Pictures from our 6 month OB appointment

Sucking his thumb!

Smiley face :)

It's official, August 8th, 2009

When I got home from my appointment, I called Phillip and told him how it went. I also told him that we had some things we needed to go over. When he got home from work, I showed him the pictures and he was very happy! He got such a kick out of seeing our baby boy sucking his thumb and seeing his face! They are some really good pictures! I informed Phillip about the window the Dr. gave us to schedule our c-section, and we started to debate when would be the best time for us to schedule it. Kaleb was going to be out of town on vacation with his dad from July 30th through August 9th, and we took that into consideration, but Friday, August 7th or Saturday, August 8th were the only two days we were considering. I notified Kaleb’s dad about our situation, and expressed that I would really want Kaleb to be here for the birth of his little brother and that we were debating between the 7th and the 8th. He ended up changing their plans so Kaleb can be here during that time. Thank God! We officially decided on Saturday, August 8th. That’s only 10 weeks away!!! WOW! I can’t believe that in 10 more weeks our little blessing will be here! I am soooo excited! We have gotten a lot done with the nursery – we got it painted, we got the crib and changing table set up, clothes washed and put away. We are still waiting for the armoire to come in. Our baby shower is this coming Saturday, June 6th. After the shower, we can then start buying the things we didn’t get. There is just so much that we need to do to prepare, but we are so thankful that we have gotten a lot done already.

6 month OB appointment

I went in for my 6 month appointment, my last monthly appointment before I start seeing my OB every other week. My appointment was at 10:00 am and I got there 15 minutes ahead of time, signed in and waited to be called. I didn’t have to wait for long. The sonographer called me back to do an u/s before I was seen by my OB to see if there have been any changes since my last appointment. So she had me pull up my shirt to expose my big ‘ole belly and began the u/s. She measured ‘Lil Bean and we listened to his precious heartbeat; it was a strong 155 bpm. She took lots of measurements of his limbs, abdomen and head, and the machine calculated our baby boy to weigh approximately 3 ½ pounds! He is still definitely measuring ahead! Either that or he’s a big boy:) It was so nice to see our baby being so active, and this time I could feel all his kicks as I was seeing them! It was so amazing! This time around, I was able to see his facial features a little bit better. I got to see him smile and suck his thumb! So precious!!! She then went on to measure my cervix and look at the placenta to see if it had moved yet. My cervix was still measuring long, but the placenta has not moved any since the last u/s at my last appointment. It was still laying low and covering my cervix. The sonographer did manage to get some really good pictures for me to take home and share with Phillip, which he loved seeing! After she got all the measurements she needed, she wiped the goo off my belly, had me fix my shirt then walked me to the nurses station for my vitals to be taken. The nurse took all my vitals, which were all good. She then informed me, much to my surprise that I was going to have the colpo procedure done. So she took me to the procedure room where I was instructed to undress from the waist down, and wait for the doctor. When the doctor came in, he explained the procedure, as I was a bit taken by surprise by all this. He said that because the u/s revealed no change in my cervix and placenta that it would be best to go ahead and take a look at what was possibly causing my pap-smear to come back abnormal. He said that depending on how the cervix looked would determine whether or not he would do a biopsy. I prayed that it wouldn’t be necessary. So he started the procedure and talked me through everything he was doing and seeing. After a few minutes, he told me that he was just going to do a routine pap with no biopsy as my cervix looked normal. Thank God!!! I can’t imagine having a piece of my cervix being cut out… OUCH! After the procedure, we talked about when we can schedule the c-section. He said that since there has been no change, they do not want to schedule it any earlier than 39 weeks to give our baby boy every opportunity to develop on his own without the help of steroids, which made me happy :) Praise God for answering my prayers! He gave us a window between August 7th (Friday) and August 12th (Wednesday), but of course if labor started on it’s own before that, we would have to do an emergency c-section at that time. I hope and pray that everything goes according to plan, and not have any surprises. I want to be prepared for this! After jotting down some notes on my chart he advised me that some bleeding and cramping can be expected, but if it seems unusual to call back. He then shook my hand and gave me the check-out paper with a return appointment in 2 weeks. I went to the check-out and was given an appointment for Firday, June 5th. Overall, it was a pretty good appointment :)