She's Perfect.

Introducing to the world!

Danica Joelle Caroline Epp

June 28, 2007; 9:49 p.m.

8 lbs 11oz; 20.5 in. long

It's time to oooo!! and aaawwwe..

(posted for the proud parents by Karen.)

39 1/2 weeks

had my weekly appointment again today. She didn't check me, but the rest of things still look pretty good. Baby's measuring at about 38+ weeks, so at least this kid isn't going to be huge or anything... heartrate was 150, but s/he kept kicking the doppler out of the way, lol.

My bp was a bit high, just under the cutoff where the Dr. would be concerned, but enough that she said she wouldn't let me go much overdue...so we'll see what next week brings. But the swelling in my feet has lessened this week, which has been nice.

oh, and gained 2 lbs (the ones i lost the past couple weeks), so back to 25 total.

Interesting...and a bit weird.

Anyone care to make a "mask" of their pregnant belly? (think of the paper mache masks you used to make of your face in elementary school...) Yeah. Let's hang THAT in my nursery!

I do like the idea mentioned near the end of the article of doing a henna tattoo on the belly, though...maybe next time around if i've got a big belly near the end of summer when the Fringe festival is on...

guess what?

still here.

lots of braxtons again last night, especially during aquacise.

And today i get to go upstairs to 5th (postpartum) and meet Dylan, Damon, and Caley. (i am officially the last woman standing from the cluster around my due date). Maybe, just maybe, all the oxytocin and prolactin up there will get things started for me :)

Went on a mammoth grocery shopping trip last night to stock up on canned goods, meat, etc. so we won't have to do much more than pick up the fresh stuff (milk, produce, etc) for the next month or so. Also got extra stuff to make up a bunch of casseroles next week, i figure if i have plans for my first week off, then baby will come and "spoil" those plans, right? And if not, at least i'll have something to do to keep me busy. The plan is to make cabbage rolls, meatballs, lasagna, chili, and some baking. I'll probably do a bit extra if i can, and maybe make the rounds to all these new mommas.

almost forgot...

although my current job started as a 6 month term position that's done in 2 weeks (i'll be on holidays after Friday, though), it has been extended, which means that i have a job to come back to after mat leave if i want to! woot!

Read the details here if you're interested...

still here

Nothing new on the baby front, had a ton of braxton hicks last night (anyone care to comment on how i can tell if/when those start turning into 'real' contractions?). And this kid put on quite the show for Anthony & I after our guests were gone - s/he was moving & kicking so much that i swear my belly would bulge out a good couple inches from it's normal position. If s/he's that active again tonight i think i'll have to get out the video camera.

Starting to feel a bit gypped, though...I knew 5 people, including myself, who were due between June 29 and July 4, and it looks like i'll be the only one left after today or tomorrow. My neighbour had a little girl last thursday, my sister's friend had a boy on sunday, Anthony's coworker's wife is having a c-section this morning (Anthony lost that bet on whose would come first), and another friend is still hanging in there but was supposed to have her membranes scraped yesterday.

Ah well, my time will come sometime within the next 2 weeks.

i guess i'd better update more regularly now..

a few people this weekend mentioned to me "you hadn't posted on your blog in a couple days and i was wondering if baby came, but obviously not!" So i guess that means that i should at least post every day to let you all know the baby status.

Monday June 25, 9:15am - no baby yet.

but s/he's really low, and i'm definitely waddling.

sleep is not comfortable at all, i woke up every hour all night long (yeah i know, practise for when s/he does arrive :)

lots of braxton hicks contractions this weekend, but just sporadically and painless.

my pelvis has definitely spread, it's not very comfortable. But at least our bodies have the ability to do that, otherwise how the heck would we get these babies out, eh?

And i'm still waiting for that "burst of energy" to come - i have been SO tired and un-energetic the past few days. A perfect excuse to take naps and lounge around reading, though!

what an obedient child!

Well, from early on, we told this kid that s/he couldn't show up until daddy was done school and mommy was done her tasks at work (even though i'm still scheduled to work for one more week). S/he listened well, and now daddy is done school, and mommy is done her pile of work. So you can come any time now, little one!

S/he has definitely been moving down and getting in position for the big journey, my belly has changed shape a lot over the past week or so. Much easier to sit without feet jammed in my ribcage, that's for sure!

now i'm ready.

