The other person who seems to have been overlooked over the past few months is our lovely little passenger. Perhaps she (January is a "she" month) hasn't been making enough of a stink to get her own entries! The biggest challenge she has posed has been getting to the midwife, and even that isn't too terrible. I'm going to the same folks in Brooklyn, but now we're a one-car household so that trip gets to be a little more fun by public transit. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there's a bus two blocks from our house that goes straight to the sonographer in Brooklyn. To get to the midwife is just a quick hop on the subway from that same bus line. It takes 90 minutes to the midwife, but that's just because the bus hits every light on Hylan Blvd, making the ride there an hour or so before I even hit Brooklyn. Once they get the promised green light coordination on the bus, surely that will cut down the ride time.
The length of the ride makes it a little tough to have an appointment and get Penny to school on time. She's half-day in the afternoon, so I have to figure out how to swing all this, get her to eat lunch and get her to the school door by 12:50pm, all without a car. A quick, timely appointment at 9am at the sonographer works, but the midwife only does afternoons and I'm not keen on spending rush hour on the bus (hate to think how long that ride would end up being). Mom has conquered her fear of driving to our house to help out - she's willing to come as long as she can leave her house after rush hour and return home before dark. She can then drive Penny to school (because she can't walk the half mile to the school). Of course, all bets are off if it's raining or snowing. We've been lucky so far. Thankfully, pre-K also has some bonus days off, so I'm hoping to schedule some of my appointments on those if possible. I'm not looking forward to the last couple of months where they're likely to send me for weekly monitoring in addition to the usual midwife appointments. I don't want to have Penny missing a ton of school just because I have to sit hooked up to some silly monitors for 20minutes while I take a nap.
I went for my 20 week sonogram this week and everything checks out ok. Our lovely little dear spent the entire exam with her foot on her forehead, which made the sonographer's job extra challenging. The sonographer joked that the baby might have a future in gymnastics. I had to shift my position a bit and poke her quite a lot to finally convince her to straighten out so we could get a picture of her spine more clearly. She eventually cooperated, so I don't have to go back for another round of sonograms for some time. Yay! The ride may be simple, but the scheduling where I have to take Penny's, Mom's and Dan's schedules into account just to ensure I can make it and Penny doesn't miss school is a bit of a headache.
The other person who seems to have been overlooked over the past few months is our lovely little passenger. Perhaps she (January is a "she" month) hasn't been making enough of a stink to get her own entries! The biggest challenge she has posed has been getting to the midwife, and even that isn't too terrible. I'm going to the same folks in Brooklyn, but now we're a one-car household so that trip gets to be a little more fun by public transit. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there's a bus two blocks from our house that goes straight to the sonographer in Brooklyn. To get to the midwife is just a quick hop on the subway from that same bus line. It takes 90 minutes to the midwife, but that's just because the bus hits every light on Hylan Blvd, making the ride there an hour or so before I even hit Brooklyn. Once they get the promised green light coordination on the bus, surely that will cut down the ride time. 
The length of the ride makes it a little tough to have an appointment and get Penny to school on time. She's half-day in the afternoon, so I have to figure out how to swing all this, get her to eat lunch and get her to the school door by 12:50pm, all without a car. A quick, timely appointment at 9am at the sonographer works, but the midwife only does afternoons and I'm not keen on spending rush hour on the bus (hate to think how long that ride would end up being). Mom has conquered her fear of driving to our house to help out - she's willing to come as long as she can leave her house after rush hour and return home before dark. She can then drive Penny to school (because she can't walk the half mile to the school). Of course, all bets are off if it's raining or snowing. We've been lucky so far. Thankfully, pre-K also has some bonus days off, so I'm hoping to schedule some of my appointments on those if possible. I'm not looking forward to the last couple of months where they're likely to send me for weekly monitoring in addition to the usual midwife appointments. I don't want to have Penny missing a ton of school just because I have to sit hooked up to some silly monitors for 20minutes while I take a nap. 
I went for my 20 week sonogram this week and everything checks out ok. Our lovely little dear spent the entire exam with her foot on her forehead, which made the sonographer's job extra challenging. The sonographer joked that the baby might have a future in gymnastics. I had to shift my position a bit and poke her quite a lot to finally convince her to straighten out so we could get a picture of her spine more clearly. She eventually cooperated, so I don't have to go back for another round of sonograms for some time. Yay! The ride may be simple, but the scheduling where I have to take Penny's, Mom's and Dan's schedules into account just to ensure I can make it and Penny doesn't miss school is a bit of a headache. 
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Easily some of the coolest sonogram pictures I've ever seen! Glad "she's" doing well :) Your commute sounds like a pain in the butt, but it's good to know you found a way to make it work!
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