First appointment

John and I went to the first appointment with the midwife this morning. The appointment started about 10 minutes late and mainly consisted of talking about John's birth and my family health history. She ordered a few blood tests, including iron when I mentioned that I feel like I've been doing olympic weight lifting if I am not vigilant about protein consumption for a day. The tests will be done at Princeton's health center which waives the lab costs for people on the student plan. We heard the baby's heart beat which was wonderful, although I think it disturbed John when he saw me sitting on the exam table. He began yelling but refused to be held (I think he wanted to be the one using the doppler). At the end of the exam the midwives suggested a book for me to read from their library so I checked it out.

All the midwives were wearing skirts today! (There were three of them there - one of the main midwives and two students who will be having babies this summer and who will be on maternity when this little one is born.)

On the way home, we stopped at a farm and bought about 10 pounds of grassfed beef, which should last us a while. We also bought some eggs, which happened to have been laid the previous day by the chickens I drove by on the dirt road.