Duke Visit #3

Today we had our 3rd ultrasound at Duke Maternal Fetal Medicine. Lil one did great again! She's approximately 5 lbs 13 oz (Plus or minus half a lb). That puts her right near the 50 percentile...where she's been hanging out! Great news is that she's growing even if I'm not!! I'm already sick of eating like I have been for the past few days--I mean I can only stand so many Big Macs, doughnuts, ice cream, etc. Plus with Thanksgiving I'll eat plenty!! My fluid levels looked really low at first but she's just taking up so much room that there's really only good pockets of fluid up under near my ribs and down by my pelvis. Still had a good level though. So next week we start Non-Stress Tests at the OBs office which is monitoring her heart rate for at least 15 minutes as long as it's good. Duke is also recommending that I not go past my due date...and we all know I don't want to get to that anyway! So YAY for now! Let's just hope the belly keeps growing! Thanks for your thoughts and prayers! You do not know how much we covet them!

Mama's in Troule!

34 week belly! Apparently not big enough!

the bedding--all done!!

her chandilier

the dresser

dresser again! So glad to be done with that!

So today we had our 35 week appointment. At my 33 week check up I was measuring a week behind and had only gained 1.5 lbs in the previous 6 weeks. Today, I measured at 33 weeks and lost 2 lbs since my last visit, so I'm down .5 lbs in the past 2 months. So to sum it all up we are going back to Duke for another ultrasound and it's looking more and more like little one is going to be here sooner then later! If she's not growing we may be looking at an induction in the near future! Both Brett and the dr told me to basically go home and get fat! LOL! So I'm on the eat-all-the-time plan! 35 weeks is the point in time where dr's don't stop labor and the baby is developed for the most part so it's great to be at this point, but 2 more weeks would put her at term which would be ideal. We are most likely going to Duke sometime this week since my next appt at the OBGYN is Monday. We'll keep everyone posted! Just pray that whenever she comes she'll be healthy!!! I also going to post a new belly picture and nursery pictures when Brett gets home from the Carolina game tonight!