It took a little while to find the heartbeat - "You're more long-waisted than I gave you credit for," said the doc. The heartbeat was finally found VERY low, almost on top of my pubic bone.
After that was time for the Q&A portion. Of course I brought up my sleeping issues. (SIDENOTE - This past weekend I probably got more sleep than a couple of weeks combined. Friday night I fell asleep on the couch from 8 - 9:30 and then went to bed and actually slept until 7 AM! Saturday I went to Chicago with BCK and took the train back home and fell asleep on the train from 8-9:30 again and then went to bed around 10:30 and woke up at 9! Last night I went to bed at 10 and woke up with my alarm at 6:50. Keep your fingers crossed!)
Even though I had a great couple nights of sleep, I wanted to ask about it in case the doctor had any reccomendations. Unfortunately, I do not have trouble falling asleep initially. If I did, he said that Benedryl or Tylenol PM would be fine to take every once in a while and would be helpful. However, because I CAN fall asleep and just not STAY sleeping, he doesn't think that these will help much, but that trying them might not hurt, unless I am in the group of people that actually gets stimulated by Benedryl. He also said that since everyone is different, he can't say if Trimester 2 will bring better sleep. "It might just be a long 30 weeks". Sigh. On the bright side, by the time this kid comes, I will be so used to sleepless nights that it won't faze me. :)
Onto the nursery and some clothes shopping:
While in Chicago, we shopped at Second-Time Around in Lincoln Park and I got a sweet red jacket and a brown tunic thing. I will rock the tunic & leggings look as long as possible. I also tried my Belly Band on. It isn't as bad as I thought it would be but I'm interested to see how it holds up through the day. When I tried it on, I actually had it on inside out so that BE BAND was written across my ass. The hubs was laughing at it and I also laughed and said, "That is pretty much a walking admission that, Yes, My pants ARE Unbuttoned."
Yesterday we took a huge donation of stuff to Goodwill and I made the mistake of looking through the maternity clothes section. Holy Schnikey. Those clothes were from 1974 or something and SCARY. I think even my husband was horrified by them. I DID find the Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy Purple book in tip top condition for 89 cents though! I guess our library can finally have their copy back.
Probably my most exciting purchase of the weekend was fabric for cornices for the nursery that my husband actually likes too. I found it at The Needle Shop in Bucktown, Chicago. It is by Kokka, a Japanese company.
I just love the little pigs!! I think we might be going towards bright primary colors in the nursery, although we haven't made any final decisions.
I also crossed something off my list. I was interested in the Shiny Happy Stripe Flor tiles for a rug in the nursery because in the catalog, they looked like a nice bright yellow.
So I dragged BCK to the Flor Store to look at them. Unfortunately, they are more gold and metallic than yellow and in my opinion, ugly. Maybe in the right room, but I was not interested in them. I also couldn't find anything that I liked that much save for the Flora Rug Kit.
Unfortunately these are not sold by tile as the other tiles are - these are sold in 6tile packages. We would need probably at least 4 of these packages meaning the rug would be $640. Yeah - sorry baby, but that is not happening. Back to square 1 with the rug, but the hubs and I are hoping Ikea has a few options. I have also been searching Overstock.
Overall, a fun weekend and a good appointment.
Photo Sources: Pigs: The Needle Shop; Other photos by Flor.
Wow, the fabric looks really red in that photo instead of orange. I did see a cute rug at IKEA. I'll send you the link.
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