another baby update

I had my weekly OB appointment today, complete with ultrasound to check the baby's movement and fluid levels and all that. The ultrasound was first. The technician said that my fluid was measuring around 3 as far as she could tell, which is definitely low, and then the doctor came in and said that everything still looked good and I would just need to come back again in another week (if I don't have the baby between now and then). He didn't share a number, he just said that he saw some good pockets of fluid. Then I went to my OB's office. My blood pressure was a little high today, but not too high, so that's good. My weight .... well, there's really no need to go there :) She did an internal exam (always so much fun!) and said that I'm about 1.5 cm dilated and 70-80% effaced. That's definitely progress from this weekend, when I was only 1cm dilated but not very effaced at all. She was able to touch the baby's head and even wiggled him around a bit (yeah, that was a little uncomfortable to feel!). When she checked the report from the ultrasound she saw that the doctor noted my measurement at a 6 for my fluid, so we're still watching and waiting. If, at my next appointment, fluid levels drop again, we may have to schedule a c-section (since I can't be induced after having a c-section already) but hopefully nature will take over before that becomes an issue. I've been having twinges here and there all day and evening, but nothing resembling real labor (or even false labor). We'll see what happens next.

Oh, and for your viewing pleasure, an oh-so-flattering picture of my 37 week 4 day self:

Scroll down to see the picture of me in this same outfit just past 28 weeks. What a difference.....

no baby yet

On Sunday morning I woke up having contractions, and they were pretty strong and regular. As the day went on, though, they got to be less so. The nurse I talked to on the phone told me to call her when they were consistently 5 minutes apart, and I did, but they weren't very strong by then. She told me to head over to the hospital since they are more concerned with frequency and less so with intensity.

We went to the hospital and they monitored me for a couple of hours. I was 1cm when we got there, and 1cm 2 hours later. No progress=go home and wait. As the night went on the contractions got to be less and less frequent until they were pretty much done and gone. Ahhh false labor. How fun you are.

We have an ultrasound this afternoon to recheck fluid levels and baby's activity, then an OB appointment right afterwards. We'll see then if we just continue to wait and see.......

singing

I was in the shower, and Gavin came in with his plastic screwdriver in 2 pieces. He put one on the floor and held the other one up like a microphone, and he just started singing. Hilarious! Then he took his show on the road and moved to our bedroom, where Scott had the good sense to grab the camera and capture the moment. At first we thought he might be singing the "hot dog" song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but figured out pretty fast that he was singing his own crazy version of "happy birthday" instead.



I know I've been absolutely terrible about posting - I never even put up holiday pictures! And it's now February! But we've been busy getting ready for kidlet #2 and I'm just exhausted. Plus my feet are the size of my head :) Pregnancy is so very attractive at the very end! We will have more news about the impending arrival of #2 after our next ultrasound and OB appointment on Tuesday afternoon, and hopefully I'll be better about getting that out to the masses. Maybe......