I forgot to mention we set up the crib on monday night, and moved a few things into the nursery. Today i put a load of new blankets, washcloths, etc. through the wash, so that will all be ready to go. Still have to set up the dresser so I have a place to put all this stuff.

Mostly packed my hospital bag this morning, still have a few things to add but the majority of it is now there.

But the biggest thing that has contributed to me feeling ready is how uncomfortable i've been at night the past few nights...I have not been sleeping well, and am really starting to feel it. Once we had the crib set up, i said to this kid "ok, that's your bed over there, and it's all ready for you now, so anytime you want to come out and sleep there, i'm good with that."

I am SO looking forward to sleeping on my stomach again.

Got the belly pics done last night, we had a great time at the photo shoot, and i'm looking forward to seeing the final product (of the pics, and of what's in this belly, lol). Didn't get my haircut the other day, got stuck downtown in traffic for 30 minutes, would have been at least 30 more minutes to get to the appointment, so i called and rebooked, then had a major meltdown while going back through the traffic to get home. So if you saw a teary frustrated pregnant lady driving a silver car on tuesday, it probably was me.

38 1/2 week appointment

All is well yet again. I feel like a broken record, but i am thankful that everything is going smoothly. More swelling of the feet this week, glad it's sandal weather.

Baby's heartrate was 152, my bp was good again (a bit high last week), lost another pound (23 lb net gain to this point now)...

My dr. goes on holidays July 1, but will be in S'toon until July 9, so she figures I should have the kid before the 9th, she said she'd come in for the delivery even though she's on holidays, so that's nice.

Doesn't look like this kid will be making an appearance for Papa's 60th birthday (today)...sorry dad!

i know this doesn't apply to most of my readers, but...

La Senza now carries nursing bras, for anyone who may be looking...

11 days (give or take)...ack!

I am excited, and a bit nervous about the arrival of this kid.

I’m nervous about the “when” – when will it all happen? I like to know things in advance and plan for them. I can’t in this situation. That's strange for me. I don't think i can think of another life situation (except maybe death) when you know it's coming but don't know anything about the "when".

I’m a bit nervous about the transition to mommyhood, the adjustment. I hope I settle in smoothly. It will be a big change, even tho it’s a welcome and highly anticipated change. And if you know me, i'm not that great at handling change. Getting better, but still not that great.

update

Well, Friday was probably the most uncomfortable day i've had yet. In the morning, my back was feeling pretty sore (has happened a couple times over the past month), but this time it was worse than usual. I laid down and put some heat on it, which helped it feel better for a bit. I was having a lot of braxton's that morning (probably 10-15, painless but quite strong...i normally just have 1 or 2 per day at most), and i realized that the back pain would get worse when the braxtons were occurring...it wasn't 'labour' per say, but it sure was not comfortable. I went to work and just tried to be as relaxed and comfortable as I could be.

By early afternoon, most of the pain and discomfort had gone, and I was able to make it through the rest of the workday. My thoughts are that something was happening to prepare for the big show, and i think baby has moved down quite a bit...the bum is a couple inches below where it used to be when i'm sitting...and i have less pressure in the lungs/ribs, which is nice :)

I am very sick of sleeping on my sides, my shoulders and hips have been very sore the past week and it's terribly hard to roll over or get up, going to the washroom at 3 am is very interesting. Once i get up, my pelvis feels like rubber and my legs are unsteady, i need to hold onto the walls to make it to the bathroom...am i ever glad the upstairs bathroom is functional again!

I have a massage booked for this afternoon, hopefully that will ease some of the tension in the lower back & shoulders; no, i'm not going to get her to massage my feet/ankles to find that magic pressure point. I still have a few days' worth of work to get done here and at my old job...

Tomorrow is haircut day (just a trim, nothing drastic), and wednesday we're doing pregnancy pictures - my friend Angela is taking them (dreamingphotography.com), she does amazing stuff. Thursday is hopefully white chocolate brownie night with a girlfriend...maybe my last "girls nite out" before i'm a mom (with a baby on the outside). (on a side note, i sure think that we should start a tradition of mommy stagettes, one last big girls nite before someone has their first child...)

