Doctor's appt

Belly Bear is doing great! We had an ultrasound during our appt last Tuesday and Bear is moving up a storm. S/he had legs crossed and arm over head when we saw the 3D version, so adorable. Yeah, I shed a tear again, though I don't think anyone noticed.

Evan is crawling around everywhere now, no more creeping. And he stands everywhere he can. He's almost weaned now, I only breastfeed him at night, so really once a day. By next week, we should be all done.

All right, time to feed Evan breakfast!

40 week appt

Well, it's done, we scheduled an induction.

The ultrasound went well, the amniotic fluid level is good, the weight guesstimate is 8 lb 9 oz (yikes!!) He was moving around a lot too. They hooked me up to the monitors to check his heartbeat and uterine activity, and he kicked one the monitors off! He's hilarious...

Anyways, we're inducing on Thursday morning. We have to be at the hospital by 7:30 am to get things started. I still have a little hope that he'll get the show started on his own, since we have a little progress: 1 cm dilated, 50% effaced. But we shall see.

Please send your vibes so he gets things moving before Thursday, that would be the best option.

One way or another, Lovebug will be here on Thursday. January 28 it is...

Appt day

We have our 40 week appt today. I'm looking forward to the drive after all that snow Flagstaff got last week!

We have an ultrasound to check on Lovebug and decide our next step. We'll schedule an induction just in case he continues to resist leaving the comfort of his current home, but we haven't decided for when. The ultrasound will hopefully provide some answers and we'll decide based on that. Our doctor definitely doesn't want to go past 41 weeks, so the induction will be on Monday at the latest, but could be sooner.

We hope to be back home around 3 pm MST, and we'll update you then.

At least we get to see Lovebug today!!

39 weeks

And here I am:

We had our weekly doctor's appt yesterday, and surprisingly enough I actually lost a couple of pounds! Well, not surprisingly, really, it's very normal to loose some weight close to the end. And it's mostly that I'm not retaining as much liquid as I was. The belly's actually a bit bigger than last week, see?

So here's the scoop: there's still no progress. We're still 5 days away from our due date, so there's still plenty of time. We do have an ultrasound scheduled for next Tuesday, just to make sure Lovebug is still doing well in there and he has enough amniotic fluid. If that's the case, we're going to give him another week before taking action. Our doctor will allow us to go up to 41 weeks, and if labor hasn't started on its own by then, we'll induce. So Lovebug will be here by February 2nd at the latest!

We're still keeping our fingers crossed so we don't make it that far, but that's the way things will go if nothing else happens before. We'll keep you posted!

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Doctor's appt

We had our week 38 appt today. Unforturnately, there's nothing new to report. Things are looking well, I only gained 2 lbs (which is great after the 6 lbs of last week), heartbeat is strong, and we have our next appt next Tuesday.

I've been having BH contractions all day, but since there's no progress whatsoever, we know they're just practice, just like last time.

I have to say I love our doctor, he's very encouraging. I guess he has dealt with many anxious pregnant ladies, so he tells us stories about ladies that went into labor that week, and how it was all of the sudden and quick, so it could happen and we just have to wait. He's sweet like that.

It's all good, maybe Lovebug is actually waiting to be born on our first date anniversary. How sweet would that be? :)

10 weeks!!

Finally, the moment we were waiting for. We had our second appt, and we were told there was a chance we could hear the heartbeat, though no promises. Our OBGYN said we might since I'm on the thin side, but we would have to wait and see.

We got to our appt, decided to give it try, and at first he found my pulse. It was very obvious it was me, at about 80 beats per minute, regular stuff. The we heard static as he tried to find a better spot, and then, just like that, a little drum beat, going fast: our Lovebug's heartbeat! At around 160 beats per minute, you can really tell the difference!!

Josh recorded it, and we will post it as soon as we figure out how to. In the meantime here's the latest belly pic:

Oh, yeah, Neela wanted to say hi to you all. She's excited to be a big sister!

Our little Lovebug

So, at 6 weeks we had our first OBGYN's appointment (appt from here on). We were really lucky to get an ultrasound (yay!) and take a look at our little kiddo in the making. Lets take a look at her/him first, our Lovebug's first picture:

It was VERY exciting to see the little heart beating away! Our Lovebug was very tiny! Only half a centimeter long. Eeek! S/he was measuring exactly what we expected, so things were definitely moving along nicely.