Gold Star Baby!

Friday I had another visit with the Perinatologist.  We had another very thorough sonogram where they checked the babies' movements and chord blood flow.  The doctor told me how well I had done with this pregnancy, and that I should get a gold star.  "Come to think of it", she said, "You should get two gold stars - you have done so well."

Laying there on the sonogram chair, feeling large and uncomfortable, I just didn't feel very accomplished. Not very Gold Star worthy. In all honesty, I wasn't sure what I personally had done to keep these babies in for so long.  In fact, over the past week I have pretty much done everything under my power to make them come out, to no avail.

The doctor had us go to their conference room to wait for a minute - I assumed she was calling my OB to share her findings before we headed over there for that appointment.  Instead, the doctor came in a couple minutes later with this:

If you can't read the picture, this is what it says:

The Double Gold Star

AWARD is given to wonderful

Mrs. Heather Johnson

for being an exceptional patient

That's right - I got an official Gold Star award from my Perinatologist.  I must be pretty darn impressive.

It even has 2 actual shiny gold star stickers on it!

So, during those long nights when I have been up 87 times feeding babies and am going on 3 hours of sleep over 5 days, I can look at my beautiful Gold Star award, and feel somewhat accomplished.  I am sure not many patients are awarded this prestigious certificate, so it will hang on my fridge in a place of importance for all to gaze upon.

Behold the Double Gold Star Award and it's lucky recipient - ME!