Somebody is chuncky

We just returned back from our 2nd to last appointment before the birth. This Nuffer has been beefing up for winter. He/She is now approaching 6lbs already. The head is about 2 weeks above the rest of the body. Oops. I blame the Cassard pirate genes.

This trip also marked probably the biggest decision in this brief Nuffer history. The juxtaposition of meeting Uva (more to come later) and our doctor was eye opening. We were set to meet our doctor around 3 and Uva before. After spending the hour and half in an incense filled, octagon shaped room with Uva it was undeniably clear that we were about to change up our doctor at month 8 for this hilarious German midwife. She was what we were looking for since the beginning. She has over 500 births under her belt (or purple German pants) whichever you prefer.

Renee was a little worried of the doctor's reaction to our decision. As she told him he interjected "Oh is it Uva?" well she is great. She has tons of experience he told us and that she works with another top notch surgeon here at Cima. He was completely in favor of our decision and it was honestly a great relief to have our decision confirmed. Every time in the most meakest manner the doctor would ask her to be weighed. Post appointment she would ask me "And can you believe him?" He was yelling about me about my weight. I thought could this be like Lost where I'm on a another time plane and have actually been in a parellel universe? Because surely I missed this verbal abuse. I normally defended the doctor and would explain to Renee that he was just making sure the weight was in check and that it was more for health concerns. Also he never really did yell. I found interesting parallels between mentioning a pregnant woman's weight gain during pregnancy and mentioning the possibility of chemical imbalances. There is no way possible that either of these outlandish theories could possibly explain the current situation. I think this doctor confirmation and support also gave Renee a new respect for the doctor up until the point at which he said, "Ok lets get on the scale and see how much you ate in the States" I laughed and thought Doc your ass is on your own.