Baby Dr Appointment

So today we had a dr appointment for the baby. I did the glucose test and also got another ultrasound! We were pretty excited to see our little guy again! He was growing just right and is head down. Yay! The reason we got another ultrasound was because in the first one his kidneys were not functioning the way they are supposed to so they were enlarged. The dr wanted to do a follow up appointment to see how his kidneys were now that he is grown more. Well, his kidneys are still slightly enlarged, not much has changed since our 20 week US. Bummer deal. But, there isn't really much to worry about, in most cases the baby's body fixes itself either by birth or shortly after. The pediatrician will check his kidneys when he is born and possibly put him on antibiotics. But we will see. Nicole (my midwife) said it's a very common thing, especially in boys. Oh, ya, he is still VERY much a boy! :) haha. It was fun to see him again, and see how much he has grown in just 8 weeks!He has really long legs and he's just stretched out all across my body! Everything looks really good so far! I talked to Nicole about my epidural.. the midwives don't really love epidurals.. (when i was pregnant with Noah, they tried to talk me out of one and almost had me convinced I could do it without an epidural!) but after  um about 30 so hours of labor at home and no sleep I chose to have one! And was so pleased with the results! Ha, Trevor and I finally got about 3 hours of sleep and then when it was time to push, I did all the work myself (no one had to hold my legs for me or anything) I was able to stand and squat and do any position.. but the pain was numbed. It was awesome. Anyways, I was telling Nicole that I wanted to have an epidural exactly the same as that and if it was even possible to get that again. She said that it's all about how the woman's body reacts to the epidural and also what the anesthesiologist uses. So anyways, my plan is to ask for the exact same thing during this labor and I am praying it works out for me! :) It was like the best of both worlds.. getting to do all the work and feeling the contractions, being in control of what position I was in and feeling what was working and what wasn't... but not really feeling any pain at all. The only sucky part was pushing for 4+ hours. Well I think I started pushing at 10:00 a.m. and had Noah at 2:55 p.m. I could be wrong on that start time, it could have been 11 that I started pushing. Regardless, it was FOREVER! But that was because Noah's head was stuck on my pelvic bone.. ( he had a massive bruise on his head for about 2 weeks after he was born.) Anyways.... long story! Haha. Our new little baby is doing just fine, just hoping his little kidneys figure out what they are supposed to be doing now! I think I am going to start prenatal classes next month and possibly prenatal yoga. But I hate yoga so we shall see.