Oh, look. I'm going to compare pregnancies again. Feel free to tell me how each kid and each pregnancy is different. I'm not sure that point's been made enough yet.
With Jack, his movements were BIG, but they were also....soft? Rolling. I don't know. It didn't feel as though I had an octopus in my belly while riding a roller coaster after binge drinking for three days. I think it might have something to do with my placenta taking the brunt force of the smaller rapid movements.
Sometimes when Nina kicks me she simultaneously manages to hit my right hip bone, my bladder, and my liver all at once (I like to imagine her head on my bladder, an elbow or hand at my hip, and her feet in my liver). This is okay, and other than catching me off guard, it doesn't make me sick. But right now, and for the last hour or so, she's been beating my bladder and stomach. At least, that's what it feels like. I keep getting the feeling of going over a small hill at 40 miles per hour. My stomach is rolling with the kicks and it's having a hard time catching up with the rapid momentum of Nina's movements.
In other news, my BP check this week came back perfect. While attempting to get Nina's heartbeat the doctor had a hard time trying to chase Nina around my belly. This isn't any different from Jack. My weekly NSTs involved constant readjustment while Jack ran away from the belly monitors and kicked the crap out of the contraction monitor. My NST reports were full of jerks and jolts. He was a very active baby, he was just more considerate to mommy's feelings and his movements were gentler.
On Saturday, our a/c quit working. The compressor up on the roof wouldn't turn on. Thankfully it was a mild day and we were able to keep the windows open and fans running. We think the unit overheated or something similar, because the air worked that night. We contacted a local HVAC company and they came out on Tuesday to look at/hopefully repair our 30 year old air conditioner/heat pump. Because of its age, they aren't able to do much. The compressor, which usually cycles freon in one direction, has some broken valves which allow the coolant to recycle back into the line. This makes the unit work at about 50% efficiency. This news wasn't too surprising to us. The thing is 30 YEARS OLD.
We were hoping that they'd tell us we need a new unit and would offer us financing. While they did offer financing, which would allow us to get a unit in as soon as we were approved, they also told us about the Mass Save program because our air conditioner is also our heat pump. If it's determined that our 30 year old unit is horribly inefficient we may qualify for up to 7 year no interest financing. However, there is a process. We discussed it, decided that since the compressor is still technically functional, we'd go through the red tape and see what we qualify for.
We'd have to get a home energy assessment. They'll come in, evaluate our energy usage, and determine what we can do to change our energy usage. Considering we've replaced most of our appliances in the last 5 years that we've been here, I'm thinking the last one is to upgrade our broken heat pump. I'm hoping they look at it and say hmmmm....yeah, that's just not doing it for us, let's get you a new one! On average, our summer electricity bill is twice what we spend in the winter. We keep getting little things in the mail saying we're in the bottom 3% of efficient homes. Thanks for that. We know that running our broken a/c 24/7 is probably not a good thing. We're working on it!
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