I still have to pack my hospital bag, i have my list (thanks Shelen!) and i have started a pile, just need to collect a few more things and put them in an actual bag of some sort. I had a bit of time last night but figured it was more important to get the camera memory cards cleared off so that's ready to come with us to the hospital. Really, i can grab a couple essentials off my list before we run out the door if needed, downloading & sorting pictures will not be happening while i'm in labour. I have my priorities straight :)

Bought a crib mattress on saturday - got a great deal on it at the Bay. They had 20% off, and the one I wanted was discontinued, so they sold me the floor model for 20% off plus another 15% off. So we got the top end one instead of the mid-line one, ended up paying the less than we would have for the middle one. And i had gift certificates, so with the mattress cover and a car window sun shade, i ended up paying $4. Sweet stuff. And the super helpful sales guy even carried it out to my car for me, i was a bit worried when i went to the mall to buy one, as i didn't know how i would manage to get it from the mall to my parking spot, even though it was pretty close.

Anthony & "Nana" (his mom, that's her "grandma name") painted the nursery, it looks amazing (pictures to come now that i have downloaded them and have internet at home again). So we'll set up the crib and other furniture this week. Baba (my mom) brought over the crib bedding she made (much cheaper and better quality than the store stuff, yay!), so we're all set!

We even celebrated a mini-father's day for Anthony yesterday, i made him a nice brunch, and we (junior & I) gave him a nice set of steak knives we had found at the mall. I found a very sweet "for the father to be" card which made me cry as i was standing in the aisle at walmart, so we got him that too....

0 to 3 weeks to go...and i finally feel almost ready.

carseat safety?

So last week, I asked Anthony to install the carseat and then take it to the local carseat clinic to get it checked to ensure we knew how to do it properly... apparently a large number of carseats are installed incorrectly, and i can guess that most of those people thought they were doing it properly, so we figured we'd just get it checked to be sure.

Well, the lady at the clinic said "oh, i've never seen one like this before!" (it's a graco, and it's one of the two that met the Canadian standards when Consumer reports tested them earlier this year....). So Anthony had to proceed to show her how to install it, how the clips worked with the car's built in carseat anchors, etc.

Yup, he taught her how to do it. She just checked that it was tight and level. Good to know he knows what he's doing, but what's the point of the checks if the people there don't know?

37 1/2 week prenatal appointment

Again, all is well.

heartrate was good, baby's growth is good, i actually lost a pound, which surprised me given the amount i've been eating lately...

I have my prenatal sheets to carry around with me now 'till the end...which probably won't be this week, i'm a "fingertip" dilated, no thinning yet, pretty much what I expected.

The crib has arrived, we'll be picking it up tonight (actually Papa Les will be, i asked him if that was a grandfatherly type thing to do, he agreed that it was, AND they have a van...), what will be the baby room got a major cleaning last night, it now only has a desk, a couple chairs, the computer, and a dresser in it that will all move to the new office this weekend, so we are on track to paint the baby room this w/e. Things are really coming together quickly!

just a note

with today being June 12, i can now officially say i WILL have this child within the next month. July 12 would be 10 days overdue plus 2 days for a potential induction to "take" and to get through labour.

cool.

i'm getting excited. Not quite ready yet on the home front (painting will take place this weekend, crib & dresser come tomorrow), but once that's all set up, we're good to go. And other than that, i feel ready mentally/emotionally (as ready as i'll be), and i'm trying to get lots of rest and naps in so i'm in a good position physically too when the time comes.

Apparently, it's gonna be a girl.

Sunday at church, I finally remembered to ask Patti, our resident baby gender guru for her prediction on what we're having. Patti has quite the reputation when it comes to predicting such things.

"It's a boy" she said without hesitation...."which means you're having a girl."

See, Patti's reputation is that she's always wrong. She's only been right 3 times in over a hundred guesses, as the story goes.

So there ya go. Anyone else out there want to wager a guess?

seems silly to me

So, i was reading a baby-reaing book last night (really don't remember which one, i've had a few lent to me that sit in a pile by my bed, and i just grabbed one last night), and one of the "helpful hints" seemed a bit odd at the time, but now seems almost ridiculous.

They were talking about calming a fussy baby, and said that when standing & rocking them you should rock front to back instead of side to side, as "that is the motion the baby is most used to from being in the womb while you walked around during its gestation".

Yeah.

