37 Weeks 5 Days (16 Days To Go)

Once again, I got reminded I haven't been updating my blog enough...LOL
Went to the OB last Wednesday at 37 weeks.  Sir Chance decided he didn't want to move during the BPP ultrasound.  This is the first time he hasn't wanted to move continually.  He did breath the whole time though.  I suspect he was in a food coma as I had just eaten Chick-fil-A moments before my appt.  The US tech took a little sound buzzer (normally used for people who have no voice box to help them talk) and buzzed him. He moved then....  I got an 8/8 once again.
I have officially gained 20 pounds with this pregnancy.  I am very disappointed in myself.  I only want to gain 15 pounds at the most, since I started out overweight.  I am allowed up to 25 pounds.  I have been sitting at 8 pounds the entire pregnancy, until we got back from Turks and Caicos.  This last appointment showed I gained.  However, I think  it is all baby.  He had a growth spurt while we were in Turks and Caicos.  His head is lower in my pelvis, but his bottom is still up against my diaphragm.  I am just waiting for the "lightening".
I had some swelling of my feet and ankles two days last week.  Man it hurts.  I showed the doc and he wasn't concerned.  He said it was preparing my body fort after the delivery, in case there is excess bleeding.  The body stores water to keep us safe.
I asked him about membrane stripping, because the partner I saw the week before asked if I was going to have it done.  He was VERY adamant he was not going to strip my membranes.  He said it hurts badly, and doesn't really help with labor progression.
Something came up with my urine sample this time that has him concerned.  He didn't say what it was, but he ordered blood work and a 24 hour urine sample.  Awesome, I get to pee in a bowl and save it in the fridge for 24 hours.  He also said he was going to schedule my induction for 39 weeks.
So if I don't go into labor this week, I will be induced June 7 at 0500.  We should have a baby June 7.
His nurse said something about PH +1, but I don't know what that means.  There was also blood in my urine, but I had just gotten waxed and had a little bleeding.  I pulled out my panties to show them the blood on said panties.  They were ok with it after I showed them the blood.  Maybe his concern had to do with my answer to one of his remarks.  He mentioned the pressure in my pelvis coming and going.  Not Braxton Hicks, just pressure.   I said I wasn't having any pressure that comes and goes.  Who knows.
We did go camping this weekend for Memorial Day out on our ranch.  He told me to stay away from the dairy products (hard to keep really cold and listeria away in an ice chest), and stay off the four wheelers (don't want abruption - or a tear in the placenta).  The only issue I had all 5 days, was swelling of my feet and ankles from the heat and humidity.  90 degrees with 90% humidity reeks havoc on the body.  I did have issues sleeping on the air mattress in the tent.  It made my back and pelvis hurt, so the last night we stayed, I went and slept at my parents house instead of sleeping at camp.  I also put ice packs on my feet.  This didn't help the swelling at all.  Even after we got home today, I kept ice packs on them for 2 hours, then soaked them in the 75 degree pool water.  They are still swollen at this point (2120), but at least they seem to be getting less swollen.  I can see 2 veins in my right foot; ankles, not so much.  I would be ok with the swelling if they didn't hurt so much.
I have had a couple days of diarrhea.  Apparently this is normal after 37 weeks.  It's the body preparing to make room for the baby to come out.  I also had a decrease of the discharge I have had the entire pregnancy too.  This could be from dehydration, or I lost my mucous plug (the mucous that blocks the cervix) and didn't know it.  I did have a few days of Braxton Hicks at camp, but they didn't last long.  I have had no bloody show...which would indicate I lost my mucous plug.
Next BPP and appointment is Wednesday at 38 weeks.
We will have our son soon!

