Doctor Appointment Update

A couple of doctor visits today...

First: at 11am - met with the NICU doctors at Shady Grove Hospital. I was told to meet the doctor at the NICU. Looked the same as it did 10 years ago. Wasn't too comfortable sitting there - brought back very scary, sad times. On the flip side though, the doctor I met with was very kind and was eager to listen. He had pulled Andrew's records and received some from my doctors now on this pregnancy. Routinely, a doctor from the NICU is at all c-sections. If the baby is born and is in any kind of distress they will take her immediately to the NICU, otherwise she will stay with me. The doctor also said if she was fine he would like to run a few more blood tests as well as an ultrasound scan of her head. The doctor looked over my fetal MRI findings which were normal and the fact that I am almost at term and carrying a girl, he thought this was all good.

Second: Went right to my weekly OB appt. All was good. BP 107/56, weight 181lbs. The baby is now measuring 6lbs 11oz ( an ounce shy of Andrew's birth weight) and everything looks good. The baby is even measuring ahead of schedule on some of the formulas which brings me to worry that my water will break before April 2nd and throw off the whole plan! The doctor said it was of course a possibilty, but no worries. The amniotic fluid levels were about the same at 25, heartbeat and breathing motions all were normal. Also the strep B test was done on me.

So, next week I'll see them on Wednesday.

Happy St. Patrick's Day today. We all wore our green today!!