30w - 10w to go!

I got a bit of good news the other day that I wanted to share...I had been holding off on sharing this until a final decision was made, and I had notified my boss of my plans...but...

I NOW QUALIFY FOR SHORT TERM DISABILITY!

I had my annual benefits meeting on Monday. I hadn't been signed up for short term disability in the past (Actually, I THOUGHT I had been, but shortly after I found out I was pregnant, I learned that somehow my coverage had been canceled...probably accidentally when I canceled my health insurance when Scott & I got married) and I had been told that, being pregnant, I wouldn't be able to sign up for it and therefore wouldn't get paid for my maternity leave (beyond my vacation pay).

But, since my last qualifying date, the company changed disability insurance carriers, and since I had never had an opportunity to sign up for this particular plan in the past, they let me sign up for it! Which means I'm covered and will earn 60% of my pay during the time I'm out.

So, hurray! Angelica will have mommy and daddy home with her for almost four months, between my leave and Scott's!

I feel for my colleagues who have to cover for me while I'm out, though. I'll have to do my best to get them all adequately trained and then just be available by phone whenever necessary.

In other news, I did a little more research into the low amniotic fluid issue that the doctor mentioned yesterday. I was a little confused about a conversation between him and the nurse...he asked the nurse what the AFI was and she said 8, and he said he wasn't worried but that I should drink more fluids. According to Babycenter.com, AFI = amniotic fluid index, and is measured in centimeters. In the 3rd trimester, normal is between 5 and 25, and mine was only 8, so like I said before - normal, but low end of normal range.

I've been pounding back the water, though, and the baby LOVES that. There have been a couple of kicks today that were unlike anything I experienced. I was reading a magazine on the sofa earlier and the kick knocked the magazine right out of my hands! Crazy for a baby who isn't really that active!

I forgot to mention yesterday, too - her heart was good and strong at 157 beats per minute!

I still need to get those ultrasound photos scanned in. I forgot to bring my flash drive to work, and Scott wanted to take the photos to work tomorrow, so I'll have to take care of doing that later on. I can say, though, that there is one profile shot in the bunch that I am in LOVE with. She is so cute!

That's gonna be it for tonight...I feel another migraine coming on (sigh) so I'm going to go take a warm bath and try to get some rest.