Everything good at Week 24

Today we had our Week 24 doctor's visit, and everything looks A-OK. Well, mom has gained a little too much weight, but everything is fine with Baby Parker. And that's what matters most, right?

Though the visit happened to being at Week 24, it very well could have been at 23 or 27. Basically we're on a schedule of checkups every 4 weeks, so this visit happened to fall during Week 24.

We met with Dr. Mcdonald this time, which means we've now met 2 out of 3. Dr. Reuben is the last doctor on the list, and then we'll have completed the circuit. Dr. McDonald was fine, and like Dr. Hardesty she looks about 21 years old.

Like every visit, we started out with some questions. I'll spare you the details, but if you must know I'm having a little bit of trouble with heartburn. It could be a lot worse I suppose. I also was curious about the random pressure on my right side, but she said that it's not in a spot that we should worry about. I spoke with her about this issue over the phone, but it was nice to look at her and point and say HERE is where it's weird. She wasn't the slightest bit concerned and thinks it could be a nerve or some sort of growing pain, but nothing to worry about. So yay.

I'd like to point out that Dr. M. was not going to say that I'm getting too porky, but that I posed the question, "hey, have I gained too much weight?"She commented that it's a little high from last visit. So really she commented because I ASKED. But that means we need to layoff the cookies and and maybe I don't need that extra bowl of tasty Golden Grahams in the morning. With temps below 0 and snow falling every day, cutting out the sweets is easier than attempting to get to the gym.

After all the formalities, we got to the fun stuff. She actually measured my gut for the first time, and though I didn't get a number (I don't know why I didn't ask), I was told everything is measuring fine. Then we got to hear the heartbeat again! For whatever reason this always freaks me out, because I'm scared it won't be there, but it was.

In fact, Baby Parker apparently didn't want us to listen because it sounded like she punched the little machine midway through. Dr. M. rolled around some more until we heard that everything was fine. She did comment that our little one is active. Which is kind of weird because I couldn't even feel it, but there might have been some somersaults. So she's taking after her mom.

Next visit will be the glucose test, so wish us luck! Other than that, we just need to keep chugging forward...