Baby Girl has positioned herself super low (per usual) and ready to escape. I have her head on my bladder, making me have to pee all the time and her feet up in my ribs. Most days are rather uncomfortable. I, also, have constant Braxton Hicks contraction. though no one seems to be concerned with me having them, yet. Still suppose to get see if they get more consistent. I have had a few bouts of 10 min apart but nothing lasting longer than a hour. Contractions are getting painful. They used to be just uncomfortable and cause pressure but now it hurts. I just have to look at it as a good workout for my uterus and hopefully make pushing baby out easier.
I had to 2 appointments this week. OB and an ultrasound with monitoring. Both OB and monitoring will be once a week until baby arrives. I saw a nurse practitioner at the OB office. She said I am doing great. Baby's heart rate is good and she checked to see if she was head down even though I told her I knew for sure she is. She checked to see if I am dilating at all and I am not just some softening.
At my ultrasound and monitoring appt, Greg came with me. It was my last ultrasound. Baby Girl has grown to an estimated 6.3 pounds and 18 inches long. She was all squished together so measurements were a little tricky. She was so low that seeing her face was impossible and getting head and brain measurements was difficult. Although we did see her hair moving in the fluid. I think she will have lots of dark hair like her daddy.
She did behave for the monitors though and that doesn't usually happen. She had 6 heart rate accelerations in 20 minutes and I had 1 big contraction and possibly 2 smaller ones. Sometimes its hard to tell between movement and a contractions, especially with her butt right up against the middle of my belly. The nurse practitioner at the specialist said there is nothing I can do about the contractions except deal them. Also, she suspects that since baby is in escape position that once I go into labor it should go quickly. So that was good to hear. Hopefully not in labor for hours and hours. No prediction on when she could arrive. I hope sooner rather than later after we pass the 37 week mark.
We have narrowed down the name list to 2 possibilities, So we will make the final decision after seeing her.
Everything is all set up and ready for her to arrive. I think we have everything that we need to at least get started.
Surprisingly, our cats have left all the baby stuff alone. Neither of them has tried to get in the bassinet or the pack and play or the swing. Neither seem interested in any of it. Which should be good and will hopefully continue once baby comes home.
