{"id":570,"date":"2010-08-23T21:17:50","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T03:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcusandshona.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2022-02-15T09:10:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:10:33","slug":"extended-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcusandshona.com\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"Extended Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, \u00a0it’s been a few days, so I thought I’d offer an extended version of Marcus’ update from a few days ago.<\/p>\n

FIRST, THE ULTRASOUND: We had this on Friday and health wise, things look good. They estimated that Babysor weighs about 6 lbs. 6 oz. I thought that sounded pretty big, but the doctor said that those numbers put him in the 62nd percentile, which is totally fine. I read online that babies gain about an ounce a day at this point, a fact I did not discuss with my doctor, but if true, means Babysor would put on 2 pounds exactly between the ultrasound day and my due date, making him 8lbs. 6 oz. — big, but not crazy huge.<\/p>\n

Other good things from the ultrasound: They noticed a small kidney blockage at the first ultrasound, something which is very common in boys and which usually resolves on its own at birth. And so this time they saw that the blockage is still very small — just 5 mm. Doctors don’t start worrying about it unless it is 7 mm or bigger. As far as what the blockage means, well, they told me that some babies with really big blockages in utero end up needing surgery to resolve the issue after they are born. In fact, the sonographer herself mentioned to us that her own 3-month old baby was going to need surgery to fix his blockage — but his<\/em> had measured 20 mm on ultrasound. So, even though the blockage is still there, the sonographer indicated that its small size was good news.<\/p>\n

Another tidbit: Babysor has hair! Yes, they could see it on the ultrasound. Little wisps of hair along his scalp. And it was the most beautiful shade of reddish blond! …Just kidding about the color, but they did see hair and pointed it out to us.<\/p>\n

But there was one important thing that was not great news. It’s not exactly bad<\/em> news, but it’s not good news either. Our stubborn Babysor is still hanging out with his head at the top, when he should have been head down for weeks now. I still have lots of amniotic fluid (another piece of good news) which means the baby is still very mobile and so there is a chance he could turn on his own. But if he doesn’t, then the chances I will need a c-section go up a lot. They already have. I really don’t want one because I dread the extended recovery time and the possible complications with possible future pregnancies, but obviously I will do whatever is safest for me and Babysor. Still, if anyone would like to send him some words of encouragement — you know, really lay on the social pressure to flip head down like all the other babies are doing, feel free!<\/p>\n

THE STROLLER AND CAR SEAT: We had a 20% off coupon for Babies R Us, and so we went ahead and bought a stroller\/car seat set a few weeks ago. As with many of the things I have picked out for baby, this car seat is the #1 safety rated car seat sold in the U.S. I’m not bragging, y’all, I’m just saying that’s why we picked it out! Plus, here are some pics:<\/p>\n

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Check out the gender neutral color palette! Look how the front wheels pivot in all directions!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The car seat snaps into the stroller, so the stroller is usable even while Babysor is very small.<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is my view peering over the handle of the stroller, so I can see Babysor. That's a lie. This is my view peering over the handle of the stroller while standing on the first step of our stairs. I think I will need platform shoes to actually see the baby clearly when I am pushing the stroller anywhere other than down a flight of stairs. Or, I will just keep to the stairs at all times. <\/p><\/div>\n

THE HAIRBALL BUMBLEBEE: Sometimes I will email Marcus in the middle of the day to tell him about something amusing that happened during my hours at home, or a trip to Target, or in my brain. As you can imagine, my days at home washing baby clothes and watching HGTV are filled with excitement. But the other day, Marcus was treated to the hairball bumblebee story. I will just copy and paste it here:<\/p>\n

I finished my elliptical workout at about 10 AM, right when I was due to check my post-breakfast bloodsugar count. So I sat down on the futon, and was about to start preparing the supplies when I saw a bumble bee hovering under the corner of the coffee table! I screamed and ran out of the room, but oh no! I need my bloodsugar supplies, not to mention my cellphone, which I had also left behind in my mad dash to get out of the room. So I stood in the doorway to see where the bee went. I saw him still hovering in the same spot. How did he get in here? Why does he like the corner of the coffee table so much? I figured that as long as he remained in that same general area, I could probably go around to the other side of the coffee table and quickly grab my monitor and supplies, plus my cellphone, and not get noticed or stung by the bee. So I approached the doorway slowly, and after just getting\u00a0a step or two into the room, I realized that the bumble bee looked kind of weird… After a moment I realized that it wasn’t a bumble bee at all! It was one of my hairballs, knotted at the center, and dangling from the corner of the coffee table! Still pretty scary, but not dangerous…<\/em><\/p>\n

For those of you who don’t know, I shed hair like a madman. And this is not the first time that I have mistaken my own hair for something sinister. And before Sam, Clark and Chris start cracking wise, yes, I really do exercise on the elliptical :p It keeps my blood sugar down and my deodorant relevant.<\/p>\n

OTHER UPDATES:<\/p>\n

1. Marcus has a bad cold. I hope I don’t get sick.<\/p>\n

2. One of the scars from my 2007 gall bladder surgery, once deeply hidden in the wrinkled recesses of my belly button, is now located outside<\/em> of my bellybutton. I wonder what’s going to pop out of my bellybutton next. An old m&m, maybe? A fish hook?<\/p>\n

3. Dreyer’s sugar-free mint chocolate chip ice cream, a recent discovery, has made gestational diabetes infinitely more tolerable.<\/p>\n

4. I THINK WE’VE DECIDED ON A FIRST NAME FOR THE BABY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, \u00a0it’s been a few days, so I thought I’d offer an extended version of Marcus’ update from a few days ago. FIRST, THE ULTRASOUND: We had this on Friday and health wise, things look good. They estimated that Babysor weighs about 6 lbs. 6 oz. I thought that sounded pretty big, but the doctor … <\/p>\n

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