Doctor Check up (June 25, 2009)

Today I got to see Dr. Bartlett whom I haven't seen since I was like 16 weeks I swear. She is really friendly and really knows her stuff. The heart rate was 140. I am now 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced. This means basically nothing except that things are progressing. It unfortunately doesn't mean the baby will be coming in the next week or even two. HOWEVER I did ask the doctor how long past my due date they would let me go and she said not more than a week. Whaahooo so that means at the most we will have this babe out of me in 4 weeks. Thank goodness since sitting for prolonged periods of time is getting difficult. Lets just say Im definitely getting more uncomfortable and ready to "get this thing out of me". :)

Doctor Check up (June 15, 2009)

Todays appointment was different than previous weeks. I have now passed a milestone at 35 wks. I now get checked for any dilation. They didn't find any today (which I figured) but the doctor did say Im starting to thin out which sounds like progress to me! The doctor also checked the size of my uterus and said it was measuring the same as our last appointment. It was 2" off and they really like it to be right on (this week it should have been 35"). So with that the doctor set up an ultrasound appointment just to be sure baby looked ok and that the baby/excetra was measuring good. According to the lab tech everything appeared good. So we arn't worrying too much about it. The radiologist looked everything over today and said everything looked normal. YEAH! It was really fun to see the baby again. I loved looking at its face. That image will carry me though to delivery! Even though I could hardly make out much I was in love right away. :)

Doctor Check up (June 3, 2009)

At our appointment today we saw a new nurse practitioner at the womens clinic named Sarah. She was young, very friendly and asked me a lot of questions which was a good change. She measured my uterus at 33" which is right on and said I gained 3 lbs. The babys heart beat was 146. Dispite what everyone keeps telling me the doctor didn't give me any hope that I would be delivering early. In fact she clearly told me that most women carry full term for their first baby. I was hoping for some different news. Im not ready for the baby to come out yet because I know it still has some growing to do. But come 38 or 39 wks Im sure I will start to feel differently.