9 Weeks 5 Days (212 Days To Go)

Today was my last visit with my RE.  It was a bittersweet moment.  She has officially released me to my regular OB.  My appt with him is Monday Nov. 21, 2016; so next week.  My RE wants me to stay on bed rest one more week.  I think she is doing this to cover all her angles.  She said it was up to my OB whether he wants me off bed rest or not.
Well, Mr Chance is doing great.  He is measuring even bigger today at 31.25 mm (this is the size for 10 weeks).  His heart rate is 174 bpm, strong and steady.  He already knows my voice.  During the ultrasound, every time I would speak, he would wiggle.  It was very cute.  We watched him do this for about 10 minutes.  He is starting to look like a baby now.  In these pics you can see his little arms and legs....of course they are just nubbins; you can make out little hands too.
I took advantage of Veteran's Day weekend and picked up a few things for him.  It was 25% off your entire order at Buy Buy Baby.
We have decided on glass bottles (keep in mind I can only formula feed since I have no breasts).  Who knew those things were so expensive??!!  4oz. bottles are $15 and 9 oz. bottles are $18.  Dang.  I went ahead and bought twelve 4 oz. and six 9 oz.  I also got the bottle warmer and sterilizer.  They gave me the discount on the sterilizer and the bath tub even though they were online only, because I was in the store and they had to order them for me.  Bonus.  I sent as many of my friends there this weekend I could think of that were military.
I have officially set up my registries.  There is a lot of crap a baby needs.  We have decided to use cloth diapers and a diaper service, so we don't have to sorry about that; one less thing to buy.
We had decided when we started this process we were going to go with the Orbit Baby infant seat and stroller system.  Unfortunately, Orbit Baby decided to stop making the infant seat this year, and primarily focus on the stroller systems.  Grrrr.  This made me have to chance my whole way of thinking and start researching infant seats, toddler seats, and strollers separately.  Who knew there were so many different kinds of seats and strollers.  Some good, some not so good.  After hours of research, we have decided on the Diono convertible car seat and the Stokke Xplory stroller system.  Yes, I won't be able to leave the baby in the car seat and carry him around, but this seat is the safest and best on the market.  I'll have to take him out of the car seat and put him in the stroller every time we get out of the car.  Many mom friends of mine have poo pooed this.  They said to get an infant seat he can stay in.  Well, I don't want to spend $400 on an infant seat he will only use 3-4 months, then pay another $500 for the convertible toddler seat.  Seems irrational to me.  I'll just transfer him to a sling or the stroller.  It will be great. If we have another one down the road, this stellar system adapts to hold 2 seats.  Perfect.
Our nursery theme is going to be Dr Suess One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.  We both like Dr Suess.  I really wanted ABC, but the DH likes the fish better.  It is pretty cute, and it's blue too.
Well, that's all for now.  Next appt is Monday.