Thursday, June 14, 2007

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now repeat after me, "Kelly is always right." Thank you. A mother's intuition never fails - good to know mine is already spot on! We had our mid-pregnancy ultrasound today at 22 weeks. Our baby is 100% healthy - strong heartbeat at 152 bpm, no obvious defects in heart, brain, spine, kidneys, bladder, etc. A very obvious scrotum. James' big brain. My delicate facial features. Lots of hiccups. Waving arms. Butt pressed right against my bladder (this explains a lot!) Tiny toes on his feet. CrockBaby is now approximately 6.5 inches long and 1 pound, 2 ounces. He is just the right size for 22 weeks. Funny to me that I have put on nearly 14 pounds and yet he is only 1 pound!!! (I know, I know, it's all amniotic fluid, placenta, maternal fat stores, etc, etc.) All is well in Dorian Roy Crocker's world. We chose the name ages ago - Dorian for James' favorite musical mode. I love the name - it is such a unique, beautiful name. Dorian means "Of the Sea" in Greek, which is quite fitting considering he will be born near the Pacific Ocean. Also, not only was I born here as well, but James was born in Plymouth, England. Plymouth is a seafaring town on the English Channel - you know, it's the town the Mayflower set sail from way back in the day. Dorian's middle name will be Roy because James, his father and his grandfather (and perhaps further back?) have all had this middle name. Dorian's last name will be Crocker for the obvious reasons. We will post the ultrasound pictures tonight or tomorrow - James had to rush off to work after phoning everyone. I still don't know how to crop or compress photos!

In other news, Dorian has been moving A LOT the last week. James even felt him move on Saturday! I love the feeling - usually I feel like something is treading water inside me. It feels like the tension that builds up when your leg goes against the flow of water and you get that pulling movement. Then occasionally, I'll have a more distinct knocking against the wall of my abdomen. And of course, I pee all the time and have trouble holding it for long periods of time so I was laughing when I saw his little butt pressed right up against my bladder.

I started Microbiology class this week and am relieved to find my class interesting and not quite as challenging as I had feared. I study and run errands during the day and am in class from 5-9:30pm Monday-Thursday. I am still unsure of my work schedule for the summer. I work tomorrow (in Half Moon Bay) and will hopefully be speaking with my boss about my future with the company. With the office move last week, there was no time to meet with her. I also started hypnotherapy this week as I am determined to have a natural childbirth. I never would have considered hypnotherapy in the past, but I will try anything that can help me reach my goal. I have heard really great things about hypnobirthing and I figure, anything that can help me relax (you all know how high-strung I am), can't be a bad thing. Surprisingly, I actually conked out during hypnotherapy and even saw an extremely bright light at one point (when she was cleansing me with light). Very surreal. Expect another blog or two on this experience and my hypnotherapist as I complete more sessions and read the books I am supposed to read for self-hypnosis.

James finishes the spring semester at the Community School in Mountain View next week and will resume teaching there in September. Over the next few months, he will continue to teach private lessons from home, but Tempest has a lot more gigs during the summer so he needed to keep the days/evenings more open. James is also going to be assisting my dad with our flat renovations this summer. A contractor will be moving the washer and dryer from the laundry room into one of the bathrooms. This isn't quite as easy as it sounds, as a boiler has to be moved, a bathtub relocated and a wall put up. My dad and James will then repaint our whole flat this summer and of course, we'll prepare the nursery (formerly the laundry room). In addition, James will move his recording studio from the dining room into our bedroom and our bedroom will move into the room that was the study. It's hard to explain - everyone will just have to come visit!

I better complete my Microbiology lab write-up so I will say adios for now. I'll leave you with this thought: Kelly was right!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kel, you're always right! I'm so excited for you and James!! Dorian has a great family waiting for him. I was laughing when you mentioned hypnotherapy, I can just picture you trying it. You are tough and I'm sure you won't have much trouble with natural child birth. We must do lunch.

Anonymous said...

Great names...all three!
As you say, Dorian will be the 4th consecutive Something Roy Crocker, but my grandfather (Dorian's great great grandfather) was William John Crocker - a name taken by my father's older brother. But my father did tell me that he was named Roy after some previous family member. I'll have to try and trace back and find out who.
But then, I've been saying that for years!