37 Week Appointment

We got to see Caroline again yesterday!!! She is doing well. Her heartbeat was low at the beginning of the ultrasound, but they said that can happen right after you lay down on your back. Her heartbeat went up and was in the normal range shortly. They didn't measure her growth this time because they say that there are never significant enough changes from week to week. I will be having another ultrasound next week to check her growth out.

The doctor said that everything was looking good. I am moving along just fine. He didn't check me this week, which I was very thankful for because I don't want him to send me into labor quite yet. He said he will be checking me again next week to see if I have progressed any further. Once he sees the ultrasound results and checks me and all that, we will talk about when he will induce. My next appointment is Monday at 8:15 am. We will see what's going on then!

36 Week Belly Shot

I was just reminded that I haven't put a recent belly shot up. Here it is! I really love being pregnant!

36 Week Appointment...freaking out!!!!!!!

I had my 36 Week Appt. this morning and I am

1 cm dilated & 60% effaced. Yikes!

I truly can't believe it!!!!! I know I could stay this way for weeks, but I am still freaking out! I am so not ready for Caroline to be here. I am REALLY going to miss feeling her in my tummy too. I'm so sad that's almost over!

I also had another ultrasound today to check on Caroline's growth and her BIG head. Her head is still in the 98th percentile and because of this, if she doesn't come before hand, we will have her in my 38th week. They want to be sure they can get her BIG head out! That's just TWO weeks away! WOW, I really can't believe it!

She is looking good. Her abdomen is measuring small, but the doc said that everything is fine. We shouldn't be worrying about it because she is still growing at the rate she should be. They said she is about 5 lbs. 14 oz. now. Her femur bone is measuring in the 92nd percentile, so it looks like she’ll be tall, but we didn’t doubt that for a minute!

I do have the Group B Strep, so I will have to have the antibiotics in the hospital, but it's no big deal.

I guess that's it for now. If I think of anything else, I'll add it.

Have I told you that I am freaking out!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Below are some pictures we got at our ultrasound today.

Here is Caroline's little foot. It is not very clear here, but it was SO clear when we saw it on the screen. It was so amazing!!!

Here is Caroline! She wouldn't take her hand out of her face so we could get a good shot, but this shot is much better than we would have gotten last time. She is so cute!!!

Caroline is puckering up for a kiss in this pictures, but it's a little hard to tell. It was fun to see her puckering her lips during the ultrasound.


Another profile. This one isn't as good as the other, but still cute! ;)

We saw her little parts again too! She is definitely a girl!!!!!!

Much delayed report on our little Caroline!

It was brought to my attention recently that it has be a LONG time since I have updated the blog (Thanks, Angela V.!) I had my ultrasound to check Caroline's size on May 27th. Our printer/scanner wasn't working at the time so I wanted to wait to update the blog until I could get these pictures scanned. Well, it's been working for a while now and I am just a slacker, sorry!!!!!

So, it was SO wonderful to get to see our little Caroline again! She is growing bigger and stronger every day! The tech confirmed for us that our little girl is in fact a little girl! That is the first picture below. It is VERY obvious that she is a little girl!!! The second picture is of the hair she already has. Praise the Lord, I haven't had the heartburn that I hear usually comes along with that! The last 2 pictures are profiles of Caroline. She had her face pressed very close to my uterine wall, so the tech wasn't able to get great pictures, but you can see a little bit. SO, the biggest development that came out of our U/S is that Caroline's head is measuring in the 98th percentile. Yikes! They excluded bad things like water on the brain that her having a big head would be an indicator of. David's Mom said that his head was in the 98th percentile when he was born, so like father, like daughter! Poor Caroline! At least they won't be using forceps like they did with him! I have another ultrasound scheduled for July 7th to check on her growth.

I talked with a friend here that used to be an OB, but is now just doing GYN (at the same practice I am at). She said, "when they say c-section, say THANK YOU!" I told her that a day or two after they scheduled the second U/S, I realized they were probably doing that to talk about inducing me early. She said it would be either that or the c-section. So, I don't know everything for sure yet, but it looks like Caroline will probably come early via induction or c-section. I will know more after my U/S, but that's where we are for now. I have another appointment this coming Tuesday. It's just a regular appt. for all the regular things. ;)

I hope you enjoy the pictures of Caroline!

31 Week Photo

New OB

Well, I have now had 2 appts. with my new OB. I'm sorry I haven't updated until now!

My new OB practice is Nash OB/GYN and my new doctor is Dr. Van Zant. I met with the nurse practioner first on May 6th. She did all the normal things and everything looked great! Caroline's heartbeat was in the 140's. She checked my fundal height and discovered that I was measuring 31 weeks when I was currently 28 weeks. She said she didn't think anything about it, that Caroline might just be tall, but at my next appt. she would make sure the doc double checked it.

So, on May 15th, at my next appt., I met with Dr. Van Zant for the first time. Caroline's heartbeat looked great as usual. He said that he was excited at my charts since I had had such a great pregnancy so far with no problems (which I am very thankful for)! He checked my fundal height. I was 28 weeks 6 days that day and I was measuring in my 32nd week. He decided that we needed to do an U/S to see why I am measuring so far ahead. He also said that he didn't think there was anything to be worried about. I wasn't worried about it until he said that. ;) I was just excited to get to see my baby again!!!

So, that puts us up to date on that. Caroline is moving alot more lately and I am LOVING that. It's so much fun to feel her in there! My ultrasound is scheduled for May 27th (next Wednesday). I'm looking forward to it!

Preggo Pics!

I have been asked over and over to put up pictures of my pregnant belly. Well, here they are!

I put a comparison picture of me in the same shirt at 4 different weeks. Also, if you follow the link below, you can see of picture of me at almost every week from 10 until 29 so far. Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone!

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