Yesterday (Monday), the whole gang trooped down to Miles City for another Baby 2.0 Checkup. Right now, Baby 2.0 has been in the cooker for roughly 35 weeks, still with the official due date of November 24th. We'd love to be able to report all the lovely med stats associated with an appointment like this but Anne usually mixes up all the numbers by the time she leaves the office - ie "was my blood pressure 160 over 130 or was 130 the heartrate?.....etc" In other words, we'd probably quote you something totally impossible. Which is pretty sad considering that Anne once was fully Wilderness Advanced First Aid Certified, meaning that she could traction a broken femor with a mere belt, stick, coffee cup and gauze. (Aren't you all lucky she forgot?)
Thus you get the following:
Bood Pressure: Good
Fundal Height: Good (No twins, no giants thus far)
Baby Heartrate: 133 (We did remember THIS one)
Cervical dilation: 1 cm (Okay, this one seemed kinda important TOO)
We have another appointment on Nov 2, with the "plan" being that Anne is to behave and not do anything dumb for the next 2 weeks. Meaning that wood is not to be stacked, hunted animals are not to be dragged and, really, you do not need to be washing the big windows on the front of your house. After the next two weeks, the situation gets reassessed accordingly. The goal right now is to make it a minimum of the next 2 weeks, then prepare to go off the preterm meds at about 38 weeks - ie sometime the week of Nov 10th or so. Anne was priding herself on not having the frequent trips to the bathroom and/or paying visits to every mile maker between here and Mile City (all 90 plus of them) until she bragged......then Baby 2.0 decided to drop in the last 4 days or so. Not in cliffhanger fashion, but getting there. And so it begins. The waddle is more prevalent, the demeanor more crazed, with parents wondering how they will survive two Gwens unloading the tea cabinet and nesting mode is in full swing.
Beautiful pics! 35 weeks is great, but keep baby in there for a few more weeks, if you can! I know you can do it. I do know how hard it is to do very little. I'll be your best cheerleader! You can do it, I promise. It won't be long and you will be able to do all kinds of things. I still remember what a relief that feeling was! I'm so excited for your family to grow by another 2 feet. I can't wait to see your new baby! Well, I can wait! Sorry, here I am getting carried away when I just told you to hang in there for a bit longer. Ok, this is long enough. I had better leave room for others to post.
ReplyDeleteWe're excited for you guys!
ReplyDeleteRemember "Sudden Granny Day Care and Expectant Mother Driver Service" is only a phone call away! Hopefully hubby will be back from Bozeman and stationed very close to home for the next few weeks!
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful hubby! Let him help you all he can!
A good post on Farmchick's Frantics
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