33 Weeks

Wow a lot can change in a week!. Well, per Debbie's request, I have included a picture of my belly at 32 weeks.

We also got permission to go see "Wicked" at the Des Moines Civic Center downtown. Andy bought tickets for our anniversary way back in the beginning of the year and the doctors thought it would okay if we went as long as I didn't walk around too much. We both really enjoyed the show and it was so nice to have a date night, since it may be a while before we can find time to ourselves again. So I included some pictures we took before we left. This way you can see my belly with clothes on it.

On to the doctors appointment today they decided to check my cervix and the doctor said she felt that it was 2cm dilated and I am fully effaced. So she wants me to take it easy for the next week until they can see me again and check me again next week. She is not as concerned as she was when first came in with the shortened cervix, but they want to try to keep the baby in for a few more weeks if they can. I also got another steroid shot just as a precautionary booster to the last set of shots that I received to get the baby's lungs nice and strong. We are hopeful that we can keep gestating a few more weeks, but this baby really wants to be a part of the world. Next week we have another ultrasound to check on baby's growth and we will see the doctor again.

32 weeks

We had a doctors appointment today with an ultra sound but no pictures to share because the baby was hiding it's face between the placenta and the fibroid. My cervix has actually gotten longer. The last measurement was around 1.3 and today it was around 1.7 so they doctors are very pleased with that. Baby's heartbeat is still around 150. I asked if they anticiapte taking me off of rest and he said maybe by week 38 they will possibly take me off of rest. We will just have to wait and see what they say when we get closer to that point. He said they still want to see me every week so we will keep you all updated.

31 Weeks

We went to the doctor again today. No changes to report everything seems to be going fine. I have had no contractions or changes so they didn't check my cervix. The baby's heart rate was around 152. The doctor said I am measuring big about 35 cm but she said she thinks it's because of the Fibroid. We have another appointment next week with another ultrasound to look at baby so we are excited to see him or her again.

30 Weeks Sonogram pictures and baby'sroom

Here are the pictures we got from the 30 week ultrasound and some pictures of the baby's that Andy's parents were kind enough to get together for us while Andy was gone. It was such a nice visit and nice having some company here. Thanks again for all your work we really appreciate it.

30 weeks

Had another doctors visit today with an ultra sound. Andy is out of town so I have to wait for him to come back to scan the pictures in. We got some great pictures of the baby's face. The baby has also turned! Which is great news because I was worried it would stay breech. The baby is measuring 3 lb 5 oz so it grew a lot in the last 2 weeks. I hope it keeps growing but not to Andy's birth weight of 10 lb 6 oz. I don't think I could handle a baby that big. The doctor said everything seemed fine, my cervix is staying about the same length. So far so good. We have another doctors appointment in 1 week and an ultra sound in 2 weeks. I will post the new pictures as soon as I get them in.

29 weeks

Had another check up today. No ultrasound so I included some belly pictures as well as some pictures from Gina's visit a couple of weeks ago. It was nice having her come and play with me. She took a picture of me during my allotted 20 minutes allowed of "standing time." The baby seems do be doing fine heart rate was about 140 and the doctor didn't seem to have any concerns about anything so moving right along one more week under the belt. Happy to be a little closer and glad everything is moving along.