30 wk appt

After an entire month of having contractions every day I quit having them all together this past Sunday. I was definitely not complaining, but I noticed that I was also not feeling much movement from the baby. So from Sunday to Wednesday all was quiet in babyland, and needless to say - I was becoming very concerned. I'm not the type that likes to go to the doctor, and I already had the appt set for Wednesday, so I waited it out. My appt started out normal - getting my weigh (gained another lb), leaving a urine specimen :), checking the heartbeat (which was normal, then the doc came in. I told her about the loss of contractions and movement and she decided to mash around on my stomach to see if she could get the baby moving. Let me just say - I was relieved that the nurse got such a strong heartbeat, but I was also thinking "a heartbeat doesn't mean there isn't something wrong", so I was still pretty nervous. The doc started her mashing and discovered that the baby is now in the head-down position, which is great because the baby has been breech until now, but she was still unable to get the baby to move. So she decided to hook me up to a non-stress test to moniter the baby's heartbeat and activity. After about a minute of being hooked up to this thing I started sweating and feeling like I was going to pass out, so I said "I'm not feeling very well" (the nurse and doc were still both in the room). So the doc says "OK, let's get you on your side, the baby is pressing on your veins and it is causing your blood pressure to drop". So at this point I am ready to just about cry because I am just working myself up. I rolled over and got situated and the nurse brought in a fan for me. The test took 30 mins and thankfully during that time I was able to relax and get Dave relaxed by telling the both of us that the baby was fine and this was easy peasy. Dr. J came in and checked the baby's printout and said that there were a couple of little movements in the 30mins and that the baby's heartrate was perfect, so she let us go with a clean bill of health. I was relieved to say the least! I just want to say that I think I have the best doc in the world and I am so glad that she always listens to my concerns and takes every precaution with me and the baby. So after the doc appt the nurse told us that we need to go ahead and pre-register at the hospital. Off we went to Summit to get everything squared away. That also took a little while so afterward we were starving. We decided on IHOP and let me just tell you, I LOVE IHOP! I mean come on, where else can you get stuffed french toast at 12:00pm??? Anyway, then we went to register for a few baby essentials at Babies-R-Us and Target. We still have to register at Wal-Mart, but other than packing our bags in a few weeks I think we are set.

On a lighter note, I've been on vacation all week and have had a wonderful time at home with Dave and Cadence, we have been everywhere and done everything! Dave took his first test to go back to school on Monday and ACED it, I was so proud of him - I can't imagine having been out of school for 11 yrs and having to jump back in. Not much else to tell, I'm a blessed woman! I'll post again soon.