October 1 Visit

I had my appointment at 9 am on Friday October 1, 2010. I met with Dr Jones, Dr Henry's new partner. She is very sweet, quiet, reserved, but very smart. She is young I would say close to my age, but then some people are hard to age. 

I started with my weigh in, blood pressure, and basic info with Karen, Dr Henry's nurse. Karen is super sweet and I adore her. My weigh in again I had not gained any weight. I am seeing this as a good sign. My blood pressure was great as always. Both Karen and Dr Henry have been very impressed with how well I am taking care of myself. 

Dr Jones came in and reviewed my chart. We discussed several things. I have been having a lot of pain due to extra stress at work. And since with both Aaron & Garrett, I had back labor, I had to ask about some symptoms I have had over the last few weeks, which apparently are "normal" contractions. I have to monitor these and keep track of them. Dr Jones is unsure at this point if they are Braxton Hicks or true contractions since I have a history of preterm labor. We also discussed again the weird spells that I have where it feels like I can't breathe and my arms and legs go numb as well as my head starts to spin. I am to track these as well. It is believed that it is normal issues with my blood pressure and the pregnancy but I almost don't feel like that is the case. She was a little concerned about a few very high sugar readings that I have had over the past few weeks but I chalk it up to mostly stress. I was measured again and am right at 31 weeks. So not too much growth since last visit. Dr Jones thinks the baby must have gone through a growth spurt. The heart beat was good and strong. 

I will meet with Dr Henry again on Oct 14th. Dr Jones decided to let him see about placing me on medication for keeping me from going into labor. I believe it will be at that time that I will set up another ultrasound to track the development and growth of the baby. We are calling him "Lex", but since Ben is still somewhat in denial, we try not to use the "he" word. After this next ultrasound we will definitely know if this is a boy or girl. Lex is safe since we had picked out Alexis for a girl of which I would have called her Lex and Ben would have called her Lexi. 

As I was leaving Karen did confirm that we are scheduled for delivery on December 7th, 2010 at 11:30. It did take me a while to confirm the hospital but I was able to get that accomplished. Dr Henry had not yet scheduled with the hospital. I wanted to deliver at St Vincent so his office manager called over and it is confirmed with the St Vincent that we will deliver there on Dec 7th. I will need to be there by 9am. And they have me scheduled for a 4 day stay. This is where all the tricky stuff starts coming into play. I have to find out who is going to help out with the boys as well as with me once I come home. Ben does not have time off to be able to take, so this scares me a little. 

I think that brings everything up to date. Maybe next visit will bring "new" news, or something more exciting. Tuesday, Oct 5th, I will be 30 weeks along. I am delivering at 39. Time is going too fast. Only 9 weeks and 3 days from today.