27 Weeks 2 Days

Not that I have started my every 2 week appts it seems like the time to have our baby is right around the corner.  I'm already counting down appts...I have 4 left until I am 36 weeks and that is when Dr. Cook will decide what to do with me since I have my cerclage in.  Yesterday's appt went really well as always cause I just love chatting with my Dr.  The nurse came in to check my blood pressure, weight and the baby's heartbeat.  Blood pressure was good and I gained 4 more lbs in 2 weeks.  I think that's a lot but I guess I just have a big ole baby in there.  The heartbeat this time was 131...it just keeps going down.  The very first time I heard the heartbeat it was 158 and it's gone down everytime since then but it was still good and I just love hearing it.  Then Dr. Cook came in to check my cervix and he said everything looks great.  He told me we would go ahead and schedule my last big ultrasound when I am 35-36 weeks (they do these on Saturdays so I will have to come back in to see him) then I will go in the following week and decide what to do.  I have read with a cerclage they usually take it out around 36 weeks and let you go into labor on your own which I am hoping for.  I was kind of concerned about his plans for me cause I want the opportunity to have the baby naturally and I was worried they were going to want to do a c-section so I asked him yesterday and he said we will do everything we can for you to have this baby natural and that just made my day!!  So hopefully everything will keep going great for us I'm still just nervous about being so far from the hospital. 

Mini-vacation & glucose results!!

Bert and I have been talking about getting away for a long weekend soon before I get to huge and miserable.  We talked about going to Galveston but I did not want to spend the money so we decided to ask my parents for the bay house.  I took off Thursday around 3 from work and headed home to pack since I wasn't going to work Friday.  We got there Thursday around 6ish and after unloading all of our luggage it was time to relax!!  It was a good long weekend and the weather wasn't to bad.  It did try and rain on us one day but it just sprinkled a little and that was it.  It was windy during the days but got really bad at night.  All in all it was a good trip the only thing I'm not happy about is I didn't get to fish at all.  Bert went twice but everywhere he went he had to walk like 2+ miles and there was no way I could do that I just wanted a chair and my fishing pole so maybe we can go again one weekend and I can do a little fishing.  We did get to put out our crab traps and we caught about 17 and then our neighbors down there had some out also and when Sunday came around they didn't feel like cleaning them so they gave them to us and we happily accepted!!  We cooked them yesterday evening along with some shrimp and had both our parents over and my sister-n-law Paula and everything turned out great!!

Now for my glucose results.  I did my glucose test last Monday and was anxious to get my results.  Since everything else was going so good with my pregnancy I was hoping this would come back good.  Well they never called last week so I called first thing Monday morning and left Mary Jane a message.  She called me around 11 and said my glucose test came back good (yay for no 3 hour test) but I am anemic.  She called me in a prescription for an iron supplement so now that's 3 pills I have to take everyday and I hate taking pills.  Bert makes fun of me all the time when I try and take my prenatal vitamins.  Maybe it's all in my head but I have a hard time swallowing them and I can not take pills with water I use to take them with a soda so now I take them with sprite and it's still horrible.  I have a Dr. appt on Monday so maybe I will have some more news then.

Two appt's in two days!!

The last time I went to the Dr. which was March 8th I just got to see Mary Jane and she told me to come back in a month for another big ultrasound which those take place on Saturday.  I was a little confused since I just had one and they said everything looked great but I didn't care cause it gave me another Saturday to do some shopping in Houston!!

Appt # 1 was Saturday April 2nd and I was exactly 25 weeks.  Bert is tired of going to Houston with me so he decided to go cut firewood with my Dad, Uncles, and Aunt so my mom went with me.  This was the first time she was going to get to see her grandbaby other than in pictures.  We got to the appt a little early but that was ok cause the ultrasound tech was there and got us back earlier.  It was a different lady than the last time which was fine cause I kind of liked her more.  She was more fun to talk to!!  After she was done taking all the measurements is when she let me look and took pics and explained everything to me.   My little baby has grown so much in this past month he/she is now 2lb 1oz and is measuring at 26weeks 3 days which is 1week 3 days ahead but she said this is fine.  And the hearbeat was 143.  She got a really cute picture of the feet that I just love and will post at the end.  When we were getting ready to leave she told me everything looked great.  That is so good to hear!!

Appt # 2 was Monday April 4th.  This is the day I had to take my glucose test and I also had questions for Dr. Cook about what his plans were since I have the cerclage (I really want to have the baby vaginally if possible)  and being so far away from the hospital.  My appt was at 8:45 and we got there about 8:30.  I wanted to get this over with cause I was starving and so thirsty but on the other hand I've heard such bad things about the stuff they make you drink that I was dreading being there.  The nurse called me back and weighed me and I gained 4lbs since my last appt, took my blood pressure which was good and listened to the heart beat which was 148 today.  Then she told me to go do my lab work and when I was done come back to the room.  So me and mom go to lab room and the lights are off and then they tell me she won't be in this morning cause she has an appt.  Ummm hello why didn't y'all call me to reschedule before I drove all the way here.  So then they ask if I want to come back next week and I was like no so they said I could go downstairs to another lab and have my work done so I went back to the room to tell my nurse.  She tells me she will go ahead and send Dr. Cook in to talk to me before I go downstairs so I won't have to come back up...2 minutes later she pops in and says Dr. Cook isn't here yet would you like to see Mary Jane.  Normally this is ok but I was really looking forward to seeing my Dr. and asking my questions so I told her I would wait.  I mean how much worse can this appt. get??  Miraculously not even 5 minutes later in walks Dr. Cook!!!  I was so happy!!   He looked at my ultrasound pics and all the notes and he goes everything looks perfect...knock on wood!!  He's so funny!!  So I have a perfect little baby and the perfect pregnancy so far.  As for my questions he said at 36 weeks they will determine what to do about my cerclage and I've read that around that time is when they would take it out and let you go into labor on your own which I am hoping for.  And answered a few other things for me.  As I was leaving he goes well I will be seeing you every 2 weeks now.  I can't believe I am at the every 2 weeks point.  So exciting!!  We went down to do my glucose test which wasn't that bad to me at all.  Now we just are waiting for results and hoping I don't have to do the 3 hour one.  As we were leaving I called Bert to tell him all the good news and he goes of course our baby is perfect your perfect!!  He can be so sweet!!  Well that's it for now I will post my results in a couple days when I get them.  Until then here are some pics.

That's a big belly I got going on!

The little feet are so cute!!

spine & heartbeat pic!!

face pic!!

profile pic!!

I don't know why they are sideways they are upright in my album!