Today marks the first day of week 35! It's hard to imagine that the pregnancy is almost over, time definitely has flown by. However, I am soo ready to be done. The past couple of days have been especially hard as I feel way tired and uncomfortable. Hopefully this last month won't be like this all the time!
We have another ultrasound on Monday to check on the baby's kidney's one more time. Our new doctor here wants a high-definition ultrasound so that they can get better measurements of Will's ureters to determine if they are still swollen and if so how much. Unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do, but I guess he just wants to know what the pediatrician will have to monitor after the baby is born. As of last Monday the ultrasound estimated that the baby is 5 pounds, which according to the books is where he is supposed to be. Starting this week he should be up to 6 pounds. One thing I have been worried about is that I am no longer gaining weight. Since living in TN I have not gained any weight. I am not sure if this is something I really need to be concerned with but I am going to check with the doctor. One reason might just be that I am watching my diet a lot more carefully and trying to make sure I meet all the requirements for higher protein and lower carbs. So maybe I will be skinnier after the baby is born that I was before I got pregnant! Wouldn't that be lovely. HA HA (Anybody else want to live in my dream world???)
We have started birth classes with a lady named Jade. She is very nice and fortunately we are the only couple in her class on Tuesdays so she is able to give us more one on one training! Hopefully meeting with Jade will help us feel more prepared to take on labor. Just thinking about it kinda scares the crap out of me, but hopefully when it happens Matt and I will be able to remember what we are learning and make it through as planned.
The doctor kinda scared us the other day at the appointment because we thought we heard him say that the new ultrasound moved our delivery date from Nov 18th to Nov 5th. He kinda just said it in passing so we are not sure if we heard him correctly or not. We will definitely be getting that straightened out on Monday!
In other news, we are planning on closing on the house in the next couple of weeks which will mean that we can FINALLY get pictures hung up and make the place more complete. We feel very lucky to have had things work out like they have and are looking forward to the next step in our lives. :)
It sounds like you have so many exciting things going on! I am happy for you. I am sure that things are going to work out just fine...so far everything has fallen into place. I think you've got someone from above looking out for you guys. I hope one day Mitch and I can come out for a visit, it would be great because we can visit you guys and Mitch's Aunt, Uncle and Brother who just moved to Clarksville too.
ReplyDeleteWow Time is flying. Look forward to hearing how things go at the Doctor tomorrow. And that is really cool about Jade. Will she be with you at the birth also?
ReplyDeleteJade does provide doula services but we cannot afford it. So she is just training us so that we can try it on our own. :) I think if we have questions she is available but she won't be there.
ReplyDeleteThat is still really awesome. Congrats!
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