Went to the doctor yesterday.

I don't know about you, but I hate going to the doctor--except when I'm pregnant. For me doctors are a last resort. I only go if I think I have something infectuous that I can get medication for, and thus not pass it on to Kaitlin and Jeremy. Of course I'm a little less strict with this rule for Kaitlin since she can't tell me what's going on with her yet, but as she gets older, we'll probably see the doctor less and less. Which brings me to my prenatal visits, and we can probably lump Kaitlin's Well Child checkups in there, too. I love my ObGyn, Dr. Judd. He's probaby not for everyone. He's not overly gentle, like a pedatrician is. He's very straightforward and to the point. And for someone who has an aversion to doctors this is a very good thing! Our personalities mesh really well. He has the funniest analogies to compare pregnancy experiences with everyday experiences. He's been around forever--he was my Mom's ObGyn when I was born--but I don't feel like he, himself, is ancient. I've heard through the grapvine that he was the youngest graduate from Stanford's medical school, though I don't know how much younger we was than everyone else. And he's the forceps expert in Utah county. Since Kaitlin had to have a little help with the forceps this was tremendously comforting to me.

I also love going to the doctore when I'm pregnant because it marks the passage of time. Isn't that what we all want when we're pregnant, for time to pass quickly? I love it when it seems like my previous appointment was just last week. It means time is passing quickly. This is why I can lump Kaitlin's regular checkups with my doctor's appointments. They mark the passage of time. Our pediatrician gives these cool little pamphlets about child development that I love to read. This week marks the 28th week of my pregnancy. Only 12 weeks to go. I can hardly wait. Soon my appointments will get more and more frequent, which means that the baby is getting closer and closer. I can't wait to not be pregnant anymore! At this point I am way more excited about not being pregnant than I am about having a baby. But don't worry, the scales are tipping. Who could help but be excited when the light at the end of the tunnel produces something as precious as this?

Anyway, have I mentioned that we're thinking of naming the baby Alexander? I am really struggling with the name, but Jeremy loves this, and I like it more than Zachary, which he loved before we came up with Alexander. For some reason I don't see "Zachary" as a man. Silly, I know, but who knows why we feel the way we do about certain names? If we go with Alexander we'll call him Xander because Alex Hanks sounds too hard. What do you think? Are there any boys names that you think we should consider?