Update on Emdrew's Health

Well, today's events were rather unanticipated for bambina and me, but positive nevertheless.

At my routine visit to the obstetrician today, I mentioned that I thought the baby's kicks were less strong in recent days. Apparently this observation along with kiddo's umbilical cord situation was enough to prompt my doctor to send me straight off to the perinatologist (e.g. the ultrasound/maternal and fetal health specialist) at St. Vincent's. So, after hurriedly rescheduling and excusing myself from my afternoon commitments, I hauled myself over to the hospital (feeling mildly ill, incidentally, from the glucose tolerance test I was forced to endure this morning).

Several hours of waiting, ultrasounding, and fetal heart monitoring later, we're both perfectly fine. The umbilical cord is looking more 'marginal' than 'velamentous', thankfully, and Emdrew has put on a second pound during the past five weeks. My OB suggested that it's likely that I'm not feeling her kicks as strongly because of her position (breech). And in truth, even if I'm not receiving many good hard kicks to the gut this week, she is, no doubt, rather fond of tap dancing on my bladder...

Some would argue that today marks the first day of my third trimester. Let's hope we're merely in for the anticipated variety of events from here on out.