This might be the last time he was on schedule! |
Now
that my wife is in her third trimester we are scheduling doctor appointments
for every two weeks. The last time that we were in the office we had quite the
wait as couples crammed in one last appointment before Thanksgiving and many of
the doctors had already headed out for the holiday. Last night was much better as
we were shown back to the examining room a few minutes ahead of our appointment
time.
After
enjoying hearing our son’s heartbeat, it was time for the doctor to come in and
take some measurements. As it turns out, at 28 1/2 weeks my wife is measuring 31
weeks. With very little weight gain to speak of, it is safe to say that our
baby is a wee bit ahead of schedule. This also explains the discomfort and
sometimes pain that my wife has been experiencing lately and her inability to
sleep throughout the night.
Now
that he is so far along, it is fun to play with him from time to time. He knows
both of our voices and can feel each time that we rub him usually poking or
kicking our hands. He is surprisingly active during the day and even into the
night after I get home from work. I like to think that he waits up to hear
daddy but I know that it not realistic.
Even
though we have not been able to find the right name for our son we do have a
couple of options that we have been keeping to ourselves. However, it is safe
to say that Deuteronomy, Percy, and Junior have been eliminated from
contention. While we would like to have a few options selected beforehand it is
probably going to come down to what comes to mind when we see our son for the
first time. Maybe that time will be sooner than expected.
This
is a little different of an approach than one of the brothers from the lodge.
He and his wife had the named picked out for their daughter months ago in
anticipation of today actually. Sometimes you just come across the one name
that just fits and you stick with it… of course, we already have a name picked
out for a girl but that is not helping us at all right now. Of course, at the
same time, we are not going to let ourselves fall into the Paul and Jamie
conundrum either.
It
will all take care of itself in time. It is just a matter of how much time we will
have to think about his name. So far it looks like we are having that timeframe
cut down by 2 ½ weeks. I guess we will have to keep thinking of options as we
continue looking forward to his arrival.
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