soon after, actually just as my trading partner was leaving, and she went in to drop off her urine and blood. My trading buddy even gave me a token grazie on the way out. Italians just aren’t used to this kind of social conduct, I think he was really taken aback.
I’ve got new pics of the latest ultrasound. Still too early to tell the sex; the doctor doesn’t need to see us for two more months, so we will have to wait until then. E feels well, though her tummy is definitely starting to shine through and she has developed a superfan type habit of unbolting and unbuttoning her pants for comfort when she has to sit upright for prolonged periods of time; ie meals.