Francie is here!

Francie Louise Currie was born 2 months and two days ago! And boy have we been busy! I plan on blogging more when I get time or at least sharing pics. Stay tuned :)

Less than a month to go!

Little girl Currie does not have an apartment yet, but she does have most everything she needs to be clothed, soothed, cleaned, warmed up, bounced in, or to go to sleep on. We move in less than two weeks and then I guess we'll be in a flurry of getting her room set up and organized. I have everything I need for her room as well including a white crib (assuming it hasn't been recalled, I still have to get it out of storage and double check. If it's not good, I'll put her in the pack n play), brown rocking chair, antique bookcase from my Mom (small bookcase to put bins, books and other stuff), and a changing table/dresser that converts to a desk when she's older.

Here are some pics:

I'll post before and afters of the nursery. I've been getting ideas from Project Nursery.

We also took a Lamaze class on Saturday and I bought everything I need for nursing and for the hospital (except for a few odds and ends). I think I'll pack our bags for the hospital this week just in case.

Bump Report

At around 4 months I started taking "bump shots," mostly because at that point I was hopeful it didn't look like a beer belly anymore. Since then, I've taken monthly photos of the ever growing belly. I haven't gained as much weight as I thought I would, mostly because of four months of morning sickness, which included throwing up daily on my walk to or from work. This was even less glamorous as it sounds. However, the baby seems to be growing weight and then some. At my last two appointments in San Francisco, my doctor said that I was measuring about a week ahead (meaning the baby was about a week bigger than I guess the norm for that week). When I moved back to the east coast, my new doctor was very short of calling the baby a tubby. He wondered if I had twins and also told me half jokingly to lay off the bagels!

Of course, the next Dr at that practice (I have to go to see all of the Doctors there at least once because any one of them could be there at the delivery) said that the measurements could be flawed (they measure your stomach from your pubic bone to the top of your uterus with a measuring tape, and I guess if the baby is pushing up with her hand, she could make herself seem bigger) and that the ultrasound would tell. Well, last week I had an ultrasound and indeed, she seems like a big baby to me, although they seemed to think she is normal. She was at 4.7 pounds at one day shy of 32 weeks and was laying in breech position with her legs by her head. They took a 3D ultrasound which shows her Currie nose and cute chubby cheeks. I can't wait to meet the little tubby.

Here are some tummy shots:

4 months

5 months

6 months

7 months

The big move!

I can't say we are totally settled in New York yet, but we are well on our way, a month and a half after we left San Francisco on a one way flight to JFK. Our time has been spent catching up with family mostly, and more or less figuring out what we need to do to get settled here. Finding a doctor while in my third trimester was a little difficult, as I needed to find one right away, and one that would take someone so far along. For some reason, OBs are hesitant to take someone after 25 plus weeks. I loved Kaiser where I felt so taken care of in San Francisco and it was only a short walk away. I did find a great doctor finally who seemed to act as though my San Francisco doctors where both over reactive and lazy at the same time. For example, they were surprised that I wasn't prescribed prenatal vitamins, but felt that they freaked me out about my low papp A level and need to be monitored more often. I have since realized that all doctors are different no matter which coast you are on, and you need to just listen to everyone and try to do what feels right.

We also found a great apartment in Jersey City with a very Jersey address (Jersey Street, Jersey City, New Jersey). It's a wonderful 2 bedroom "charmer on Victorian Van Vorst Park. features include open custom kitchen, crown moldings, high ceilings, harwood floors, marble bath with Jacuzzi tub, central air conditioning, closets everywhere and parking for one car. Short walk to Grove Street Path Train, New Jersey Lite Rail, New York Ferry Service, New Medical Center and Liberty State Park.

We move in late August. Here are a few pics:

I'll post more in detail later.