Today I woke up especially early in order to partake of the GCT (Sugar) Test at the HMO clinic in downtown Jerusalem. I brought along my own freshly squeezed lemon juice, and it tasted like a good glass of lemonade.
While waiting the hour, I took out my mp3 player, having already read the morning paper. I attached one of the earpieces to myself, and the other in that deepening hole that used to be a belly button, so that the baby could enjoy the music as well. I don't know if it was the sugar high or the music - she prefers either classical music or New Age - but I got a fair number of kicks.
When I look at the long list of tests that I have gone through, since the beginning of the pregnancy, I am astounded that I have only one ultra-sound left before the birth, that I am really in the 25th week of my pregnancy, and that in approximately 100 days, I will be a mother.
In honor of this momentous occasion, I may even buy a car seat at the baby store that is having a 50% Going Out of Business Sale. And to further help me get over my fear of baby stores, Michal and Yael have arranged a trip to the ultra-Orthodox place, because they apparently have the best prices in order to accommodate large religious families.
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