We had our first appointment with Dr. Moss this week, and everything seems to be fine at this point. She measured my uterus and says it seems about the right size for my estimate at how far along I am, so my due date is Dec. 20 at this point. It's still too early to hear the heartbeat, but we should be able to hear it at our next appointment. Because we don't have traditional insurance we are technically "self-pay", which means that we get to find out exactly how much it costs to have a child without insurance--wowzers! Just for my doctor's visits it's $2800, not including lab work or an ultrasound. I keep thinking that is a LOT of money, but then when I think about the cost of insurance, if you weren't buying insurance you can easily save that much money in a year...and probably enough to cover everything in 2-3 years.
I still haven't told anyone else--for some reason it's much easier to keep a secret this time. I keep thinking I'll tell Kelly, but there really isn't ever a good time, so who knows when I'll let her know--probably by the baseball game for sure.
Cadence is getting much braver these days, cruising around and even standing on her own for a few seconds every now and then--although she definitely prefers the security of someone's fingers to hold on to. She has a cold or allergies today, and just looks pretty pitiful. Poor thing.
I've been busy wrapping up this host family stuff--lots of work trying to get all these families on the same page, but hopefully it will all come together soon....or at least by May 13, right?
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