In the past 39 weeks. . .

With a week to go until our due date, I decided to compile a retrospective on the past few months.

Day that I thought I was preggo:
November 22 (Thanksgiving)

Day that it was confirmed by home test:
November 23

When we told our families:
November 25

First time we saw a heartbeat: December 5

Appointments since then:
OB appointments - 17
Hematology appointments - 6
Other - 2 (1-genetic counseling; 1-anesthesiology consult)
Blood draws - 22
Ultrasounds - 6

Trips to Labor and Delivery with no labor or delivery:
March 30
May 26
June 14
July 9

Approximate amount given to to NMH parking: $234

Platelet counts
Highest - 120,000 (December 5)
Lowest - 65,000 (sometime in April)

Cities visited (outside of IL):
St. Louis, MO
Atlanta, GA (RR)
Cincinnati, OH
Oxford, OH
Madison, WI
Kettle Moraine, WI (RC)
San Antonio, TX
Austin, TX

# of weddings attended: 2

Baby Showers:
May 10 in Ohio
June 21 in Chicago

Movies seen:
Enchanted (Theater)
Wall-E (Theater)
Becoming Jane (Apple TV rental)
Rescue Dawn (rental)
The Dark Knight (theater)
The Incredible Hulk (RC - theater)
Wanted (theater)
I Am Legend (library rental)
Charlie Wilson's War (library rental)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (theater)
Juno (theater)
P.S. I Love You (RR - theater)
(there might be others but I can't remember anymore)

Gadgetry purchased:
Canon HD camcorder (gifted from Didi and Jijaji)
Catchlight
many many many SD cards
the Fiddy (50" LCD from Costco)
2 iPhones

Knitting projects completed:
hat
Anya's baby blanket (finally - it only took a year!)

Baby's movements felt by:
RR - early March (but I thought it was indigestion)
RC - March 13

Names considered:
Boy Names
Keshav (curly - Krishna)
Madhav (Krishna)
Udaya (sunrise)
Vinayak (Ganesh)
Rishi (sage)
Ayaan
Raman (god of love)

Girl Names
Alka (lock of curly hair)
Radha (Krishna's consort)
Satyavati (speaks the truth)
Savita (sun)
Saroj (lotus)
Revathi (star sign - wealth/prosperity)
Tara (star)
Suparna (lotus)