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So I had my level 2 u/s on Wednesday and everything looks great. They looked all the parts of her body spending the most time on her heart. The tech said everything looked great with the baby. we got to see all her little parts… feet, hands, butt. LOL! She’s still a she! I’m glad cuz although I originally wanted a little boy, I’m looking forward to this little girl now. I’m happy for Jada because sisters are special.

Well, anyways, when the lady was done I asked if she had time to flip on the 4D switch .. and she did. :) At first she had her arms up to her face so we couldn’t get a good shot of her but then dennis started to talk to my belly and she immediately would pull her arms down away from her face. As soon as he stopped, she’d cover her face again. After about the 4th time, she finally kept her arms down and we were able to get a few great pictures of her face. SO awesome! She looked like she was sleeping but she was doing karate kicks on my organs the whole time. She’s quite the fiesty one in there.

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The next day (2 days ago) I took the day off work because a woman was coming to the house to get me that ‘event recorder’ / heart monitor thingamabob. I took the day off because she could have showed up at any time. turned out she came exactly at 10am and the whole thing took 30 minutes. So now I’m wearing this device that continuously records the last 90 seconds of my heart activity. And if I ever feel my heart racing or that pain in my chest, I have to hit that button and it will record an additional 30 seconds and save those 2 minutes. It has room to save 2 events. 4 minutes total. Once it’s full, i have to call a phone number to transmit the data, reset the device, then do it all over again.

It’s easy, no big deal. But I think I’ll take the thing off when i go to visit my gmother & parents in miami tomorrow. I rather not deal with the questions. LOL! I don’t want the whole visit to be about me, what I might be doing wrong, what I need to do to keep healthy, yadda yadda yadda. One of the things I just KNOW my grandmother will tell me is this is another reason you should get your tubes tied after this one. .. this from a woman who had 7 children. christ. But her advice or comments have little effect on me there. She and I both know that raising kids in this country today is very different from raising them on a farm in cuba 50 years ago She only wants what’s best but.. it’s still my life. I may be singing a different tune by this time next year, but I’m not ready to make a final decision like that right now. I have other plans for contraception that are less permanent and less invasive and the odds of getting pregnant on that are about as low as having D get the big V. So… that’s still a personal thing and I rather not discuss it with anyone who wants to push their opinion on me.

So anyways, like I said I’m driving to Miami tomorrow. My parents are in town and leaving sunday. I like visiting them but I hate the drive. gah! especially after a full day at work. Maybe i can get out early… we’ll see.