Cerclage Free

The stitch came out on October 8, now we are just waiting for this baby to make an appearance!

Maddy and Baby Elmo's Completed Room

Here is the nursery/"big girl's" room. It is pretty much complete except for some wall decorations and curtians. Maddy is very excited about her brother coming. She has been practicing on her doll. (Mostly she just undresses it!) We decided to keep both dressers since everything fit. We have plenty of storage space for all of their stuff now.

Baby Shopping!

I went to Babies R Us today and picked up a bunch of stuff for the new little guy. Some onesies, a tub, a bumper, the boy version of Maddy's blanket, bottles, pacifiers, a diaper bag...! And I feel like we still have so much more to get!! But it's a start!

31 week appointment

Here he is!

All is going well. The baby is now over 4 pounds. They said he will be more than what Maddy weighed. I asked if I could be induced since she was 7.4 TWO WEEKS EARLY and the doctor said we would talk about it at the 35 week appointment. I can't imagine what his weight will be if he goes full term, or worse, is late!! Ugh!!!!!

Maddy came to the sonogram today. She didn't really know what was going on, I think she thought they were going to take the baby out of my belly button. When the doctor said, "all done", Maddy yelled, "NO!! Let the baby out NOW!!". She was so cute!

I have another appointment in 2 weeks just with the doctor, then in 4 weeks with both Steinfeld and the doctor, and then in 5 weeks the stitch comes out!

27 Week Appointment

All is well again, cervix is over 6 cm (they are looking at anything over 2 being good). I am completely off all restrictions and I was getting tips from Dr. Korn (aka Dr. Doom) about great attractions to take Maddy to see at Sesame Place!!! He said not to even give the cervix or the stitch another thought for the rest of the pregnancy. I told him about some cramping I had on Friday (I was ready to go to the doctor!) but it passed by the time the office opened and I never called them and he said that is all normal.

My next appointment is the first week of September at 32 weeks. Dr. Korn said going back to work is absolutely fine.

Our little guy is 2 and a half pounds right now.

23 Week Appointment

Cervix got longer AGAIN and I was told I have enough to donate.

I saw Dr. Korn who congratulated me and told me that I have graduated to "normal pregnancy status". I asked about walking and of course he said to continue to take it easy, but after the next appointment we could talk. So maybe a vacation getaway is not so out of the question for August!!

Braxton Hicks

Yesterday after a full day sitting at the baseball field and going to the Little Gym, I had a whole bunch of Braxton Hicks contractions. I think maybe sitting in the sun for a few hours might have made me dehydrated. After we put Maddy to bed, I drank a lot of water and rested. They seemed to go away.

Today I feel fine, but I do think that maybe I need to slow down a bit. Only 18 more weeks to go (16 if he is nice like his sister!).