38 Weeks

This morning I had a regular weekly appointment, or so I thought. I got to the doc’s at 10:15, had my appt with the PA (both of my docs are out of town). She listened to the baby’s heart beat (140’s) and checked me. I’m not dialated AT ALL which is a little discouraging, however, when I went into labor with the other two I wasn’t dialated at all either so I’m not focusing on that. I then had my ultrasound to check baby’s growth. She looked great except she wouldn’t move at all for the “bpp test” that they do. So since the ultrasound tech couldn’t get her to move (even after using this vibrating thing on my belly) they took me back and hooked me up to a 1 hour non-stress test to see if baby was moving enough and to monitor contractions. She passed the non-stress test with flying colors, but the PA still wanted the other doctor to take a look at it. Once he took a look at it he wanted me to have another ultrasound just to see if she would pass it this time and maybe the last one they just caught her sleeping. She did pass the second ultrasound but they still want me to really watch how often she’s moving/not moving.

Baby is measuring just over 8 lbs (about 8 lbs. 1 oz) right now which is big, but not huge. If that were accurate and she were born today that would be about the 95th percentile. So chances are if I go until my due date she could be 9 lbs or so, but I really don’t think she’s going to be as big as they think…that’s just my intuition though!

It was a VERY long morning, the appt. lasted over 3 hours and thankfully Ty had taken the kids to the play place (gross, I hate those things) at a nearby McDonald’s. I don’t really want them in the room when I’m being checked so I told Ty to just hang with them there becuase I might be a while. Thank goodness I wasn’t there with them by myself, that would have been a disaster!

Me at 38 weeks:

I’ve put on about 31 lbs which is not too bad in my opinion, considering I put on more than that with the other two. I had a dream last night that I had put on 17 lbs since last week, so gaining 2 this week was a relief. Although, I wouldn’t have been surprised if I gained 17 lbs by the way and the amount I’ve been eating!! No joke she must be growing because I feel like I’m hungry all the time.

I’m still having a really hard time sleeping so I finally called my doctor Monday and got a prescription to help. I am now getting about 5 hours a night which is a lot more than what I was getting the past 2 weeks. I think I was lucky to get 2-3 hours a night for weeks and it was exhausting when having to function and take care of two other babies.

We still need to come up with a name for this baby…man, I hate picking out names!! Ty and I can never agree. I wish I had one of those husbands who just said “Hunny, why don’t you just name the baby…”. Never in a million years would Ty let me name our children without his input :). I suppose I should be grateful he cares and is so involved but picking out a name would be much easier for me if he didn’t care!