37 Weeks (21 Days To Go)

Just left my weekly OB appointment and BPP ultrasound.  Chance scored and 8/8 on the BPP again today.  Remember, they check amniotic fluid levels in each quadrant, he has to move, he has to breathe for 30 seconds in 30 minutes, and he has to have a good heart rate.  Get one point if any of these things is not as it should be.  2 points if he does all these things.  So he got 8/8, which is 2 points for each thing.  He was in a little bit of a food coma and didn't want to move, so he got "buzzed".  They took a little probe that makes noise and put it on my belly.  He moved after that!! LOL
Appt went fine.  I got checked.  Cervix is still hard and not dilated.  Chance is still high, but his head is low in my pelvis.  He needs to drop more.
The doc decided to go ahead and schedule the induction at 39 weeks.  So I will go into the hospital the evening of June 7th, and hopefully have a baby June 8th; unless Sir Chance decides to come on his own before.
I've had some swelling in my feet and ankles the past two days.  Doc isn't concerned.  He says its storing fluids for later; ones needed after delivery.  I went and got my blood work done, and they want a 24 hour urine sample.  I assume because there was a little bit of blood in my urine sample this time.  However, I had just gotten waxed and had a little bleeding from the waxing.  I showed them my undies to prove this, but they are getting it anyway to be sure.
My BP was the lowest it's been in weeks, so they aren't concerned about pre-eclampsia.
Question brought up last week by the other doc was stripping membranes.  I asked my doc if he does this.  He adamantly said NO!! Not only does it hurt, it doesn't really do anything to help labor.  What they do is once you are dilated, they stick their finger up in the uterus through the cervix and run it around the inside of the cervix to "strip" the amniotic sac away from the cervix and it's opening.  Yeah....that doesn't sound pleasant.  No thanks.  Especially when it doesn't do anything to help speed labor along.  It won't put me into labor at all.  Yeah. I'll pass.  Glad my doc doesn't do it anymore.
I will be camping this weekend.  Only rules I was given was no riding four wheelers and no dairy.  Hard to keep dairy cold in ice chests camping.  No four wheeler because of chance of abruption.  Pretty sure I can get around our ranch anyway.  Fishing.  Having a good time.
Maybe I'll go into labor..........

35 Weeks 5 Days (30 Days To Go)

Someone I know gently reminded me last night I hadn't posted in a while.  She knows who she is..... so here we go.
Went to my 35 week appointment last Wednesday.  My BPP test was great.  I got 8 out of 8.  They score movement, breathing, heart rate, and amniotic fluid levels.  I have only gained 8 pounds.  I am super happy about that; however I suspect I will gain more in the next 4 weeks.  Because my BPP has been 8/8 the last few visits, I have been downgraded from high risk to normal pregnancy.  This means I will NOT be induced at 38 weeks as my OB has been telling me this whole time.  That puts a kink in plans......
Chance looks great.  He's measuring 6 pounds.  Still has a giant noggin.  His head is measuring 3 weeks large.  OB isn't worried about a big head, he's more concerned about a large abdomen.  He says it makes it hard to get the baby out with a large abdomen, and they usually get stuck and end up with an emergency c-section.  Yuck.

He's got chubby little cheeks!

We went to Turks and Caicos for our babymoon.  Solid week of relaxing by the pool.  The place we went has Sesame Street Characters that go around the resort and entertain.  One of them, Zoe, came by while we were at the pool.  Everywhere she touched me, I broke out into this strange rash/fungus stuff.  OMG did it itch too!!  I still don't know what it was, but lots of lotion and benadryl, and I forgot about it and it went away on it's own.  

My BP was a little high at my appointment, and I was dilated to a 1, so doc told me to stay close to the house and rest.  Nothing exciting.  I stop my aspirin on Wednesday at 36 weeks.  Hopefully it will help the bruising. 

Reflux.  Reflux sucks.  As does costalchondritis.  This is inflammation of the cartilage between the ribs.  It just happens to be near my Xyphoid process...which is the little notch at the base of the sternum (breastbone).    I am waiting for the "lightening" or what they call the drop.  Once he drops, he will be off my ribs and stomach.  His little butt is right on my stomach, with one leg on either side of my stomach.  So when he pushes up to stretch is legs, or donkey kicks as my DH calls it, he pushes right on my stomach.  If I have recently eaten, I throw up.  Nothing I can do about it.  It's like he just pushes it back out.  SUCKS.

Weekly BPP ultrasounds and appointments from now on until delivery.