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okay so it turns out we were ripped off when we went to martha stewart . . . some other friends of ours went and they got $100 gift certificates to Ann Taylor (which, by the way, I love!!!!) and all we got was people magazine . . .

29 week visit to the doctor's today . . . our old OB who had quit was there in the office because she is pregnant!!!! She wasn't pregnant when she quit on us, but I guess that was in the plans. We had to wait forever and due to impatience and nerves my blood pressure once again tested high, but when they re-tested it after our appointment, it was back down to normal. The biggest shock was my weight: I gained 12 pounds since our last doctor's visit 5 weeks ago. While I was shocked by this, the doctor didn't act like it was a big deal. She said some people gain a lot of weight in a small amount of time and then it plateaus. I really hope this is the case, because damn! I still have 11 weeks to go. if nothing else, it's good motivation to get back to the pool and start swimming and walking again and trying to eat a bit healthier.

So I've gained a total of 22 pounds now.

This was the first doctor's appointment where we didn't get to see the baby!!!! No sonogram for us today, although we did hear the heartbeat. We were disappointed about the sonogram though, it's been 5 weeks since we've seen Avery and we wanted to know if he's flipped upside down yet.

The stretchmarks on my stomach are quite impressive. My belly looks like a big white beach towel that has been tie-dyed with red swirls.