Appointment and a horrible day to follow

I had an appointment with my midwife today. Everything was good, I found out I don't have to do the gestational diabetes screen because I am so low-risk (Yay!). I was right when I thought baby was lying transverse along my pelvis- this baby is LOW. The heartbeat was just below 140 bpm. This baby has a much slower heartbeat than Julia did! It has been between 127-140 bpm. Julia was higher around 155-160 bpm. Aside from feeling like my pelvis is going to fall out of my body I have been feeling great! Another ultrasound is being booked for 32 weeks to check the location of my placenta again. Next midwife appointment is Sept. 15th.

I am pleased to see that this baby is being carried out front and not EVERYWHERE like with Ju! So far all the weight is in the baby bump and I'm seriously hoping I keep growing like this. Last time I felt so huge and bloated by 6 months, I was carrying everywhere and felt so gross! Maybe the weight will come off easier this time...I've only gained 13 lbs and hope to gain no more than 25. I don't even watch what I eat, I just eat healthy! I'm very pleased :D

The rest of my day was less than an adventure. I came out of my appointment to see I had a flat tire. Let me re-phrase that, not a flat tire a completely useless tire. It was ripped right open! I was PISSED, and upon looking at my BCAA card found out our membership expired LAST WEEK!! ARGH!! I was on Hastings with Julia in tow, pregnant and it was 25 degrees with no shade. I called a tow truck and it took him almost an hour and a half to get to us. When he finally came we went to get the spare tire from underneath the car and guess what? NO SPARE TIRE. Where the hell it is I have no clue. Might I also add that said tow truck driver barely speaks English. Trying to coordinate where he was towing my freaking car to was a fun game. Luckily when I called a cab a really nice driver came and was very helpful with following Mr. Tow Truck and cheering poor Julia up. He towed us to an Asian Auto Body/Tire shop. This was in sketch-ville and there wasn't really anywhere for us to walk to while they were fixing it. It took another hour for them to get organized and we were stuck outside in the blazing hot sun standing on concrete. My poor baby, I'm so glad I had lots of water and snacks for her in the car. She was good considering the situation but I was still stressed and snappy with her usual 2 year old behaviour. I feel terrible for being such a mean mom today, I apologized to her and she said, "me sorry too mommy". What a sweetheart. Anyway, I got totally ripped off at the auto body on a USED tire. The guy said $370 + labour for a new tire, or $100 for a used tire and labour included. Basically the jerk wanted me to buy his damn used tire. What choice did I have? I got pissy with him and he suggested I call the tow truck company for me to take the car somewhere else (another $100 for a tow? DONT THINK SO!). So today was an inconvenient $220 down the drain type of day, a ton of stress and a PAIN IN THE ASS!

I hope thats the last bad day in sight for a long time. Man it was a disappointing, crappy day! On the positive side though, the baby is healthy and growing perfectly. Can't wait for the 3D ultrasound- date changed to August 31st!!