Hot Tamales and a Heart Beat
I went to the doctor's today. I was hungry before so James and I went to a mini-mart before. He got a Watchamacalit. I got Hot Tamales. It was a good snack. I'm using my consumption of Hot Tamales to justify my 5 pound weight gain! Actually it is probably my daily Shrimp Ramen noodles that are doing me in, but you can't go wrong with a 33 cent lunch!

Usha was very nice today. That is our doctor's first name. I think James has a crush on her but I'm not sure. The little one's heartbeat was 154 & the stomach measured 36 cm.

Well the Fox 25 News is coming on. I need to be informed.

We love the Yankees!
I forgot to mention, even though we live in Boston, our son is going to grow up a Yankees fan. He looks forward to watching the Yankees beat the Red Sox on May 1st. Only 41 days left until opening day!

Hospital Tour and Burritos
So last night was our hospital tour. It was just like every other hospital out there, so nothing too special. It was nice to walk through to see how things will go though (not like I will remember any of it!). The best (funniest) part of the tour was when we were there, a pregnant Chinese woman and her husband came in because she was ready to pop. That was funny to watch. I know it shouldn’t be funny to see someone in labor, but I thought it was amusing. She had a contraction and was squinting her eyes and grabbing onto the chair she was sitting in. Obviously she wasn’t good at her breathing exercises either! Ha ha! I hope there is a tour going on when I go into labor so I can scare all the ladies and tell them that I’m in so much pain! Ha ha! I am a mean one these days.

We saw two little babies in the nursery. I think the wee little ones made James shed a couple tears. He is very sensitive and emotional these days! Well one was 5lbs 9 oz and the other was 8lbs 3oz. The 8 lbs one was all crying (but he was really cute) and the 5 lbs one was all red. James told me to not even bother looking at the 5 lbs one because I’m going to be popping out a baby in the high 8s or 9s! I do not understand why he is wishing a big baby on me! He probably enjoys watching me in pain! Ha ha!

I found out that it’s MA state law for a lady to stay in the hospital for 48 hours after delivery. So if I pop out the little bean at 3 pm on a Monday, I get to leave at 3 pm on Wednesday. If I pop out the little bean at 11 pm on a Monday, I get to leave Thursday morning (8 pm – Midnight labor constitutes “delivery time” as the next day). The law is mostly for insurance purposes so if you’re feeling up to it, they’ll let you leave earlier and if you aren’t doing too hot, they’ll keep you longer. So in case you were wondering, that is how that goes. There are also refridgerators and microwaves in the rooms so if you are going to come visit feel free to bring myself and James lots of good food! James is a big fan of Chinese food…beef lo mein and egg rolls!

Let’s see…anything else? We talked about drugs and I am going to be drugged up to the max (or so I hope). James also wants to be drugged up to the max but I’m not sure if they will let him have any drugs. All of this typing is making me hungry and I wish I had a burrito. They opened a new place by our apartment called Boca Grande. They make big burritos and they are really cheap. I went there the other night with my friend Christine. We both had big burritos. It made me happy.

Appointment Results!
Hello! I just thought I would give an update about the baby and the doctor visit. Everything is good. I don’t have diabetes, my iron levels are good, & the baby’s head is down. His heartbeat was around 145 which is good. I’m up to 26 pounds gained (which is very good because James likes his women big! Ha ha!). The appointments are usually pretty quick. I wish I had something more interesting to write about them but I do not. Tonight we are going on the hospital tour so we are looking forward to that.

Sick and Curious...
I have been sick all week. I do not like being sick and it is really rough during pregnancy! I miss my NyQuil and Robitussin just isn't cutting it. I can say that most of the 30th/31st week has been a blur because I've just been a slug on the couch getting yelled at by James for not drinking enough water.

On a different note, it has come to my attention that someone is messing with my baby name poll! I'm not sure who it is, but the numbers change a lot! And all in favor of Chris! I'm not sure who you are, but I will find out! I am personally a fan of Ben, so this saddens me. Chris just seems a like a little brother name to me. I am also a fan of Stuart. I think it's because of Stuart Little. I think James looks like Fievel from American Tale so it would only be natural that his son look like a mouse as well! Ha ha ha!

