I have seen so much advertising for Cord Blood banking at the baby show, doctor’s offices, baby websites, etc... Jess and I took a long hard look at it and realized it’s simply not affordable for us. It’s really quite costly to bank your cord blood. It can range anywhere from $900 to $1500 for the first year, and at least $100/per year for storage for 18 years. So what we decided is that we’re going to donate the my/her cord blood to the Victoria Angel Registry of Hope. There's no cost to donate and we'll be helping another child out there. We’re hoping that we’ll have good karma if we ever need the favour in return *knock on wood*.
I ended up going to the 3D ultrasound last night. It was truly an amazing experience. You get more time to look at the fun stuff instead of being rushed out. I apologize the picture below is a bit scary looking. It was hard to get a good picture, the placenta was mostly in her face and she had her hands up the whole time. She looks more like Homer Simpson to me. ;o)
Anyway I highly recommend this if you can afford it. I just found out today that I do get 3D ultrasound coverage through my work health insurance plan. Hooray! I went to 3D Baby Bonus Ultrasound. The sonographer, Lynn, was just amazing. She makes the experience a really good one.
Work is still underway upstairs. A huge thank you to John Burt and Jason Estevan for helping Jesse lay the hardwood flooring. We now have one room finished so we can move everything into that room and start working on the nursery. The nursery still needs the hardwood flooring and paint, the rest is all small stuff that will be fun for me to do (i.e. curtains, decor, etc...). I think my pregnancy feels like it’s going by fast because we have so much to do still. It’s a race against time!
Em
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