Saturday, November 12, 2011

Update (almost 31 weeks)

At my 29 week ultrasound appointment, the doctor discovered that Baby's umbilical cord is wrapped around his neck with his arm in between the neck and the cord.  Good news is that he's small enough he can still wiggle out of this position.  Bad news is we can't just do another ultrasound, him be out of the position and know that he won't get back into this position. So I am monitoring his movement at home and doing weekly OB visits to be hooked up to a non-stress test to monitor movement there.  So basically, I can just worry about it. 
I went to my 30 week appointment on Monday to do the non-stress test.  It wasn't a big deal.  They just hooked me up and I laid there.  They said it will usually take 30 minutes to an hour.  Plan for next week:  bring a pillow and a book.  Also my blood pressure was running a little high.  It has been somewhat high on past visits.  I think trying to work while exhausted has something to do with it.  I have been monitoring it all week with a nurse at the office and it's been pretty good. 
Had my baby shower last Sunday at church.  The ladies there are so sweet and pass along good advice as well as wonderful gifts.  I mainly got clothes for Boudreaux.  Which is good because at the first shower, people did not know the gender and I got more of the necessities and less clothes.  That will be my advice for anyone having multiple showers:  Reveal the gender after the first one so you can get things you need other than clothing.  The ladies where Brad work also want to do a shower for us.  There hasn't been any talk about one where I work, but I would be shocked if they didn't do one there. 

Here are some pictures from the shower at church:









Ok the pictures are tiny.  If I try to make them bigger on here, they get all blurry.  I will try to get bigger ones later and add them.  If I can figure out how...