2nd Baby Class
Last night was our second baby class. It was sort of boring. There were only 4 of us there! I asked some stupid questions just to break up the lecture and stuff. James decided he wants to cut the umbilical cord! ha ha! Only kidding! He thinks that's pretty gross. I'm glad because I think it's pretty gross too. I'll leave it to the people who went to school for that sort of thing. Since there were only the two couples there, I had to be more serious during the breathing exercises! I still thought they were pretty stupid and dumb. The other girl asked how these breathing techniques can actually help. It was funny because she asked it in a sarcastic sort of way. I tried to ask questions during the breathing exercises so the instructor would forget that we were doing them and go off on another topic. It kind of worked, but not really. It would be a lot more fun if there were more people in the class. Oh well.

Babee Tenda Seminar Scam
I'm only posting this because I'm hoping it will be pop up when people search for the ridiculous Babee Tenda products. My friend Cate received a card to go to this "baby show." They claimed to cover "baby safety" and whatnot. We should have read the card more carefully and stuff, but we didn't. We were expecting something fun like a bridal expo with booths and free samples (they did say a $100 free gift afterall). So we dragged our husbands to Waltham, MA on a Saturday morning. We ended up sitting through a 2-hour live infomercial!

Although we had some good laughs, the whole thing was a marketing scam. If you get one of these baby show cards...DO NOT GO! They talked about safety and whatnot(which was actually good because now I feel like I should be looking at some products more closely) and pretty much tried to convince all of us that everything in Babies R Us and every other baby outlet is unsafe. Then he wanted us to buy this hillbilly crib and feeding table for the great deal of "$998." It was nuts. The crazy thing was that people actually got up and were excited to place their orders!! They were probably hired by Babee Tenda!

We tried to slip out but the guy was like "oh don't go yet, I'd like to talk to you." We ended up just leaving anyway and going out to lunch. I don't have any experience with this Baby Tenda crapola so it might be good stuff. I also don't have any experience with any baby stuff, so I can't say anything is bad or good! And that is how this fool tries to get you! I haven't done much research on safety stuff (although the husband has) and I'm more into making my baby look good!

I'm just into this stuff because I hate when people try to sell me stuff when I don't want to be sold stuff! We didn't get our "free gift bag" but according to multiple websites I found, it was all coupons and discounts (basically, crapola). It was a good time though because I'm sure we'll have many laughs about the Babee Tenda for years to come!

Our First Baby Class
Tonight was our first "baby class." It wasn't as fruity as I thought, but we had some troubles concentrating on the "breathing exercises." The class was pretty small but is suppose to be bigger next week. We get to go for the next four weeks as well. I'm not a fan of all the relaxation techniques they are teaching us because I'm not good at that sort of stuff. I plan to be as drugged up as possible and yelling at James! Actually, I am making James go buy me a plethora of tabloid magazines when the day comes so I can concentrate on the "Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie saga", Paris Hilton's latest antics, and Nick and Jessica's pending divorce. I'm hoping that will keep my mind off of all this pain they say I'm going to go through. We shall see though.

Diabetes Test Today
Today (Martin Luther King Day!) I took my Diabetes test. It was gross to drink that stuff. I went to the lab and they took my blood. They called me a half hour later and told me they didn't take enough blood. By the time I got there again, it was too late and I had to drink that fluid again! I think I had some sort of glucose rush.

Hello!
Hello! I've been creating this webpage in my spare time. Now that I'm almost at the half way point, I figured I would start to add a lot more.

I'm not really sure how this blog thing works, but I think I can post thoughts or whatnot. I made it public so if you want to add anything, feel free.

I'm in my 19th week and I am feeling good. I'm not throwing up as much and I am very hungry. That is good because I like to eat!

I do not like to wear clothes now...I don't look pregnant (at least I don't think I do)...I just look like I need to start doing some situps! My regular clothes don't fit me, but most maternity clothes are too big or they are just plain ugly. I'm going to the mall today with Cate so maybe I can find something.

We had our ultrasound about a week and a half ago and we found out we are having a boy! I think that is just grand! ha ha. I've always wanted a boy but thought the family could use some girls. Oh well. Maybe next time around!