36 weeks!

Status: 36w1d

Feeling cute today! For the first time EVER I have a super cute round belly! I guess 4th time's the charm, huh?

I'm feeling pretty good today, although yesterday (and this whole week) was rough. Lots of pain due to Little Foot having a growth spurt. Today was good - new haircut, did some shopping for Pesach, and just enjoying my cute bump. It's so much easier to do without the pain!

Home visit - check!

Status: 35w6d

Yesterday, we had our home visit. It was both exciting and nerve-wracking. Debbie was the midwife who came, along with Ashley (one of the apprentices - my favorite). Our doula, Kim, also made the trek up from Columbus to be there. 

It was a great visit. It's always a little surreal to have everyone come over - sort of like a dress rehearsal. I peed in a cup in my own bathroom and laid on my own bed to have my belly checked. This week, we measured 40cm, BP was perfect again, FHR was perfect in the 140's, and Little Foot was in a perfect LOa position. 

All of our supplies are gathered in our room, we've done the air test on the pool (still have to do a test fill), all that's left to do is gather food - but that will have to wait till after Pesach. 

I can't believe we are already here! 

35 weeks!

Status: 35w1d

This has been a busy week! Tuesday I had my 34 week appointment with Constance. Everything was great - measuring ahead still at 40cm, Little Foot's HR was 148, and my BP was a cool 114/68. I've been having trouble mapping the baby, so was happy to hear the MW found him to be LOT!

Home visit is in FOUR days!!!! Ayayay.

And here's the pic from today:

34 weeks

Status: 34w1d

Whew boy, it's been a very busy week! I was sick, then T, then E, then R. Today the sun came out, no one had a fever for the first time in over a week, and my nesting energy has kicked in!

First, here's an updated picture:

Today I started putting things away in the nursery/guest room. I organized the furniture, and tomorrow we will bolt it down.  I have a midwife appointment on Tuesday, and then the home visit is the week after!!!!! Time is FLYING now!

Check Up & Sick Time

Status: 33w

On Wed, I had my 32 week visit with the midwives. I was supposed to have a visit the week before, but due to scheduling conflicts and a winter storm, things had to be rescheduled. 

This visit, the kids all came with me for my visit with Debbie. We talked about the usual stuff, including the stress of finding out Reuben has to have surgery on March 18th (second one this pregnancy), and just general concerns. Little Foot was LOP (not good), and was still a little difficult to find with the fetoscope. Because of his position, my belly measurement didn't change from last month. 

Reuben had a good time "helping"...

Then, Wednesday night, I started to get sick. It first started with shortens of breath, cough, and some burning chest pain. Thursday things got a little worse - and the cough turned productive (it was very .... Colorful). Thursday night was miserable. I was coughing so much and choking on the sputum. I ended up refluxing a lot and almost vomiting. 

Friday morning I had had enough. I texted my backup doctor, Dr. Brad Bootstaylor. He offered to call me on antibiotics, but I requested to come in and be seen. I saw Nana Friday afternoon, and she was pretty convinced I just had a bad cold. I almost cried in the office. I just felt so bad, and didn't feel like it was a cold. But I decided to follow her advice and see where that took me.

Today (Sat), I stayed in bed most of the day. I sent Joel for Tylenol this morning because my throat, ears, chest, and face were hurting. We are ibuprofen people, so we don't even really keep the stuff in the house. After I took the first dose, the pain eased up (yay!), but I also noticed I got REALLY sweaty. Like soak all the sheets sweaty. Hmmmm.... That happens when I've had a fever. 

Around 4 PM, Dr. B texted me to see how I was feeling...

I sent Joel to pick up the meds and will start them tonight. In the meantime I'm using Tylenol and sudafed to make it through the evening.