Last week's update

My office shower was wonderful! The ladies in my department hosted it and they did such a beautiful job! I was so overwhelmed with everyone's generosity. Here is a pic of the "sea of pink loot" and the beautiful cake.


I had my gestational diabetes test Friday morning and I received the news this morning that I passed! Yippee! I did unfortunately find out that I'm anemic which really isn't a big deal - I just have to take iron supplements. I don't really have any obvious symptoms which I guess is good. I also talked to the OB about scheduling my c-section and it is now officially on the calendar for December 21!! Holy cow!! My amnio will be performed by my Peri on Dec 20. That is less than 2 months away!! It's crazy how real it feels now. Fortunately, I got a pretty good start on Christmas shopping over the weekend. I definitely need to get that done sooner rather than later! If my placenta happens to move out of way in time, we'll just cancel the c-section.

So, that's the update that I promised on the exciting events of last week!

Some promising news

Here's the newest photo of Stretch! She's getting so big! Anyway, we had our second Peri appt on Friday afternoon and our little girl still looks perfect and now weighs in at a whopping 2 pounds 4 ounces! As far as the status of my placenta, it looks like it is on the move! It is still a complete previa; however, Dr. A couldn't see that it was obviously complete with the abdominal ultrasound so he had to go in and take a look with the probe. He said that it might move still, but because it's still complete at this stage, it's pretty unlikely that it will move far enough away to allow a vaginal delivery which is fine with me. I just want it to move far enough away that it won't be such a risk to me or the baby. We could maybe also postpone delivery some in that scenario, but we'll just have to see. Our next appointment is Nov 13.

In other exciting news, I'm officially in the third trimester! I can't believe it!! We have also reached the point of viability which is such a relief. I know it's been a while since I posted a belly shot so here's my 27 week one which also happens to be one of my bare belly!


I have my next OB appointment on Thursday morning along with my gestational diabetes test (yuck) and my office baby shower that afternoon (yay)! I'm very excited! I'll be sure and update after the big events of the week!

One of those blue days

I'm feeling really down today after getting the terrible news last night that one of my dear friends is miscarrying. This particular friend has been through far more infertility hell than ANYONE deserves, way more than me, and it just truly breaks my heart. I was so over the moon excited about her BFP that I was practically jumping out of my skin and now this - not that my excitement or subsequent sadness is anything compared to her's or her husband's. I just keep asking myself - why? Why her? Why anyone? This just sucks :(.

Good news and bad news

I'll start with the good news first...

We had our Peri appt with Dr. A on Friday and little Stretch looks absolutely perfect! We also confirmed that she is all girl which we are very excited about! She's getting so big! In just 4 weeks, she went from 10 ounces to 1 pound 6 ounces. She's really packing on the pounds :)! We could see her profile this time and she had both hands in front of her face and she was sticking her tongue out, sort of licking her hands - it was very cool! My parents also came into town this weekend and we had planned to register which we did and that was a lot of fun, until Brad got tired and rushed us out of there - men! We also bought our furniture which we though we would have to order and wait for 10 weeks but we were pleasantly surprised to find out that they had it all in stock so we got to take it home and Brad and my Dad got it all set up. We of course then had to go out and buy the mattress and bedding to see what the finished crib will look like and it's adorable! Our bedding is pastel greens and pinks and whites with little lady bugs, dragonflies and flowers on it. Now we have to get the room painted, pick out a chair and get some more accessories. Oh, and we haven't tackled the closet yet - not looking forward to that job. It's so exciting to have it coming together!

So, onto the bad news...my placenta really hasn't moved at all. Dr. A told me that based on the way it looks now, he really doesn't expect it to resolve, so we talked about the plan. I go back on Oct 19 for another follow-up and will continue to have regular follow ups to monitor any changes. Assuming it doesn't resolve and I've been major complication free, at 36 1/2 weeks he will do an amnio to check for lung maturity and if she's ready to come out, my c-section will be right away because it's pretty imperative that they deliver before I go into labor or start having any real contractions. He also told me that though some women never bleed that most do at some point, and the first bleed is usually not life threatening - uh great. I'm thinking that it is a positive thing that I haven't had any bleeding or even spotting yet. We're just continuing to pray that I don't have any major bleeding episodes that would require a very early delivery or would be very dangerous to me or the baby. He did point out to me that he has to give really bad news to women everyday about the health of their babies, so I'm pretty lucky to have a perfect little munchkin in there! I'm incredibly grateful for that!