29 weeks

Went to the Dr this week and all was well. Yet on Thu evening I started to feel really strange like I was having contractions and some tightening of my abdomen. So around 10 ish PM of course called the after hours line. They called me back and told me to come in. So now at 1 AM we just got home and I am happy to report all is well.

It is hard not to second guess oneself - but better to be safe than sorry. The nurse was really nice and told me the same thing. So for over an hour I sat and listened to our baby's heart beating and felt her kicking like crazy.

I feel like she has dropped a lot, or has gotten noticeably bigger because my stomach is bigger than it was a few days ago! I am happy to say that all is well. She weighed around 3 pounds 2 ounces this week at the ultrasound on Tue which is in the 53% or so. Yay she is not huge!!

28 Weeks

28 weeks and all is well - except for the daily back ache that I can't seem to prevent. But the checkup yesterday went well and was prety much short and sweet. A urine sample, weigh in, blood pressure check then wait wait wait for the doctor- then a measure and listen to the heartbeat. The regular OB appointments seem so tedious when there is nothing new to do.

The High Risk appointments are so much more engaging. So until next week there is not a lot to report :)

27 weeks!

We went to Dr. Robertson (high risk) today and Pepper is now around 2 pounds 7 ounces which is back down to the 65 percentile. So she had a little growth spurt last time. He said she looks perfect and there is plenty of room for more growth.

He said we will get to 36 weeks and see how everything looks and then start discussing when we might want her to be born. She needs to get to 6.5 pounds to leave the hospital and he doesn't see any chance of her not making that. I will be going back to him in 2 weeks and in the alternate weeks seeing Dr. Gernhardt.

It is very exciting to know that she will most like be here sooner than later! Now we just need to finish getting ready for her arrival :)

26 weeks and counting

I had my prenatal diabetes check today and a blood count. The good news is that I don't have the diabetes. I do have low iron so will be starting a supplement! So I am so relieved to hear that. Pepper is growing fine and we listened to her heart rate today (150 BPM). She was kicking when we were listening so that was kind of fun.

I will now be going to Dr G every 2 weeks and Dr R every 2 weeks so pretty much going every week between the 2. I am just happy to report there is a healthy albeit big baby girl growing inside :)