July 21st 2005

The first appointment started off with me sitting in the waiting area while Kristy stood in line to check in. We were 15 minutes early as the paperwork said to be. Kristy had to fill out a family and life history a few weeks before and mail it in ahead of time. I read a chapter of my book that I had been reading, "The Expectant Father" and I read a couple articles about outsourcing jobs to China, China's military build up and China's economy and revaluation of its currency and some parenting magazines. I did find a useful article on baby monitors and what to look for when purchasing one. I later found that all the tips are covered in detail on consumer reports website.

Finally they brought us back behind the mysterious doors that hide the rooms where you wait some more and then the doctors see you. The nurse took Kristy’s blood pressure, had her give a urine sample and calculated the baby's due date to be February 27 based on a standard 28 day female cycle and the last known date of the last cycle. Then pretty much I sat in the corner while the nurse practitioner ignored me and covered different material with Kristy that we had already learned about ahead of time.

The nurse practitioner did go over a bunch of tests that would be done and Kristy did give a quart of blood to run them. I also had to leave the room while they went over some top secret stuff. Washington law has some kind of confidentiality clause tied to HIV testing and that’s why I had to leave the room. We scheduled the first ultrasound appointment (which I was looking forward to) for August 5th 2005, stay tuned for updates...