Everything is good with Sir Chance. He is very active again today. I have started my weekly BPP (biophysical profile) ultrasounds. This just measures growth, the amniotic fluid, and checks the heart rate. I see the doc every two weeks; so this week is ultrasound only. Doc appt is next week.
The DH is stressing about me getting the hospital bags packed. He wants me to do it now, so he doesn't have to run back and forth to the hospital and house if I go into labor early. So to appease him, I started packing the bag last night. Not the baby bag, but at lease mine/his. Just have toothbrush, hairbrush, pillow, blue tooth speaker, and house shoes (when they arrive) left to put in the bag. DH asked why I don't just put a regular toothbrush in the bad instead of the electric one; I'm not sure I remember how to brush my teeth with a regular toothbrush!! I've been using an electric one for so long......
A friend of ours with an 8 month old has graciously volunteered to donate breast milk to us for at least the first 3 months of Chance's life. She said she may go longer if it's not interfering with her sleep or schedule. We are so appreciative and thankful she is doing this for us. She currently has 1000 ounces in her freezer waiting for pick up. Going to try to get it this weekend. She also gifted us clothes and a moby wrap. She mentioned she had some formula as well. Since she won't take replacement bags or monetary reimbursement, I am going to bake her a cake (she loves my cakes) and give them some home grown beef.
I have had Braxton Hicks a few days. Nothing serious and it never lasted long. Felt like menstrual cramps; super low in my pelvis and pressure on my bladder. It felt like my uterus was very small again.
At the last ultrasound (last week) Chance had turned face down. So now his position is head down, face down, or occiput anterior. OA is the ideal position for birth. Occiput is the back of the babies head. Anterior describes the front of the mother's pelvis. There are other positions the baby can be in for birth, but OA is the best. OP or occiput posterior, is when the back of the baby's head faces the back of the mother's pelvis (head down, face up). This is where back labor comes into play, because the baby's head is pushing on the mother's tail bone essentially. Transverse is where the baby is laying sideways. This is bad. This requires a c-section if the doc can not turn the baby into the head down position. Oblique is when the baby is diagonal. With twins, this position is ok, but a singleton makes for a long, hard, and painful labor which normally results in a c-section. The final position is breech. This is when the baby's bottom is downward toward the pelvis. This will def get a mother a c-section. So far Chance is exactly where he needs to be for me to have a vaginal delivery.
We interviewed pediatricians this past week. Interesting. They do their best to sell their practice to you. Very salesmen like. Like with my OB, when you ask a question they don't know the answer to, they blow it off. I get they are "experts" in their field, but not everyone is ignorant; and some people have legitimate questions. I'm not sure they are used to educated questions.
My folic acid has been making me vomit the past week. I couldn't decide if it was the aspirin or the folic acid, so I finally started taking them separately. Yep, it was the folic acid. I have been instructed to stop taking it for a week, then start again, but only one. We are so close to delivery, the extra folic acid probably really isn't doing anything to help the baby. Most, if not all defects are closed by now and the extra isn't really necessary.
I can't believe after 5 years of trying, we will have a baby boy in arms in 6 weeks. That's crazy!!
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
30 Weeks (70 Days To Go)
I can't believe we are so close to having this baby boy. First trimester went really quickly. Second trimester seemed to drag on. This one seems to be going quickly again. Not sure I am ready!
Went to my Ob appointment on Monday. It was one of the worst appointments to date. No, nothing was wrong with the baby. The DH says I was being overly sensitive. I'm not sure I was; IDK.
I went into the appointment with what I felt were legitimate questions. I felt my wants were dismissed and belittled. My OB really made me feel stupid and it hurt my feelings. I came home and cried for several hours. The DH thinks maybe the OB had never been asked the kinds of questions I had, and he didn't really know how to answer them. I know my OB would never hurt my feelings on purpose. We have been friends for waaaaayyy too long; since 2005 (I've been his patient since 2010). Maybe it's the hormones. I just felt really bad after I left. All in the past now.
I go next Wednesday for the BPP scan at 31 weeks. The Biophysical Profile measures everything via ultrasound. Femurs. Humerus. Head circumference. Belly circumference. Heart. Lungs. Bladder. Well...you get the point. Measuring his growth to make sure all is still good.
