Last Ultrasound /Dr apt

I could barely wait for today to come. I had the ultrasound first. Did all the measurements and checked on everything. Measuring a week behind (which is normal for me) and baby weighing around 5 pounds. The tech kept saying how scrunched Anna was. Great news is the Anna is head down (which I already knew because when Anna got the hiccups they seemed low). I was right that her legs and arms are on my left side. I always get jabs and big movements on my left side. Heartbeat was 158 bpm.

Tech double checked and yep, she is still a girl. =) Has some peach fuzz for hair on her head. She is still a stinker and wouldn't let us get a good picture of her face. She kept putting her hand or her arm over her face.

Next was my dr apt. I got my strep B test and then a vaginal check. I am 3 dilated. :) I was the same with Caleb and Julia around this time. I am getting excited that it is getting closer and glad my body is moving into the right direction.

I thought I had dilated a bit because last week there was times I sat down that I needed to readjust and sit down again because it didn't feel right. I know that sounds funny but its true.
I am going to the bathroom more and more. I get really hungry but then I can't eat that much because I feel I don't have that much room.

The whole family toured Bergan Mercy Hospital on Sunday. It is brand new and nice but kinda sad that isn't not familiar. That is where I birthed my other 3. I didn't know if we should choose Bergan again or go to Lakeside because it is closer to where we live now.

So today, I asked Dr Cote, What he thought about the hospitals. He told me the major difference was the level 3 NICU at Bergan and Lakeside had a level 2 but I didn't need the higher level since I was 35 wks. He really wants to be at the delivery so he suggested I go to whichever hospital is closer on what day he is at that particular office.

After the apt, my mom and I toured the Lakeside Hospital. It was nice and felt like Bergan but on a much smaller scale and it is a lot closer to home. Jeremy/daddy is nervous that we won't make it to the hospital. I am glad I toured both and feel comfortable if I had to deliver at either one.

I also like that the hospitals have change their policy and leave the baby in the room. They no longer take the baby out of the room to bath it and give it shots right away. They wait several hours now. Yea!!!

I need to get clothes, blankets and such out and washed. I can't believe in a month Anna will be here. 124 1/2

Starting to get excited....

I just made dr appointments for the next several weeks (up until week 38). I didn't make a week 39 appointment because I usually end up cancelling it. Hopefully I didn't jinx myself by not making one this time around.

Feeling big but doing well. Making lots of trips to the bathroom again. I am starting to get things lined up in my mind and soon will be doing it in real time. Can hardly wait for Wednesday for another ultrasound which will hopefully be the last.

40 days or less-WOW!

I am started to get excited and a little nervous. I can't wait to meet Anna face to face. I have had a lower backache for the past week. At night, I just want a long back rub. Sometimes I have leg aches too. She has been jabbing me hard and it hurts. But I am glad she is still moving around.

I wrote a little list of things needed and got the car seat and will hopefully get the stroller on Saturday (getting off of Craigslist). The little things I will probably get at the end of the month.

When I say I have 6 weeks left it seems a little long but for some reason when I say 40 days is seems quicker. Odd I know.

And now EVERYONE asks when I am due. LOL

Another dummy check yesterday-33 wks

I had the routine weight, blood pressure, sample, belly measurement and heart beat check (160 bpm). I am measuring small but that is not usual for me. I usually catch up or measure small on the outside and baby is fine on the inside. I have another ultrasound in 2 weeks, which hopefully will be the last.

It's hard to believe after the next appointment, I will start going every week. Also, I will start the internal checks too.

Anna has been really active lately. Sometimes it hurts. I don't know if she is pushing out her heel or fist but ouch! I think she has turned (fingers crossed). She had hiccups the other night and again I felt it in the lower part of my belly.

My lower belly has been sore the past week and I have been tired. My hips are sore in the morning too. I am feeling like a BIG whale. It is hot outside and very humid which probably doesn't help. I feel out of breath after climbing lots of stairs. Ugh, I am out of shape. I really miss the water aerobics. I took the class with every pregnancy except for this one. =(

Yesterday and today I have had some weird tingling/pain in my lower belly/pelvic area. Who knows? I hope its her head hitting my pelvic area in the wrong way???

We still haven't decided the middle name or should I say I haven't. Jeremy has his mind set on Joy. I still don't know if I love it? I even had my first dream about it. In my dream, Anna arrived and my mom made a artsy picture with the initials AJ. I got upset said, "Mom, I don't know if that is the middle name?". I saw Anna in the dream and she was long and had dark hair.

I told Jeremy about the dream and he said, "See its a sign." LOL
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Sore

So over the weekend my lower belly really hurt. It was so sore. I bet Anna was growing. My hips have hurt today and yesterday. I have started to get up several times in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. As my sister says its all about preparing me to get up with the baby several times. I am getting uncomfortable and feeling big. I know I still have a way to go. Trying to savor the end.

Another Dr apt

Nothing exciting just the routine: sample, weight check, blood pressure, heart beat (160 bpm) and measurement. Everything is good. Today it is super hot outside. I am feeling very BIG and tired. I am hoping that Anna is turning because she does these weird side ways things. The past two days she sometimes seems like she is stretching sideways because my stomach is stretched funny. Also I have been having a lot more kicks (or so I hope) higher. Hopefully its not her fist. She really likes the left side. Next apt in 2 weeks. Ultrasound in 4 weeks.

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Mommy, Daddy, and Anna

These pics were taken on our Anniversary and I was 28 wks along.