34 Weeks

Ummmm... where did last week go? Just seems like I posted my 33 week pic and its time to do it again! I'll be taking a new picture tomorrow morning... hopefully without such a grumpy face. (hee hee)

I got to my fetal assessment and the OB resident (teaching hospital) took me in right away. She tells me she going to look at the baby first, then see if she can get a clear reading on where my placenta is. The baby is doing good. She's approx 6-6.5lbs, head is down (Yay!!) and has these wonderful chubby cheeks. She was very active during the fetal assessment, I guess she wasn't impressed that she wasn't getting her afternoon nap! The OB resident then left to discuss with the others in the department and make the decision to call the Perinatologist in to do the vaginal u/s. Next thing I know, Dr. Reid came in, took a look via the abdomen then decided to to go vaginally. So I get myself ready for it, he comes in, and does the assessment. 10 minutes later he says one side looks good, the other side has membrane over the cervix, so he can't say if I'm in the clear yet. Come back in 4 weeks. I looked at him, said "Ok... hopefully she's still in there in 4 weeks!"... he grumbled something and left the room. I had Anika at 38 weeks... I'm 34 weeks tomorrow, there is a good chance of me going early again with this one. So I get my appointment for 4 weeks, jump in my truck and head over to the OB's office. I ask Krista, Dr. Awa's nurse if I had to do a urine test today... she said no.. but you are getting your Group B test today. LOVELY!!! Good thing I cleaned up nicely down there this morning... had no idea that BOTH dr's would be going down there! Dr. Awa and I had a good conversation about this placenta problem, and that Dr. Reid wanted to see me in 4 weeks. He thought that was a little too close to my due date, especially with me being early with Anika. So my next fetal is in 3 weeks - Oct 15th, and we will see then. I asked my OB what he thought was going to happen. He said that if I was his wife or his best friend, he'd tell me to wait it out. Worse case scenerio - my water breaks, and I start to bleed, they would do an emergency c-sec. He said that its good that my labor with Anika was short because that will move things along a lot faster, and the likelihood of the placenta causing problems even tho its low are slim. He did schedule me in for the c-sec just in case, but he figures I will go into labor on my own before that date. We decided that we aren't going to tell people the date of the c-sec and leave it as a surprise... sorry.

Thats about it for today. My next appointment is on Oct 10th with Dr. Awa, then I think I start with my weekly appointments. I can't believe we are 6 weeks away from my due date!! Adrian says that this little princess will be here in 2-3 weeks. My afternoons from here on in are going to be dedicated to getting my rest because lord knows that once this on is here there won't be much sleep happening!