A Loss of Wisdom

We spent Thursday evening at the hospital. Baby did not move for nearly 4.5 hours and I was getting nervous. Baby has active days and quiet days - but nothing like this, this was too quiet. I tried everything I could think of to make baby move: eating, drinking coffee, walking on the treadmill, playing loud music, shining a flashlight on my belly (my new favourite, baby usually goes nuts), laying down - Nothing.
Little turkey is mischievous and not yet born. He didn't move the whole time I was getting checked out, though we were reassured with a strong fast heart beat. Then baby called my bluff and went bananas once they got me a room and strapped on the monitor. The doctor and nurses all said we did the right thing by coming in. Better safe than sorry.
Baby has been very active since then - so I am confident that all well.


Today (Saturday) we are spending a relaxing day at home. Peter had all 4 of his wisdom teeth out yesterday. The dentist was very talkative and enthusiastic when I arrived - he talked on and on about how impressive Peter's teeth were - they had SUPER aggressive roots. He said on a level of difficulty to remove - Peter's were a 9.5-9.9 out of 10! He showed them to me, the root branches went down and then took a 90 degree turn. This was the case with all 4 of the teeth. On one tooth all 4 of the root branches took this turn. One even went vertically down took a 90 degree turn (horizontal) then took ANOTHER 90 degree turn vertically down. I wish I had kept them or photographed them. They were impressive.

He also said he had never seen a caucasian person with teeth like this. He's only ever seen it with black and native american people. He asked about the origin of the Thomsen name and asked "It's Danish isn't it? Must be the viking heritage."

He scared us both when he said that the level of difficulty usually correlates the level of pain and swelling experienced after. We did EVERYTHING on the list of things to do to minimise these effects, ibuprofen, ice, ice, and more ice. And it's definately paid off today. He has very little swelling and nearly no pain.