OBGYN: 31 weeks, 4 days appointment

 I can't believe how fast everything is going with this pregnancy.  Everyone is right at first it goes by so slow and then after you find out the gender it flies by!  In two days I will be 8 months pregnant!  It doesn't seem real to me, but is starting to sink in.  I went for my 2 week checkup today.  Everything is normal and good.  I have gained 1lb since my last visit 2 weeks ago.  I have gained a total of 20lbs according to the doctors office.  In one month I have to have a strep B test done.  They told me it was standard to do and is no big deal.  I'm assuming it's just a culture they get.  If I do have it then I have to have antibiotics during labor.  I do know that women that get it can pass it to their babies giving them this infection.  I have no idea what causes it, I just hope that I don't have it.  Even if I do then at least I know it's no big deal and is common.

I did speak with the doctor about my swelling.  The doctor said it's still normal and nothing to worry about.  She thinks that the baby is laying mainly on my left side and is pressing on my blood vessels.  That is the reason why my swelling is a lot worse on my left side.  After 35 weeks I will start to go every week.  I will also start getting checked to see if I'm dilating or thinning at this point.  She also heard from the cardiologist and everything with the ECHO looked good.  I love getting good news.  :)

This day has been a rough day.  Aubree started kicking and moving at 4am again.  I finally got up at 5am because I was worried I would wake my husband up.  I just couldn't get comfortable.  She continued to move until around 10am, then she finally stopped.  The nurse asked me what I had feed her that morning because she was all over the place.  I laid down for a nap when she stopped moving, but 45 minutes later she was at it again.  Needless to say it's going to be a long day...

Doctor Appointment: Week 29

Went to the doctor today for my monthly checkup.  This was my last visit going monthly and now I will be going every 2 weeks.  I had a weight gain of 6lbs since my last visit.  She told me that my gain is right on target!  That's always good to hear, I would love to be able to get back into shape soon after Aubree comes.  I was measuring were I needed to be also.  Overall, the baby was perfect and had a had a heartbeat of 160bpm.  

As for me I didn't sleep well again last night.  I keep getting numbness and tingling again.  I thought it had passed because I hadn't had it in a few weeks.  My hips are starting to hurt too when I lay on them for longer than an hour.  So it's been really interfering with my sleep.  The nurse said I had mild swelling in my legs and feet.  Besides that everything is good with me too.  

The doctor spoke with me about getting induced since my due date is on Thanksgiving Day.  I told her that I didn't want to be induced unless it was medically necessary.  I don't really care that it's around a holiday.  She said that she couldn't let me go over a week past my due date, so if I haven't went into labor by Nov. 29 that will be my induction day.  She also said that she thinks I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions, but they are nothing to worry about.  She said when I can't walk or talk during the contraction, it's the real deal.  I was also told to make sure to do kick counts, which I have already been doing.  If the baby hasn't moved 10 times within 2 hours she told me to go the hospital.  Aubree seems to be getting on a schedule and it's been easy to count her movements so far.  I go for an Echo tomorrow.  I'm sure that everything will be fine with that too.  

I feel so thankful to God that our baby girl is healthy! 

Hiccups!

I have been hearing that at any time I could start to feel hiccups from the baby.  I know that some women never feel them, so I wasn't expecting to be able to.  Well, the other night I went to bed and starting feeling little movements.  They were rhythmic, so I knew it had to be hiccups.  After a few minutes, Aubree started getting mad about it.  She starting kicking and moving around the whole time.  They lasted around 5 minutes and she wasn't happy at all!  I got the biggest kick out of it.  I really think that she is going to have an attitude!

I also wanted to share my newest picture that I took.  I am 29 weeks and actually got to take this one with my husband! I look really tired because I am!  I feel like I never sleep all the way through the night anymore.  I've resorted to taking morning naps again after my husband leaves.  Unfortunately it doesn't seem to help.  I just keep telling myself that it's only going to be for a few more months and of course it's all worth it. 

Feeling kicks at 20 weeks!

I had been experiencing flutters for a few weeks now.  But, still hadn't had that big kick everyone had told me about.  I wanted so bad to see the baby kick on the outside.  I wanted my husband to be able to feel the baby, the same way that I was able too.

I had been reading about how important it is to let your baby listen to music.  By this point in the pregnancy the baby is actually able hear.  So one night I grabbed my husband's cellphone and set it on my stomach.  I think I did it more out of curiosity than anything else.  All of a sudden I felt a hard kick that actually made my stomach move!  I was so excited that I told my husband to come here quick!  We set there and watched my stomach, within a few minutes she kicked again.  It was just a small kick, but it was there.  My husband placed his hand there and we waited, she kicked again.  This went on for around 5 minutes and it was over.  I was so happy to be able to experience that with my husband.  It was so magical that I can't describe in words what it really meant to the both of us. 

20 weeks