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no.176: she's a swimmer!

Molly is officially a swimmer! She's been taking swim lessons off and on since she was a little shy of two-years-old. She's finally put it all together and swims around like a little fish. I was so surprised last week to see her actually swimming with no help. And of course, so proud!

She loves it, and she loves to dive down and touch the bottom with her hand. She can swim! Yay!

no.175: 37.5-week check-up

38 weeks!

Everything went perfectly fine at this week's appointment. They were running behind and took a while to get to me, but other than that, everything was normal.

Appointment: 37.5-week
Blood pressure: 102/70
Weight: +1 lbs. (+17 lbs. total for the pregnancy)
Baby's heart rate: 140s/150s
Measuring: 37.5 cm.

Questions I asked, Answers dr. k. gave:

Q: Was my Group B strep test negative?
A: Yes.

Q: Since my c-section was moved to 4 p.m., can I have breakfast?
A: Yes. Just as long as you get up before 8 a.m. and eat. And nothing heavy. (Woo hoo!)

She asked if I was having contractions, and I told her I am. They aren't regular or frequent. The only time they show any signs of being regular are a couple of hours in the evening when I have 6-7 for about an hour or so, and they certainly don't hurt. She told me if they start to hurt or become more frequent to call her and she will go ahead and do the c-section. I asked if I could change my answer, and she said no. Hee. I just want this baby out!

no.174: 36-week appointment

Appointment: 36-week
Blood pressure: 120/66
Weight: +7 lbs. (+16 lbs. total for the pregnancy)*
Baby's heart rate: 180s/150s/140s**
Measuring: 37 cm.

We had some excitement at the most recent prenatal appointment! First of all, I gained 7 lbs. in 2 weeks.* How is that even possible?! I'm blaming it on an afternoon appointment with a full belly of lunch! Or water retention.

The second bit of excitement was when they checked Mia's heart rate.** It was in the 180s, and she was moving all over the place. dr. w. listened for a couple of minutes to see if it would go down, but it didn't.

I assured dr. w. that after lunch is one of the times that Mia is the squirmiest. (But really, this child squirms constantly! And oh the hiccups!) dr. w. asked what I had for lunch, and I said, "A turkey roly poly, baked chips and water." She replied, "Well, that's a good, healthy lunch!" Just to be on the safe side, dr. w. said I needed to be monitored for a while, which meant I got to sit in a comfy recliner hooked up to the fetal monitor with a buzzer to click every time Mia moved.

After about 30 minutes of wiggling around, having hiccups and kicking, she settled down and went to sleep. Her heart rate returned to the normal 150s/140s. All was well!

Want to hear her crazy heart rate with bonus hiccups? Click here! (You hear the chug, chug, chug, chug, BOOM, chug, chug, chug, chug, BOOM. The booms are the hiccups over the chugs.)

no.173: 34-week check-up

A little more than 5 weeks, and Mia Eloise will be here!

Another easy check-up today.

Appointment: 34-week
Blood pressure: 120/64
Weight: -2 lbs. (+9 lbs. total for the pregnancy)
Baby's heart rate: 140s
Measuring: 34 cm.

I didn't have any questions for the doctor today, so I don't have anything to post.

My next appointment is at 36 weeks, the day before I'm supposed to head to Nashville for a work trip. They will do the Group B strep test and check to make sure I'm not dilated. If I'm not dilated, I'm free to go to Nashville. If I am, I have to stay behind. I would really like to go, but I'm totally fine staying home too.

With Molly, I was fine with being pregnant up until the very end. I mean, I was uncomfortable, but okay with it. With Mia, I'm ready for her to be out. I am SO very uncomfortable, and I barely sleep at night. It's amazing the difference between having a breech baby (Molly) and one with her head down in my pelvic bone (Mia). Let's just say that I would take breech ANY day!

Mia is a very wiggly baby, just like her big sister. She also has hiccups all the time, just like her big sister. I'm very anxious to meet her and see what her personality is going to be! I hope she likes to sleep all the time, just like her big sister!