We've had storms everyday for the past few days. Everyday I have had a migraine. Not being able to prevent them sucks. I am able to start taking the Topamax the minute the cord is clamped, but it takes 6-8 weeks to titrate up to the dose that actually helped me. The rub is, if we want to try for another baby (yes, we are thinking about trying for a girl) I have to be off the Topamax for 6 months before we try again. The Fertility clinic won't allow us to try again for 6 months post partum. They want to make sure my hormones are back to normal before we start messing with them again for the harvest. So, if we do want to try for the girl, I can't start the Topamax at all. It takes 12 weeks to titrate off the medicine; so there is no point to even start it.
Back to the storms this week. Apparently Chance doesn't like storms either. He has been VERY active the past few days. Especially yesterday. Normally when I go to video him moving about, he stops. Yesterday, he only stopped moving for about 30 minutes. Not soft kicks either. Hard kicks up under my ribs. Doesn't feel good at all. Hopefully the video will load.
Hopefully you can see the video.
Pretty sure we have the nursery all ready to go. Still need a few things; waterproof covers for the mattress and changing pad...stuff like that. Waiting until after the baby shower Saturday to really get the few things I may need.
Since my DH and I have agreed to vaccinate a little differently than what the CDC schedule is, my DH commented I better take the documentation with us when we interview the pediatrician next week, to back up our positions. So, that's what I am doing the rest of the week/end. Gathering all the case studies backing up our positions on vaccinations.
One never realizes how many opinions people have until you have a baby. I am getting bombarded with advice about the nursery, and car seats, and strollers. It's very overwhelming; especially since we are not doing anything conventional with our child. Many strong opinions about how and why we are doing it incorrectly. Sheesh. You raise your kids, I'll raise mine. I just hope we don't raise an a-hole.
Until next week.....
Went to my Ob appointment on Monday. It was one of the worst appointments to date. No, nothing was wrong with the baby. The DH says I was being overly sensitive. I'm not sure I was; IDK.
I went into the appointment with what I felt were legitimate questions. I felt my wants were dismissed and belittled. My OB really made me feel stupid and it hurt my feelings. I came home and cried for several hours. The DH thinks maybe the OB had never been asked the kinds of questions I had, and he didn't really know how to answer them. I know my OB would never hurt my feelings on purpose. We have been friends for waaaaayyy too long; since 2005 (I've been his patient since 2010). Maybe it's the hormones. I just felt really bad after I left. All in the past now.
I go next Wednesday for the BPP scan at 31 weeks. The Biophysical Profile measures everything via ultrasound. Femurs. Humerus. Head circumference. Belly circumference. Heart. Lungs. Bladder. Well...you get the point. Measuring his growth to make sure all is still good.
We've had storms everyday for the past few days. Everyday I have had a migraine. Not being able to prevent them sucks. I am able to start taking the Topamax the minute the cord is clamped, but it takes 6-8 weeks to titrate up to the dose that actually helped me. The rub is, if we want to try for another baby (yes, we are thinking about trying for a girl) I have to be off the Topamax for 6 months before we try again. The Fertility clinic won't allow us to try again for 6 months post partum. They want to make sure my hormones are back to normal before we start messing with them again for the harvest. So, if we do want to try for the girl, I can't start the Topamax at all. It takes 12 weeks to titrate off the medicine; so there is no point to even start it.
Back to the storms this week. Apparently Chance doesn't like storms either. He has been VERY active the past few days. Especially yesterday. Normally when I go to video him moving about, he stops. Yesterday, he only stopped moving for about 30 minutes. Not soft kicks either. Hard kicks up under my ribs. Doesn't feel good at all. Hopefully the video will load.
Pretty sure we have the nursery all ready to go. Still need a few things; waterproof covers for the mattress and changing pad...stuff like that. Waiting until after the baby shower Saturday to really get the few things I may need.
Since my DH and I have agreed to vaccinate a little differently than what the CDC schedule is, my DH commented I better take the documentation with us when we interview the pediatrician next week, to back up our positions. So, that's what I am doing the rest of the week/end. Gathering all the case studies backing up our positions on vaccinations.
One never realizes how many opinions people have until you have a baby. I am getting bombarded with advice about the nursery, and car seats, and strollers. It's very overwhelming; especially since we are not doing anything conventional with our child. Many strong opinions about how and why we are doing it incorrectly. Sheesh. You raise your kids, I'll raise mine. I just hope we don't raise an a-hole.
Until next week.....
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