Does This Baby Make Me Look Fat?

I know that good prenatal care is important for your baby. But I think the key word there is "good". Today I had a somewhat disappointing appointment. It went a little something like this-15 minutes in the waiting room, blood pressure, weight, urine sample, baby heartrate, see ya later. Grand total-20 minutes. Gas spent-Approx $4.00. Amount billed to insurance-probably around $50. My feelings-a little jipped.

I wasn't told my weight, blood pressure, baby's heart rate or anything. I don't know. Maybe I'm expecting too much. I also learned that I will not be getting the big ultrasound where they do all the measurements to make sure the baby's organs are developing properly. I thought that was standard, but apparently it isn't.

So, really I have nothing to report. Maybe next month.

And while we're somewhat on the subject of weight, let me just throw this in there. My friend's daughter felt the need today to tell me how much bigger I look now. Not pregnant, "just bigger". And just like that, my ego was crushed. I mean, come on. I still weigh less than I did when I got pregnant and I can still wear all of my pre-pregnancy clothes. Never tell the pregnant lady she's getting bigger. We know that!! It's part of the process and it's just not cool to say.

Well, enough of that. Let's end on a happy note. The other day Keith and I were at Wal-Mart and I was showing Tyler some placemats they had for kids. One was to help them learn colors and had Sesame Street characters on it. I pointed out Elmo, which Tyler pronounced Uh-Oh. Now every time he sees something Elmo he starts saying Uh-Oh, Uh-Oh. Very cute!