Wouldn't that require the baby to be either facing front or back in the womb all the time in order for the motion to be front-back? If the kid's position changed, the walking could very well be rocking it side to side. I know my kid has had its back along my side for a large part of this pregnancy, instead of face out or face in....

And for that matter, walking isn't really rocking anyways, it's more forward movement than equal back and forth movements. PLUS, with the way I am walking these days, there is a LOT of side to side movement in my walk (aka "waddling", as other late-pregnant women do)... AND walking is hardly the only movement that the kid experiences in utero - i have realized lately that often when i'm just standing i'll be rocking side to side on my legs, just keeping those hips moving...

So i just have to say "Psssssssssssht" to that "helpful hint". Maybe some kids prefer that movement in rocking over side to side, but i would hardly attribute it to movements felt in utero.

Baby Epp has a new cousin!

Congrats to Ang & Russ on the safe arrival of Liam Russell Ens, Saturday June 9, 7:26am, 7lb 3oz, 20" long. He's beautiful!

Girl dreams 2.5, boy dreams 1.5

So, another dream about having baby....(you'd think this topic has been on my mind lately or something!)

This time, we were at "home" - someone's home. Might have been my parent's but it was different than their actual house. We were sleeping in a big queen bed, and when we woke up in the morning, i noticed that we had had our baby overnight while both of us slept. It was a girl.

For some reason, my parents were there in the house but we didn't want them to know we had had our baby so we were trying to figure out how we'd hide the fact from them. We decided to hide it under my shirt so it would look like i still just had my belly....

Yeah. Not sure why a couple of my dreams have involved me having this baby without being aware of it (i.e., passed out, or sleeping)...not sure i want to delve into that too much. As for hiding the kid from my parents, i think that would be the last thing i'd be apt to do!

i've lost count...

prenatal appointment # ?? yesterday was all good. Gained 5 lbs since the last one (only 2 weeks ago, eek!), bp is fine, baby is growing fine, all is well.

Asked my dr. about delivery, and she does all her own patients. She is on holidays starting July 1, but will be in town the first week, and said she'd come in to do the delivery if s/he's born that week. If it's after July 7, it will be someone else, as she's going out of province. But she figures it should come before she leaves town.

Now i'm on to weekly appointments, so i booked my next 3, which will take me up to my due date. Being optimistic, i didn't book one for the week after my due date...I guess we'll see if i need one more or not.

Next week's appointment is the group B strep swab. No biggie. I had to chuckle to myself at our prenatal class, as one of the (very) pregnant ladies was asking the health nurse if that swab was ABSOLUTELY needed, as she was scared/embarrassed about getting it. I just thought, "if you're going to be giving birth in the next month or two, you have more to worry about than just a little swab - if you think that's something to avoid, what are you gonna do with all the poking, probing, and checking that will occur when you're in labour?"

This kid is definitely growing, though, i can feel a lot more baby and pressure up under my ribs, not terribly comfortable. Interestingly, i've had a few people say to me over the past couple weeks, "You sure aren't very big for being due in a month!" Yeah. Not something you'd like to hear when you're feeling quite big and cumbersome.... I'm plenty big, thanks. Wouldn't wish for bigger (like i was secretly wishing for a few weeks ago...). I know that part of not looking so big is that swimming has really strengthened my abs, and i'm not sway-back or even letting it all hang out front yet, i'm able to sit/stand pretty straight and i know my abs are holding my belly in, when i relax & let it go, it sticks out a couple more inches...

But then, i have also had a couple people say pretty much the opposite to me - a friend was walking about a block behind me the other day and she said she thought to herself "hey, that's a pregnant lady walk.... hey, that's Lynette!" so she recognized from behind from a block away that i was not walking "normal"... and a colleage said to me yesterday "you're sure leading with the belly these days when you walk".... i can tell i have started more of a waddle as of late, and these two comments confirm that. So i must not be that small!

But hey, with 3 - 5 weeks left, i'm not complaining about the heartburn, pressure in the ribs/lungs, waddling & general cumbersome-ness... i'm just glad that it's only now getting to this point of discomfort. The end is in sight!

tidbits

it is not a fun feeling when my feet start to swell. The skin feels really tight and stiff and hard to move. Thankfully it has not been severe at all, and it's still only on the occasional day (especially hot days). i have a footrest under my desk, and try to get up and move around; and of course swimming feels superb. but stretchy puffy feet don't. Glad it's sandal weather and they're not confined in shoes, though.

