SubscribeI had my first midwife appointment today with Becky McGInnis at the Birth and Family Place. She was awesome! When I came in she said “Your hair is different…..It looks nice.” I must have looked at ther like she was nuts, thinking she must have me confused with someone else. How could she have remembered me? But then she said “I remember you, you gave birth last time here with Marcia.” WOW!! Marcia barely even remembered me after she had delivered Ian. Becky is definately the warm, caring person I am looking for. She was so calming, and positive, and WARM! Much better than Marcia. She kept assuring me that this time I would not be laboring in the car and rushing in panicing. I feel great, and being there was just calming. I know that is where I need to give birth.
We didn’t do much at the appointment, except talk. She went over my medical history, and all that stuff. We didn’t do any fun stuff 
We will save that for next time. Next appointment she will do a pap, and bloodwork, and we should get to hear the heartbeat!! I can’t wait. She offered to do an ultrasound today, since my last period was so light. I am not positive about my dates, but I didn’t think I needed an ultrasound. At my 20 week ultrasound they should be able to tell if my dates are off or not. It was tempting, but I decided not to do it My BP was 118/65 and I was 137 lbs.
I skied today and yesterday with Ian. Yesterday was a disaster. I took both kids–WHAT WAS I THINKING????–up to the resort by myself. Emma had a lesson, and I was going to ski with Ian. What I didn’t think about was how I was going to get from the locker room to the ski lesson with 3 pairs of skiis, Emma, and Ian who can’t walk in his ski boots. Ugh. I was totally exhausted before I even went out to ski. To make matters worse, as soon as I got Ian out there, he started crying saying he wanted to do it himself. He cried hysterically the entire time. We took one run and went back to the locker. Today we went again with my parents, and Ian skied with my dad. He did great today, and had a lot more fun. Go figure!