34 weeks, 1 day

 

Hi Everybody! Only about 5 weeks left!  So excited!  Well, everything's going well.  I've had a pinched nerve in my back all week, but it's feeling a lot better today.  I think I just over did it walking on Monday.  We're still trying to decide where we want to have our little nugget...at the private hospital or the public.  We really like the doctor at the private hospital.  He said that he would induce so that they could have me go off the heparin 48 hours before and be able to control any excess bleeding.  Moi really wants to have the baby there because he really liked the hospital and how informed about Factor V the doctor seemed to be, and the fact that he told us his plan right away. At our next appointment with him he should tell us when he'll induce exactly (a week early?).  He also sent us for a pre-anestesia test, a vaginal strep B test and some bloodwork.  I've had to do all the bloodwork twice (for the public hospital and the private).  I look like a drug user right now from all the bruises from the blood withdrawals and the injections in my belly.  I have an appointment this next Friday at the public hospital, so I want to see if they finally tell me what they want to do exactly (induce or not) and can tell me possible risks, solutions and then I'll make a decision.  Baby Nathan is getting really big and has been in a head down position for about a month now.  At our last appointment which was almost 2 weeks ago (I was 32 weeks) they said that he was measuring 37 weeks and weighed about 6 pounds, already!  The doctor seemed really pleased though and said that I seem to be taking good care of myself.  People keep telling me that it doesn't look like I've gained that much, but I've gained a lot though...about 28 lbs!  I'm really trying to walk and watch what I eat, but I'm ALWAYS hungry.  Not that that is too much different from before I was pregnant :D  We really like the name Nathan (which means, "given by God" or "gift of God"), but people here have a really hard time pronouncing it in English and always look at us weird when we tell them.  I'm sure they'll end up calling him Natán (in Spanish), well..not if Moisés has anything to do with it:)  Well, tomorrow Mom is having a shower for us and we'll make an appearance through Skype, so that should be fun!  Hopefully by the next time I blog we'll have the rooms switched around and have the nursery pretty well organized.  Hope you're all doing well!!! Thanks for reading!

32 weeks!!!

This is me a couple days ago.  Today we went for another ultrasound and they said he's pretty big.  He's measuring 34 weeks, 5 days.  He weighs almost 5 pounds, about a pound more then he should, and he's measuring about 18 inches long.  They showed us his hair, he has a ton! Must be Moi's:) He's also still head down and has been for 3 weeks now. My blood pressure and everything was good.  I have to have the third trimester blood tests done next week and we're also having another ultrasound done at the private hospital on Wednesday, which might be 3D.  We'll also tour the hospital so we can decide which one we want to have him at.  I've only gained about 1 pound since my last post (about 24 total).  I'm feeling really good.  I'm a little tired and have started feeling what I think are Braxton Hicks contractions every once in a while.  My lower abdomen gets tight and I get light, menstrual-like cramps.  Another strange symptom is that sometimes I can hear my heartbeat in my right ear.  I asked the OB about it today and she said it's normal, it's just from all the extra blood flow in my body.  We also asked her if she thought they would induce since he's so big and she said that they weren't able to tell us yet.  We're so excited to meet Nathan!