Closely Watching

Today we had our final appointment of the week with the high risk doctor. The baby (who we are definitely sure is a girl after today's ultrasound) was put through her normal test today. She scored fine on the test but once again her amniotic fluid dropped. The doctor was concerned and has now added an extra appointment for the beginning of the week to measure the fluid and watch her very closely as they have been doing. We are hoping for the best but feel comfortable being at almost 37 weeks along. Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the nice weather I heard is coming!

An End is in Sight!

I just got back from a doctor's appointment with my regular doctor. I grew 2 centimeters this past week. Whether the measurement is good or bad, I am trying hard not to take any of these measurements too seriously as they are not as accurate as the growth dopplers. They are a rough estimate and I have been warned they do not always correlate to what they find with the growth dopplers. Anyway, by any rate I have grown and this is a good thing!

We also scheduled my induction today- If I do not go earlier with the baby, the induction is scheduled for my 39th week. Just about three weeks away and this baby will definitely be here :-) We are getting very anxious to meet her and have her at home with us to use all of this new baby stuff we (well, Ryan) feverishly put together. Our house is quickly becoming baby central. We are now featuring a pack 'n play (Blue's favorite new sleeping spot), exersaucer, bouncer, diaper genie, and baby monitor just in the basement area. Now if we could just have someone besides a cat to use it all :-)

Well, you are all updated and I am off to read a book on the sunny patio. Have a good day-

Back to Appointments

We had another appointment with the high risk doctor tonight. The baby did fine on all parts of her test tonight but they are watching my amniotic fluid closely. The fluid has started to go on a slight decline but still within the "I stay pregnant" range. The fluid is so important because it is really baby pee (interesting, huh?) and this tells the doctors if her kidneys are working properly. The things I never knew about having a baby... :-)

We hope you all had a nice, relaxing three day weekend. Ryan and I love to rent seasons of television shows, so we started the TV series Lost this weekend. I cannot believe what we have been missing out on! Some episodes are a little intense, but we are really enjoying it and it is definitely something good to occupy me while I am resting at home.

Have a good Wednesday!

To 36 Weeks We Go-

Today's appointment went well. The baby was sleepy (I wonder if she will be as sleepy all the time when she comes out) but scored fine on all parts of the test. We continue on to 36 weeks and we are happy that the baby is seemingly healthy and growing. We hope she continues with her current pattern. We have a nice, relaxing weekend ahead of us for the three day weekend and hope you all have a good long weekend. We have a three day break from doctors as they get Memorial Day off too so that will be a nice treat. Have a great one!

And we keep moving on-

Tonight we had an appointment with the high risk doctor. Although we didn't write it in our blog last night, our regular doctor had expressed that she would like the baby out ASAP just in case complications would arise. She even told us if it were her (she is 20 weeks pregnant) she would want the baby out where she could see her. So of course this made us think she could be coming out again, but the regular doctor and the high risk doctor chatted today and the high risk doctor decided she is still benefiting more from the inside than the outside world. We chatted in depth with him this afternoon about our worries/fears about something happening to her inside of me, and he was very understanding but said as our doctor he basically has to wait for the perfect time to pull her (when the risks inside outweigh risks outside). He told us about new studies that are related to low birth weight/early babies and resulting negative outcomes that could come 20-30 years down the road for the little lady. That all being said, if anything goes wrong they will pull her immediately. We just thought we might want to be proactive rather than reactive, but we have to put our trust in the doctors and the tests that she is having twice a week. The doctor even sat in for the whole test tonight to make sure everything looked good with the baby. I think he can tell I am slightly starting to lose my mind between talking with the regular doctor, the high risk doctor, and constantly monitoring the movement/lack of movement with the baby. So we remain with our appointments and close monitoring and hope for the best. That is our update for tonight, we will update later in the week.

Fence for Howie

Ryan has been working hard on putting a fence up in our backyard so that Howie can play fetch outside, sniff happily, and hopefully use up some of his energy. He just finished it last night and Howie loves his new freedom of running around without a leash on.

The fence literally started out as hunks of wood and Ryan put it together to make this very sturdy and I must say, very cute fence. I cannot believe how handy Ryan has become during our almost three years of being married and homeowners. He decides on a project and figures out a way to make it happen. Howie is very grateful! The last step is to stain the fence to match our big fence on the back of the property line, but that can be done anytime in the near future.

A picture of a portion of the fence is below. It is even removable just in case future buyers of our house don't want a fenced in yard.










We took a video of Howie running happily last night in the backyard. He comes up at the end of the video to smile :-)

Monday, Monday, Monday

Wow, three posts in one day...that is a record!

We had our doctor's appointment tonight with the regular doctor. Although I thought I had made great growth this week, my stomach remains at 31 weeks- a full 4 weeks behind. The much more precise version of this test is the growth doppler and as you know we found out Friday she is doing better with her growth so we are not going to worry about this measurement too much :-)

We will continue to update you as we move through our week of doctor's appointments. Have a good one!