Baby B you got me and your father on our toes.
It has been quite a while since I have last posted. I have not had too much new things to tell you to be honest. I am going to the doctor every 2 weeks. Last time we went..we waited two hours due to a delayed c-section at the hospital. The ER needed the room for another emergency surgery so the doctor got delayed. So finally when we got to see the doctor..our blood pressure was good..he checked the heartbeat and measured me and sent us on our way.
That same night we go to a prenatal class that we are taking in the studio above a local maternity & baby store called Glow. It is held every wednesday for then month of November. We starting going at the beginning of November. It is ran by a Doula in our area who is an amazing woman. It was delayed that week due to one of her clients went into labour and we had to reschedule.
Tonight we go again to prenatal class again..last week we went twice to make up for the one week. We are learning a lot about what can help in delivery...different positions we can use to labour in and how to cope with pain and such..what measures they may have to take at the hospital. Development of the baby...massage and distraction techniques the husbands can help us with while in the hospital. We are even given info on community resources and recovery after the baby is born. Doug already has his opinions about alternative measure such as forceps and the vacuum. Apparently he is totally against the use of them on our baby. I do not agree with them much either but if they do need to be used to help get the baby our safely..what has to be done has to be done.
Today's appointment was not too bad. I did not get to have an ultrasound like I was hoping. He took my blood pressure like normal. The receptionist weighed me before hand..last time I had went to the doctor the 10 pounds i had finally gained back plus the 2lbs had changed again. I had lost the 2 lbs. So this time when she weighed me I was surprised to see that I have gained 7lbs in the past two weeks since I had been to the doctor. Which is making up for all the weight I had not gained so far. So in total at this point I have gained 17lbs in total during this pregnancy so far. Which is good..but also not a lot since in the beginning I had lost 10 lbs. Weird how things work. I guess I it taking what is there already and mostly just baby.
Today when he listened to the heartbeat he said it sounded like a "Winter Snow Storm in there". Those were the doctors words exactly. I asked if were getting an ultrasound again soon since we have not had one in a long time since the heart pictures and he said no due to everything is looking so good. I then asked if he could tell how the baby is situated and apparently we are already in the head down position. Which is good considering I was not really sure if Baby B had flipped or turned as of yet. I am not exactly getting kicked in the ribs or anything as of yet..which I had thought I would have if the baby had already turned to being head down. But I am a wee short lass and the B is sitting very low..which also explains my horrible tailbone/ sciatic nerve/lower back pain I am getting mostly all the time.
Things are moving quite quickly..hard to believe I am in my 33rd week. After Saturday I have 6 weeks until my due date and 2 weeks until I am done work. I am officially starting my mat leave after Dec 10th. I figured having 4 weeks until my due date would give me some time to get things ready and relax a bit before our new addition arrives. Plus I wanted to get out of being on cash before the big holiday rush and all the turkeys start coming through the tills again. Doug and I will not be going to far once I am done work..laying low for the holidays as for we are due two weeks after Christmas and who knows what might happen. I will be sure to write again soon..this has hopefully caught you all up for a bit.
Baby B has definitely got us on our toes!!