I realized that one of the most common sounds this kid hears is typing.... probably up to 6-7 hours per day, 5 days a week, right at the height of my lower belly - the kid is actually resting against the keyboard tray when i'm sitting at my desk. So perhaps s/he will find typing to be a soothing sound when s/he is out of utero....good excuse to sit on the computer during the day on my mat leave if it does soothe him/her!

I swear my belly is growing every day. I noticed a change from last night to today for sure. And i have also noticed that at night when i want to turn over now, i need to use my hand/arm to lift my belly up to get enough oomph to turn to my back, then to the other side. The pull of gravity on my belly when i'm trying to get off my side is quite something. I guess it's to be expected, according to the ticker this kid is gaining over 1/2 oz per day!!! (that's about 1/2 lb per week...crazy stuff).

another dream

So, this time, baby was born, 7lb 4 oz (not bad, eh? especially since in the first dream he was over 9 lbs). It was a girl...at first.

I'm not sure where Anthony went, but i was released from the hospital the same day, and decided to go for coffee with my friend trent, so we hung out at this coffee shop for a bit with baby. Baby didn't have a name yet (don't ask me how we got released from the hospital without one...), we just called her baby.

Then I was at home, changing the diaper but all the baby supplies were kept in the garage, and it was Anthony's job to run out and get me wipes and a new diaper, etc. each time we needed to change baby. But now, baby was a boy. But the parts were all mixed up, with the position of the penis and testes interchanged...yeah. Still no name for "baby".

Then later on we were at church, but ebenezer was now in the zellers store at the end of lawson mall, so from church you could go walk around the mall. I was carrying baby around in a sling under my shirt, as for some reason i didn't want people to know we'd had the baby yet.

And that's about all i remember.

So we're still dead even for boy-vs-girl baby dreams, 1 1/2 for each.

gifts & blessings

(but first a little note, i am SURE enjoying the cooler weather today! Feels SOOOOOOO good...)

The past few days have been exciting and have taken me off guard a bit, we've been getting baby gifts from people out of the blue, completely unexpected. But very appreciated.

Sunday we went to buy a toy from a friend of a friend whom we've met a couple times, and along with the toy, she had a gift for us - a beautiful cozy yellow blanket, some lil' goats milk soap, and a "baby on board" sign for the car.

Then Monday, a package came from the States, from a friend I hadn't heard from in quite a while, there was a very cute pair of baby sunglasses, a cuddly blanket/teddy bear thingy (not sure exactly what they're called), some very cute bibs (including one that says "that's it, i'm going to grandma's!"), and something else I'm forgetting at the moment.

Then yesterday, the social club at work threw a cake party for me and the other pregnant lady here (she's due June 15), and on behalf of my coworkers we got a very cute outfit set (onesie, pants, bib), and a fisher price caterpillar toy.

This is in addition to all the other blessings and acts of giving/generosity that have been shown to us over the past few months...I know i'll miss some, but here's a bit of a list, mostly for my own recollection so I can look back and remember how blessed we have been.

The first load was from my sister, she sent a huge rubbermaid container full of goodies - onesies, socks, sleepers, etc. from my niece's baby days that she is not using at the moment, a baby bjorn to use, books on pregnancy and raising baby, some maternity clothes, their infant carseat to use, and a whole whack of other stuff. They're also sending their change table our way when Liv is done with it.

Mom was very instrumental in helping build my maternity clothes wardrobe, she was in the states for a few weeks, and picked up all sorts of pants, etc. down there from discount racks (smart lady had measured my pants before she left so she knew about what measurement to buy, instead of relying on size which can vary so much). Then, she altered the things (both from there and things I bought) that weren't quite right so they were fully usable. THEN she sewed me 5 maternity shirts (and there was blood, sweat and tears that went into those, let me tell you - she was alterning non-maternity patterns to try to fit over this belly of mine...), and now she's onto making crib bedding and quilts, receiving blankets, etc. Oh, and then she comes and cleans my house and plants my garden and bedding plants/flowers, and comes and walks the dog and brings baking over. (she secretly loves my dog, even though she's "not a dog person").

Dad, meanwhile, has been over mudding & drywalling our new office, helping with other stuff around the house & yard, etc. which has been a HUGE help since Anthony has been swamped with school and homework as of late, and i'm not really able to do drywalling & sanding these days...

