We had our fetal echo cardiogram yesterday and everything looked perfect, according to the doc! Based on the PR intervals over the past 5 weeks and the echo yesterday, he doesn't think we'll have any problems due to the Sjogren's & SSA-B antibodies. He did remind us that damage can happen very quickly, like in less than a week, so I'm still going for the next 3-4 weeks for PR interval appointments, but he was very happy with how her heart looked. Yay! Go baby! You could even see her mouth moving - like a little fish - it was awesome!
As for names.. we have a list of 20+, some we like, some have been vetoed. Both Moms keep offering oh-so-helpful "suggestions" such as Esmerelda, Horatia, Jethra... Some are real names, but we are basically ignoring all suggestions, cute or absurd - and Elaine called us out on it this weekend. We literally just didn't even acknowledge an email she sent - conscious decision on our part - and she was offended. We're happy to listen to suggestions, but we aren't giving feedback and we aren't telling anyone before hand. End of story. If you want to send me 10,000 names just to insure that we pick one of 'yours,' go right ahead. I will not stop you... But I won't respond either!
Nursery snags came up this weekend... C and I tried to start taking down the cabinets above the desk. The under cabinet lights have wires that are drilled through the cabinet, into the wall, and basically strung together behind the wall. We realized this after taking all the screws out of two cabinets and wondering why they wouldn't come down.... We thought we could just leave the lights hanging out of the wall, but once we realized the wires were through the cabinets too, no dice. So we'll have to get an electrician in there pronto to tell us what to do. Great, more $. I was so excited to start the nursery, and this kinda sucks...oh well. But we pulled up some of the ugly-ass carpet and from what we see the hardwood floors underneath actually look pretty good! Once we rip it all up, we'll decide if it's worth it to sand and stain or just get W2W carpet put back over it.
Some progress: we bought our crib and I *think* picked out our bedding. Put it on a registry, and C loves it. I love it too, but there are others I think are really cute too and don't want to regret getting one over the other. I may have to have a crib bedding intervention with Chris who is now obsessed with lady bugs. Cute, eh?
The most important thing is that our nugget is doing well. She kicks all the time, and you can now feel her kicks from the outside. It is just so cool to see her on an u/s and feel her move at the same time! I'm 23 weeks on Friday - technically 24 weeks is viability. Lets hope I make it a little further than this, though! I am anxious to meet her, but not this soon! If she only knew how much her daddy and I love her already...
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