Monkeyblog

We are getting pretty darn close now, and the closer we get, the more confusing things seem to get. Spent much time yesterday trying to figure out disability/vacation/sick time/FMLA so we can spend as much time bonding with the monkey as we can, and there seems to be differing information in every source we check! Hopefully we'll get it figured out, but I've NEVER had a good experience working with an HR department, so I have little hope for a smooth ride.

We had another visit to Kaiser today, and we are moving into weekly appointments. A little ultrasound shows that the monkey is gorgeous of course, and getting BIG (OK, at least it sounds big to me- over 6 pounds!). It also showed that she is also a defiant teen, refusing to pose for a glamour shot.

We learned a slightly scary lesson that Alison can't be lying on her back anymore- sudden sweats, pain and dizziness during the ultrasound brought back scary memories! Everything went back to normal as soon as she sat up, and she was fine within a minute, but let's not do that again! And a shot of Peet's afterwards didn't hurt!