I showed up for my appointment, and did the everyday check-in with vitals and weight. Good news, I have only gained 3.8 pounds in 15 weeks! I get taken by a corpsman to the Dr.s office, and she says we are going to check the baby's heart beat. Ok, cool. Now I know I am not an OB/L&D Nurse, but I do know that I am not far along enough to be checking for a heartbeat at my belly-button. Since I do have a little bit of knowledge, I did not panic when the corpsmen could not find the heartbeat, well let me rephrase, when the only heartbeat she could find was mine (mine was 84...baby should be 130's-170's). Anywho, after about 15 minutes, the corpsmen decided to get the Dr, who said "Let's find it with ultrasound, last time this baby was hiding"! Guess what, still hiding on my left side...but this time, it looked like he/she was doing the backstroke (possible swimmer....I think so). Anywho, we have a strong heartbeat in the 160's (does that mean girl or boy)?
I then was sent to have another round of labs done, for quad screening...basically looking for neural tube defects (spina bifida...hence the folic acid supplement) and down syndrome. Results take about 3 weeks....not concerned.
Lastly, I received my orders for medevac to go to Yokosuka next month for the big bio-physical profile ultrasound, as well as to find out what we are having (I think we are split 50/50 in our house, and my parents are leaning towards girl....we will soon find out).
Friday, was another busy day for me. I worked most of the day, and had plans to fly to Okinawa to literally meet Jon for dinner, and do a little shopping. The plan was to fly out on the weekly Patriot Express and turn right around the next day, and fly back. My friend Rachel decided to come as well, because who can pass up shopping and dinner at Chili's (did I mention we are the only base in Japan to not have a Chili's).
Rachel and I showed up at the terminal ready to fly, and found out that the Patriot Express was delayed 2 hours (that means 2 less hours of shopping). Luckily, a Colonel, Lt. Colonel and a Gunnery Sergeant came to our rescue (not really), they just happened to be flying back to Okinawa, and had room on their plane for us, and were willing to take us....oh yea, these flights are FREE!!
How lucky were we, they forgot to mention it was a C35, more commonly referred to as a Lear jet. Not a bad way to travel, and even better, they landed on the same base Jon is currently stationed on...how about that for luck. We managed to take off and land earlier than we would have had the Patriot Express been on time...which actually bought us some time. We shopped til we literally dropped, and at that time headed for Chili's. It was a much needed quick getaway to see the hubby and just get away.
Next up....Jon comes home to the 'kuni, and we start planning for a trip to Yokosuka, and start getting ready for a baby.
Stay tuned!
