Baby pokes

Baby rather painfully poked Erin last night. Erin shook her stomach a bit like she was laughing, and Baby, undoubtedly getting the clue, moved his foot or whatever it was somewhere less painful to Mom. As you might expect I was thrilled by the whole thing, but who...

Labs back

We got Erin’s labs back from the doctor today, and I’m pleased to report that everything about baby appears to be A-OK after the AFP. The alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test measures the protein secreted by the fetal liver. The test helps determine the odds of...

Thanksgiving 2002

Happy Thanksgiving! We spent much of the day at Mom and Dad’s where we carried on the family tradition of eating too much, falling asleep in front of the TV, and playing various games around the dinner table sometime thereafter. Erin, Dad, and Bret broke with...

Baby update

We met with Gary Bernard, OM, one of the doctors at Kaiser, for Erin’s OB/GYN appointment. He graciously allowed us (well, mostly me) to pepper him with questions, and we liked what he had to say. Unfortunately Kaiser’s got four obstetrical doctors doing...