Lookin Good ... Feelin Good!

Today has been great so far! The day started with an appointment with my doctor, who I love.
I finagled my way into a room with an ultrasound machine (with the help of my nurse/accomplice) and told the doctor how my last appointment made me so nervous about having a huge baby, so she gave me what I wanted. She measured Uno's head, belly and femur and they all registered right around 30 weeks, so that was a relief! She doesn't bother with the measuring tape, which I kind of like because how accurate can that really be? AND seriously, when is it ever going to be fun to have your belly measured?! Also, we saw his boy parts really clearly again, so I don't have to worry about painting the nursery blue!
I also finally confirmed that I passed the glucose test (I just assume no news is good news with this office). Blood pressure and everything were great. Apparently Uno and I had a growth spurt too, because I've gained 17 pounds! I'm a little nervous at how much more weight I can gain in 10 weeks, but mostly because I don't know where it's all going to go! My lungs get punched and kicked non-stop and my belly is huge.
I asked her about the trip to NY as well. She repeated that she didn't like the idea, but she said she wouldn't tell me to NOT go, just that she won't encourage it. Her reasoning seems to be that women in the 3rd trimester should limit air travel to necessary trips (like weddings and funerals I guess), and that it seems like whenever women travel late in their pregnancy, something goes wrong.
This pretty much made up my mind ... I'm GOING! With no absolute ban, I'll take advantage of the opportunity. Plus, if I walk around and drink water, I think I'll be fine.
I think it might have been a sign because flights were magically priced lower today all of the sudden. I've been checking about twice a day for the past two weeks. On Wednesday, the fares had inexplicably jumped $80, but this morning it was down to the original low prices... (in case you're wondering, $298 for non-stop from LAX). Once I bought my tickets, I called customer service, and they put me in a bulkhead, aisle seat! Amazing.
Since I'm a pregnant woman, I will no doubt be paranoid about my health while I travel, but I made sure that my insurance covers me in New York and I bought the travel insurance (which covers unexpected complications with a pregnancy)... so I feel good about it. And besides, I'm going to a major metropolis with good hospitals and lots of friends and family if anything does go wrong.
So now I will be going to the doctor every 2 weeks, which is kind of exciting because I really like going. They also told me when I was scheduling appointments that I get an ultrasound at 36 weeks as well! I guess that's the last one if all goes well.
Oh, and we decided to deliver at St. Johns. I think it will be good, but mostly I'm just glad to have turned that all in and be done with it. It's funny because I had one of those 0h-my-god-I've-been-living-in-los-angeles-way-too-long moments when I realized $12 for valet parking at the hospital seems like a negative to most people, but it sounds like a great deal to me! You know those stereotypes where the snobby, obnoxious LA girl says she only goes places that have valet? Apparently I'm one of them.
My doctor today gave me a few recommendations for pediatricians, so I'll start calling them soon. And PJO and I will work on finding a class or two to take. I know we at least want to take an infant safety/CPR class, but I'm not sure about a childbirth class or breastfeeding class. I think the former might just scare me and the latter might be unnecessary until after Uno is born. We'll see.
So today was good because my hope for a normally-sized baby was renewed today and I got tickets to NY!