33 week appointment

Doc says things are going well and if I were to go into labor in 2 days she wouldn't even stop me anymore. The baby is of good size, excellent movement and great heart rate. My glucose test came back awesome, my blood pressure has been steady throughout and I've lost weight. She says it couldn't be a better situation. Tomorrow will mark 10 weeks since I was in the hospital, so everyone in the practice is just pleased as pie with my advancement. She said the partners had their "high risk" meeting this week and the other 2 docs who I'd met at the hospital were astounded I was still pregnant :) They reviewed (yet again) the ultrasound photos from that day as they wanted to be absolutely sure there was ever cause for concern in the first place - and there was, I just did a good job holding on I guess!!

Today's results of the manual check are that I'm about 90% effaced (which is about the same as it's been for 8 weeks or so) and for the first time I am dilated - 1cm at this point. So really actually quite normal. I remember when Melissa was getting ready for Lexi and she was stuck at 90% and 4cm for like a month, so being a little dilated at this point is nothing out of the ordinary. Doc said after she presented all the info at the high risk meeting the big joke was I'm going to have to be induced at week 41....hahahahahha....doctors are funny eh? Though that would absolutely guarantee me being off work for the rest of the year, so I'm not going to complain if that's the case.

Otherwise things are pretty status quo around here. I got my hair cut really short over the weekend and it's super cute, so that's a nice feeling. The baby's room has a few tweaks left but nothing major except some of the decals just don't want to stay put where they are.....the vendor suggests rubber cement so that might be next.

Anyway, I think I nearly have this picture thing figured out so I'll post those soon.

TTFN

Crazy few weeks

Well, we're still chugging along here. We had a couple showers last weekend for the families and not much has changed with me or baby. He's moving and growing of course, but he's still hanging in there and I'm not progressing, which is all good news. I have pictures to post of the baby's room - the decals are up and everything so we're excited to show it off....just have to figure out the camera pics and how to get them up here.

My next dr appointment is on Wednesday so hopefully the good news will continue. Being 33 weeks along makes things much more comforting as the end is really getting closer and we're all doing a great job of letting him bake in there as long as possible :)

Thanks to all for your well wishes and I promise I'll get pics and more up soon!

30 weeks, 2 days and counting

Yesterday at my dr. appointment we got some better news than last week. After my appointment last week I left feeling like maybe things were getting more serious, mostly cause my doc got that quiet, serious tone about her....but after yesterday things are more clear. I was afraid maybe I had started to dilate but yesterday's results prove that's not happening. Not only is the cervix still closed but it's the same thinness (about .5cm) as it's been the last 4 weeks. This is good news cause maybe we can hang on another 4 weeks, right? I'm doing everything I'm supposed to as far as resting and laying down. Apparently I'm even doing great with eating cause I'm losing just over a pound a week....at my size this is fine....the baby will always get what he needs and I'll just be thinner after delivery...not a bad deal, right?

In other news, the baby's room is painted. Chris got ambitious this weekend and did it all. He's so amazing. I am lucky to have such a wonderful partner in him...he's taking care of me and we're doing great.

We also started our child birth class at St. Joe's last night. In my opinion it was kind of a snooze and a little lame...hopefully the other 3 classes this month will provide for some useful information. I was hoping it would entice Chris to be more interested in the actual delivery but it seems those thoughts may have backfired. Sometimes I'm afraid I'll need him in there more than anyone else but I know he's not comfortable with the idea....I guess we'll just wait and see when this all happens....hopefully not sooner than later ;)