THEN, there's our other mom & dad, they have been a HUGE help and support as well. Mom has been shopping with me countless times to get baby stuff, from consignment sales (which are not fun to navigate alone) to looking for laundry baskets (see post below) and paint colors (with this mind, not fun to try to make a decision on). They've also been over helping around the house, Phil has been down in the office pulling down walls, re-insulating, etc. And they've offered to come help with the painting in the office & baby room, which i sure plan to take them up on!Even things like car-pooling to Grandma's birthday party and letting us take their car on to Moosomin have been such a blessing!

Ok, moving from family (tho i'm sure i'm forgetting someone in that category), the Owen's (Leon's girlfriend's family) have also been SO supportive and generous to us - they have a 1 year old foster baby, so they're doing round 2 of having babies in the house, and have lent and given us so much - particularly, a huge box of size 1-2 diapers that Destiny had grown out of, a baby bathtub to use, and a bunch of other stuff, along with so much support and encouragement.

And Gingerich's (technically family - Larissa's sister & bro in law) sold us their exersaucer for a ridiculously low price, then when they came to drop it off, had a TON of baby and toddler toys tha they just gave to us for nothing! So we don't even need to buy any of that stuff.

Combined with some great deals at consignment & garage sales, we have everything we need and really have not spent a lot of money at all. Basically the only things we've bought new/full price are the crib & dresser (arriving next week! woo hoo!), going home outfits for boy & girl, and...um...well, we'll be buying a stroller and high chair at some point. And that's it.

We are so blessed.

the cartoons say it all

A couple random notes here that have been floating in my brain...

Saturday was a very emotional day for me, I had not slept well the night before, and Anthony mentioned my snoring/loud breathing in the morning, which made the tears come. No idea why. And then my sister & i were talking about strollers, and i got all teary and sad at the fact that we don't have a stroller picked out, and it turned into "i am going to be housebound when this kid comes if we can't get a stroller but how can we get one now when i don't know what kind to get and don't want to end up buying 3 or 4 different ones??" Yeah. I had to tell myself it was the hormones and lack of sleep, and that it would all be ok. And some cuddles from Anthony and reassurances from him that we could go get a stroller any day i wanted to helped as well. (any tips/suggestions on which style/type to get??)

I also have been noticing how people are generally more amicable towards me and go out of their way (in more ways than one) to accomodate me, such as holding doors open, giving me a wide berth (which I do appreciate instead of bumping into people/shopping carts, etc), and generally looking at my belly, then looking at me and smiling. It's as if bringing a baby into this world elevates your status for a bit...i don't think it's even a conscious thing, it makes me wonder if it's like this in all cultures... (Of course there has to be an exception to every positive trend, and mine would be standing on the corner of ruth & munroe for a VERY long time yesterday when I was walking the dog, waiting for a car, any car, to stop and let me across the street. Grrrr.)

And the other thing that the above cartoon reminded me of was a great picture opportunity from yesterday - we went to a Kadesh fundraiser lunch at Anthony's parent's church, and his prego sister and i were talking (and giving our kids some quality cousin time with our bellies together). Pete Friesen came up, he's a wonderful older man that Anthony has called "Grandpa" since he was very young, he's been a close family friend of their's for 30-ish years. He jokingly stuck his belly into the mix with ours, and so we made him pose for a picture with us. Haven't seen it yet, but that will be a print to keep. He referred to himself as "grandpa pete", and i corrected him and said "no, it would be GREAT-grandpa, 'cuz you were grandpa to Anthony!"

5 days 'till full term

that's a scary yet comforting thought. Scary because hey, it's almost at the point where i can say "any day now" and mean it, but comforting 'cuz if it was any day now, s/he would likely be just fine.

There.

Just ordered the crib & dresser online from Sears. Estimated date of arrival, June 13. Hopefully by then we have a room in which to put it.

Oh, and i found the perfect laundry basket - it's the right color & style of "wicker", it has a cream colored cotton liner, and the best thing is that it was free! Yeah. I was laying in bed the other night and noticed my laundry basket in the corner of my room. It hit me that it was exactly what i had in mind for the baby room. So we'll just move that one across the hall, and i can buy myself another one for my room that can be whatever I find that I like...score! Gotta love prego brain, though, to not have realized this before.