Dr. Appt.

I had a routine appointment today. I've gained five pound in the past four weeks. Eek. It was expected though...I've been eating nothing but fast food lately. Doc said the ultrasound showed no problems and the fibroids are very small and shouldn't pose any problems. My blood pressure was higher than normal, but still in the normal range. Last appt. it was 98/54. This appt. it was 122/78. I go back in three weeks for my "long" appointment in which I discuss my labor/birth wishes, what to look for in regards to preterm labor, where to go when I go into labor, etc.

I've been told that at this point in time, there's no reason to call the doctor or hospital if I think there is something wrong...to just go straight to the hospital. That really made me realize just how close I am to having this baby! Oh my gosh, we're already talking about when I go into labor!!! After my next appointment, I start appointments every two weeks, then at 36 weeks, I start weekly appointments!

I expressed my concern over the change in due date and the doctor said that the ultrasound can be off by up to two and a half weeks and that he's fine letting me go up to five weeks "overdue" as long as the baby looks good to compensate for the amount that the ultrasound could have been off and that some babies just need 42 weeks to fully mature, but he wasn't comfortable letting me go any further than that, which I'm fine with. So, baby can come at any point from June 9th to July 21st without any intervention to stop or start it.

It's a...

GIRL!!!

I had my ultrasound on Friday and I got to see my beautiful baby GIRL that is now due on June 23rd because she's a porky two pounds! I'm unsure how I feel about changing my due date. While I don't know exactly when I conceived, I find it hard to believe that I was pregnant that long without knowing it. My biggest fear is that, as usual, I just have a big baby that looks like it should be due earlier than we thought, but isn't ready to be born until it's original due date. However, with changing the due date, a baby that isn't born until the beginning of July is going to look like it's quite a bit overdue, when it really is just larger than your average baby, but developmentally, is right where it's supposed to be at term. The further past your due date you go, the higher chance that the doctor is going to want to induce. They start pushing it at a week overdue (which will be June 30th) and basically force you to do it at two weeks past your due date, which will be July 7th, which if you go by my LMP is only two days overdue. So, my concern is that the doctor will start pushing for an induction when really, the baby just isn't ready to be born yet and while it's completely my choice, what if this due date IS right and I really DO go two weeks overdue, at which point the infant mortality rate rises significantly.

Everything looked good on the ultrasound, with the excpetion of some fibroids, which I will be discussing with my doctor on Friday. As long as we monitor their growth and they don't grow too much, they shouldn't pose any problems. :)

I'm so excited to be having another little girl!

He got something special too!

So, I have my ultrasound on Friday. The girls asked if they could go and I told them that they could. When Cole found out the girls were going, he really wanted to go. Drake automatically told him no because he wanted me to be able to focus on the ultrasound and the baby and not have to worry about Cole, who, while an incredible kid, has the pent up energy of a five year old boy and finds it difficult to sit still at times.

So anyways...Cole has been really bummed about not being able to go to the ultrasound. Yesterday, the baby was moving around quite a bit, so I called Cole into my room and he was able to feel the baby kick! The kids have all been DYING to feel the baby kick, but none of them have ever been able to because the little stinker always stops moving as soon as someone puts their hand on my belly. He's been bragging ever since then that he got to feel the baby kick. He's not quite so bummed about missing the ultrasound anymore because he got to be "special" and feel the baby kick before anyone else.