I have been feeling a lot of pressure and pretty uncomfortable, so I was curious as to what our little guy is up to. I feel like he is always trying to break out...but we still have seven weeks to go.
He looks great. He's just as busy as I thought he was. Every other sentence that ultrasound tech said was, "You have a very busy baby."
It looks like he has a lot of hair, just like Jasper did. She took a snapshot of his hair (above), she was so excited about it. He is already turned head down, ready to go, measuring in at 3lbs 10oz.
I am feeling extra puffy and swollen. My OB said that's just 3rd trimester fluid retention, but nothing to be alarmed about.
I still have the single umbilical artery (SUA) which can cause growth restriction, but so far hasn't been a problem for our baby. Because an SUA can be a soft marker for down syndrome they do look for other markers during my ultrasounds, but we have never seen anything else. Today I started fetal monitoring, which also looked good. I will go back every Wednesday morning from now on for 20 minutes of fetal monitoring, a quick ultrasound scan, and a quick check-in with my OB. I'm going to take Jasper with me for these weekly appts. We'll see how that goes.
The baby is measuring for a Nov. 1st due date. Right now the plan is to induce me then if I haven't gone into labor. Induction makes it so we can stop my blood thinner shots in a controlled way for delivery.
In July I switched OB's. I was going to a regular OB and a high risk (perinatologist). The double appointments were killing me. I switched to Dr. Van Bohman at Desert Perinatal and I have been VERY HAPPY with him and the entire staff there. He agreed to take me as a total OB patient, so I only have to see him. HUGE time saver for me. Plus his office runs on time, which is also very nice.They have a Green Valley office that's 15 minutes away from my home.
Because I had a sub-clavian DVT (big, bad, blood clot in my chest) when I was 34 weeks pregnant with Jasper I'm taking a new anti-coagulant (Fondapirnux) shots daily as a precaution and have never had any side effects from these new shots. For that I am very grateful. I see the Hematologist, Dr. Edwin Kingsley, on Thursday for a blood draw, a check up on my blood thinners and to discuss stopping the blood thinners when I deliver the baby.
Yesterday someone told me, "Wow, your pregnancy has gone by so fast." I decided I'm never saying that to anyone. I just smiled and thought, "I'm glad it's gone by fast for you." It sure hasn't gone by fast for me.
I feel so blessed to be pregnant with a healthy baby and can't wait for him to get here! THANK YOU to everyone for your thoughts and prayers on our behalf. We truly feel like this baby is a miracle.
