Dr's visit 12.17.08

I had another Dr's visit yesterday.  Everything seems to be going well.  I have every other appointment with Wendy, the nurse practitioner.  I really like her.  She always acts like she has all the time in the world and does a great job with answering all of my questions.  Dr. Collins was in labor and delivery that afternoon and so Wendy was super busy with appointments, but she still took her time during my appointment.  Tyler went with me this time...he hadn't been to one in awhile, so it was nice to have him there.  I always miss something that the Dr says and he always remembers everything.  :)  

She measured my uterus and said it was right on track - 35 cm!  I'm 35 weeks along today.  We also listened to the heartbeat...at first it was in the lower 160's and then it went down to 149.  It's been all over the place.  Some appointments it's in the 120's.  That makes it kind of difficult for those who are trying to guess the sex by the heartbeat. :)

I was talking to Wendy about how the top of my stomach always seems so hard.  She felt it and said that the baby's butt was right up there.  haha.  That's weird that they can tell where the body parts are.  I can't really tell.  I just know that it sometimes feels as though my ribs are going to break!  

In other news...we bought our crib and dresser last weekend!  Yippee!  I am so excited about the set.  We found a set that we liked at Nebraska Furniture Mart but it was a little more than we wanted to spend.  So we went to Mrs B's and found the exact same dresser for about half the cost!  We were pretty excited about that and couldn't pass it up.  The crib is set up in the nursery now along with the dresser.  I'll put up pics later on when I have the room set up a little more. 

We had our last baby class on Tuesday night.  I am a little sad that it's over.  We went five out of the six weeks.  Those six weeks sure flew by!  This Tuesday we learned how to give babies a bath.  We all got a doll to practice on.  :)  Tyler learned how to swaddle a newborn too.  We watched a video on car seat safety and protocols at the end.