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Saturday, March 22, 2014
Mar. 22nd, 2014 06:04 pmI was not really in the mood to write in the last few weeks, so I'm going to catch up a little bit.
Mostly it was because a few Tuesdays ago, I got a call from my doctor (which is always worrying when you get out of class and there is a message from your doctor asking you to call him back). On my previous OB visit four weeks ago, he finally did the Jewish panel blood test to see if I'm a carrier for any of the 19 Jewish genetic diseases. I probably should have done this before I got pregnant as an Ashkenazi Jew. Long story short, he called me on March 11 to let me know that, if fact, I am a carrier for Tay-Sacks, of all things, and he wanted for my husband to come it to do a blood test. Which Bear went in to do that day. Now, Bear is not Jewish so his chances of being a carrier were 1 in 250 unlike my 1 in 30. But his great-grandparents did come from Russia and maybe there was some Jewishness there - it is all pretty unclear. So while the odds were pretty good that everything is fine, since you need two carriers and then 1/4 odd of the disease, you can't help but worry. I just want everything to be good. So we just had to wait for Bear's test.
I had my check-up today and Bear's test was negative. So I can stop thinking about this. Yay. And my Dad too who is over worried. (For my parents, it is like it is their next baby. They are going nuts in a good way, excited over all the baby stuff they want to buy). Everything else looks good too. Mama came with me today because Bear was working and she wanted to watch the ultrasound. The baby was a bit shy today. She put both hands in front of her face, so the technician couldn't get a clear shot at her face and nose. But everything else was fine. She has started to kick a little - it is still different every day - two days ago she was super active, today isn't moving too much. But that is pretty normal at this stage.
And on the way home, we saw two women with really nice strollers, the kind like a pram where the baby can lie down all the way. And my parents just loved them since it reminded them of my baby stroller. So we talked to them and got the info, so now we picked out the stroller to buy in June. Well, my parents are going to buy it is June, since they insisted.
In other, non-baby related news, I was on Spring Break this week, which I spent pretty much at home, grading some, but mostly relaxing. I finished reading "Twelve Years a Slave" since I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie (it was a very good narrative) and I also read "Ella Enchanted" both of which I got in the library on Kindle. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that the latter book is based on Cinderella. I did enjoy it very much. Now I started an autobiography of Frederick Pohl, all about sci-fi from 1930s to 1970s and it is glorious.
I've tried watching "Silver Lining Playbook" and after a bit of it, I realized that I couldn't care less about the characters and their problems, so I stopped. Bear brought back "Wolverine" today to watch, so that should be fun.
Mostly it was because a few Tuesdays ago, I got a call from my doctor (which is always worrying when you get out of class and there is a message from your doctor asking you to call him back). On my previous OB visit four weeks ago, he finally did the Jewish panel blood test to see if I'm a carrier for any of the 19 Jewish genetic diseases. I probably should have done this before I got pregnant as an Ashkenazi Jew. Long story short, he called me on March 11 to let me know that, if fact, I am a carrier for Tay-Sacks, of all things, and he wanted for my husband to come it to do a blood test. Which Bear went in to do that day. Now, Bear is not Jewish so his chances of being a carrier were 1 in 250 unlike my 1 in 30. But his great-grandparents did come from Russia and maybe there was some Jewishness there - it is all pretty unclear. So while the odds were pretty good that everything is fine, since you need two carriers and then 1/4 odd of the disease, you can't help but worry. I just want everything to be good. So we just had to wait for Bear's test.
I had my check-up today and Bear's test was negative. So I can stop thinking about this. Yay. And my Dad too who is over worried. (For my parents, it is like it is their next baby. They are going nuts in a good way, excited over all the baby stuff they want to buy). Everything else looks good too. Mama came with me today because Bear was working and she wanted to watch the ultrasound. The baby was a bit shy today. She put both hands in front of her face, so the technician couldn't get a clear shot at her face and nose. But everything else was fine. She has started to kick a little - it is still different every day - two days ago she was super active, today isn't moving too much. But that is pretty normal at this stage.
And on the way home, we saw two women with really nice strollers, the kind like a pram where the baby can lie down all the way. And my parents just loved them since it reminded them of my baby stroller. So we talked to them and got the info, so now we picked out the stroller to buy in June. Well, my parents are going to buy it is June, since they insisted.
In other, non-baby related news, I was on Spring Break this week, which I spent pretty much at home, grading some, but mostly relaxing. I finished reading "Twelve Years a Slave" since I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie (it was a very good narrative) and I also read "Ella Enchanted" both of which I got in the library on Kindle. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that the latter book is based on Cinderella. I did enjoy it very much. Now I started an autobiography of Frederick Pohl, all about sci-fi from 1930s to 1970s and it is glorious.
I've tried watching "Silver Lining Playbook" and after a bit of it, I realized that I couldn't care less about the characters and their problems, so I stopped. Bear brought back "Wolverine" today to watch, so that should be fun.
