28 week appointment

Everything looks good. I can tell that I am starting to get less nervous about losing Hudson (and more nervous about giving birth!) It helps that he is moving so much more that I am reassured throughout the day that he is "alive and kicking." Even though the kicks aer getting stronger, I am so thankful to feel him moving, growing, getting stronger! I am still measuring 1 week behind, but it's consistantly 1 week behind (this is the third appointment that it's been that way) so my doctor thinks I am just measuring small, it makes me feel better that he is growing at a steady rate. My blood pressure was was great today 112/68, I swear it's getting better, and he said I passed the glucose test with flying colors. His heartrate was down to 138 (it's been in the 140's) but he said that's normal. So all in all, things look good and overall normal. I still leave with fears...why is his heartrate down? Am I gaining too much weight? Is he growing okay? I think if I knew the answers to those questions I would find something else to worry about.

The Nursery - Phase 1

I started working on getting the nursery set up yesterday. A few months ago I had a dream, in the dream I walked into his nursery and I saw it. It was perfect. I knew right then that I wanted to do his nursery to look just like my dream. So I started looking for the perfect things for his room. Only problem, they didn't exist. Only in my dreams. So that was the minute I decided that I would have to do things myself. I found the wall vinyls online and ordered those, then I found someone who could do customized embroidery on the squares for the bumper pads. I got the vinyls then I got nervous, what if I got the room all ready then I didn't have a baby to bring home to this new adorable room. So I waited, and I waited. Finally yesterday I decided it was time to stop waiting and start doing. So I started putting them up and I am already in love.

Here's how it's turning out so far.

27 week belly shot

I finally had to give in and start wearing maternity clothes.

Wiggles and Jiggles

Hudson has started to move so much more, and I can now sometimes tell what he is hitting me with. Lately he likes to sit with his head on the left side and his feet really low on the right side.

I love feeling all the summersaults, kicks, and movements, but they are definitely starting to get harder, and I can tell he is getting bigger.

Yesterday he was pushing, I think with his head, I literally used my hand and pushed against him to push him back in. I had to do it a few times. Last night I was kind of wishing that he would do it again so that I could show Spencer. It's funny how when it's happening I think "Ouch, don't do that, it hurts." Then later I wish I could feel it just one more time. I am sure there will be many more headbutts to come.

24 Week appointment

Last Wednesday I had my 24 week doctors appointment. I had to do the glucose tolerance test at that appointment. I was really dreading it. Everyone kept telling me how awful the drink was, and I was prepared to be sick. The doctors office sent the drink home with me and asked that I drink it 30 minutes before my appointment time. All morning I was dreading drinking that orange drink that was sitting in the fridge taunting me. I finally just sucked it up, and drank the entire thing as fast as I could. It wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting. The aftertaste was awful but I survived.

I always try to get in as early in the morning as possible so that I have the least wait time. I didn't wait long and they got me back. Everything looked good once again. These appointments are very simple right now but help to put my mind at ease. His heart rate was 147 and I was still measuring about 1 week behind, which is okay because I had grown 3 cm (they say you should grow approximately 1 cm a week, so 3 weeks of growth in 3 weeks) and all was going well. It was funny, Hudson was hitting at the doppler while he was trying to get the heartrate. He doesn't like things that push against him. I had a few braxton hicks contractions the other day I think and my stomach tightened and released he went crazy.

The part that always makes me a little stressed is when we start talking about when Hudson is going to make his appearance. The bottom line is we just don't know. Every appointment we talk about time frames. Last appointment he said "We just need to make it to 24 weeks and he has a greater then 50% chance of survival." That actually did help me because I felt like okay, we can do this. This time he said "Our goal now is 32 weeks, but if we can wait until 34 weeks it would be better." Then when he said "That's just 10 more weeks." reality hit. We are going to have a baby....sometime this summer, it could be any time. And 10 weeks, that's not that long. (I guess 9 now, hopefully he waits more like 12-13, that would be better!)