Monthly Archive for September, 2009

We had Piper’s second weight check with her pediatrician today.  She is back up to 7lbs 12oz!  The doctor was really impressed that she gained almost 6 oz in 2 days (she was weighed at 7lbs 6 1/2oz on Monday).  Me, I’m not so impressed.  I am confident she is gaining weight although I don’t believe it is THAT much.  The nurse the first day let her sit on the scale and scream for a minute before she finally picked a number (the scale was bouncing from 7lbs 2oz to 8lbs even).  I would have put her at 7lbs 8oz on Monday.  The nurse today picked a number really quickly with the scale bouncing from 7lbs 6oz to 8lbs 1oz.  I would have said 7lbs 9oz today.  Oh well!  Moral of the story…babies are wiggly. 

But she’s good and we don’t have to go back until her two week appointment next Friday.

We’re still baby baking!    By this point in my pregnancy with Addie I had been timing contractions for 2 1/2 hours.  This one is perfectly content to hang out in there.

I had another midwife appointment.  All is well.  She didn’t mention the heartbeat number and I didn’t think to ask but she said it sounded good so I’ll trust her.  Baby is still head down and now we’re just waiting.  She is guessing that he or she will be about 7 1/2lbs which isn’t bad.  Who knows if she’s right or not but hopefully we’ll find out soon!

The only bad news, and I am sooooo bummed about this, is that the hospital has made a policy that no visitors under the age of 13 are allowed because of the swine flu.  So that means Addie won’t be able to come visit us at the hospital.  It isn’t the end of the world since I don’t plan on being there much more than 24 hours (less than if I can get the pediatricians to release baby before the PKU test) but it isn’t how I had envisioned this.  Plus to find out this late is hard.  The whole time I’ve been telling Addie that she’s going to go to our friend’s house while we go to the hospital, then daddy will come get her and they can come see me and baby.  But now that isn’t going to happen.  Truth is I know it will bother me more than her.  I was hoping to get the pictures of them together on the hospital bed, for her to get to meet baby the first day rather than just hear “you have a brother/sister” which is pretty abstract to a 2 year old, and that I’d get to see her.  It is for everybody’s protection but…stupid pigs!

My next appointment, should I make it, is next Friday.  I’d have an appointment with the midwife (at that point they’d check to see if there is any dilation or signs that baby is coming anytime soon) and then an ultrasound to check fluid levels and a non-stress test.  Then I’d have to go back the following Monday or Tuesday for another appointment and non-stress test and then the following Friday again.  But let’s just hope I don’t make it that far!

Other than that…this is the first full day I’ve felt done.  It doesn’t help that at Wee Walkers Addie decided to lay down in the middle of the path and then when the group walked away she turned around and ran off in the other direction.  Nothing like chasing a 2 year old at 39 1/2 weeks pregnant!     On the flip side my feet are significantly less swollen and hobbit-like!  From what I’ve read before you go into labor your body starts shedding the excess fluids so you see a reduction in swelling (which would also explain my cold symptoms that I’m hoping aren’t a cold!).

In a nut-shell…we’re still here. 

How does the saying go?  If you want to hear God laugh just tell Him your plans? 

Yah, we’re still home with no signs of a baby today.  Oh well…guess I can get more of my to-do list done.  Plus this was great motivation to get the big things done like packing my bag, putting the carseat in the car, etc.

I did have another appointment today with one of the midwives.  All is well in there.  When she first started feeling for baby’s head she couldn’t tell for sure where it was.  She was pretty sure she could feel a baby butt by my ribs but wasn’t 100% certain baby was still head down.  Since we’re so close to my due date she grabbed the ultrasound machine quick just to double check that baby hadn’t turned.  Turns out he/she is still head down just too low to actually feel the head very well.  So that was good news!

Heartbeat was bouncing between the high 120s and low 140s.  This was the first time I could really hear it slowing down and then speeding back up.  That was kind of neat to hear.  Both the midwife I saw today and the one I saw last week are guessing that this baby is bigger than Addie although they were quick to assure me “nothing you can’t handle!”  lol

They also had to schedule an induction date in case baby doesn’t come because of how few of beds are reserved for inductions at UNC.  So if baby hasn’t arrived by 10/3 then we have to be to the hospital by 8am to be induced.  Baby better be here by then!!!  She told me she highly highly highly doubts that we’ll need to keep the date but just in case they do have to schedule it.  In fact they didn’t even have me make an appointment for after my due date.  I have one scheduled for the 17th and then nothing as of right now.  If we make it that far we’ll schedule one at that point.

Adam thinks that since this baby is so much more laid back (so far) than Addie was that he/she will be late.  I’m hoping not and still planning on doing lots of walking!  Although since I missed my 09.09.09 date it wouldn’t bother me to get a bit closer to my due date and get some more things done.  Maybe one more week so I can get a couple more big things crossed off. 

Surprisingly enough I feel ready but not necessarily done if that makes sense.  I guess if baby came today I’d be okay with that but I don’t feel ready to throw in the towel and pull out all the stops to evict baby yet either.  Maybe because I still have things I’d like to get done.

We’ll keep you all posted but for now we’re just waiting!