35 Week Doctor's Appointment

Today was my 35 week appointment. NST & blood pressure both looked good. Had my Group B strep test and will get the results next week. I am now 1.5 to 2 cm dilated which she said is great news.

Dr. Richter said one of three things could happen:
1. I go in to labor on my own some time within the next 3 weeks
2. I go to my next doctor's visit and my blood pressure spikes so they admit me
-or-
3. She induces me on Monday February 8th

Either way Ethan will be here within the next 21 days!!! We are so anxious to meet the little guy, but we are hopefully he will hang in there at least until February gets here.

Drew got the carseat installed today and hopes to get it inspected next week. Then this Thursday we meet with the pediatrician. My last ultrasound for sizing the bay is Friday afternoon. It looks like this week may be a little bit more laid back, so hopefully we can relax a bit.

31 week Doctor's Visit

This morning I had my 31 week doctor's appointment. I didn't get to see her 2 weeks ago because she was delivering 3 babies that afternoon so I only saw my nurse. This week we finally got to go over the results from my last ultrasound which was Thanksgiving week lol. Back then he was 2.5 lbs and in the 57th percentile. She said everything looked great except he had a "big head". Oh joy! Perhaps I should start re-thinking how long I intend to hold off on the epidural. She said, "I knew you would be excited to hear that." Cruel doctors lol.

The results from my gestational diabetes test & anemia test were great, and I was measuring exactly 31 weeks according to fundal height.

Blood pressure's looking good too but she wants to go ahead and start my weekly appointments with NSTs (non-stress tests) next week. She says it's probably overkill since my meds are keeping everything in check but she'd rather be 100% certain that little Ethan is healthy than take a chance.

I can't believe I'm now on weekly appointments! It is becoming so real. Next week I have another ultrasound to check on his latest progress. I'm excited to see how much he's grown in the last month.

21 week Ultrasound

Today Drew, YaYa & I went to get my 2o week Level-2 ultrasound. I was actually 21 weeks because I had a holiday from work today, so I decided to not take time off for work and just wait a week. I mean there was no big rush since we already knew it was a boy. This ultrasound took a really long time because they were measuring all sorts of things. We got to spend about an hour looking at him, and got lots of pictures too! He was such a good boy during the exam and stayed still when she was trying to measure for the most part, but he also did his fair share of wiggling around too. YaYa swears he waved to her at one point. The funniest part was when he all of a sudden kicked one of his legs up high in the air by his head. We all started laughing. Next Monday I go to my doctor and she will go over all the findings with me, but from what I could tell everything looked great!

After our busy morning, I went shopping at the mall with YaYa. She bought Ethan a few more things, and I picked up a baby book. Then we had lunch at Cheesecake Factory. Ethan got really jumpy after our red velvet cheesecake. Can we say sugar high? Once I got home, Drew & I drove out to USA Baby and put some more money down on the crib. Only $250 left 'til we get to bring the crib & mattress home. Then the nursery will be complete minus a lamp and the baby of course. :) All in all, it was a very productive day. Now I'm exhausted!

It's a Boy!!!!!

Today we went back to the Center for Medical Genetics for our gender confirmation ultrasound. It was a very quick ultrasound very early in the morning. Both the Jack or Jill test and the ultrasound said boy. We are so excited.! We've decided to name Tic Tac Ethan Gregory McNamee. He was very calm today and didn't really want to let us see him doing much more than sleeping. Once again he had the hiccups and a fist up by his face. A future boxer maybe?

Doctor's Appointment

Today I had another visit with Dr. Richter. Everything is going perfectly so far. We were even able to pick up the baby's heart rate with the doppler. She said she could even hear him wiggling around.

Tests, Tests & More Tests

Today was a big day for us. We had our appointment at the Center for Medical Genetics for our first trimester screening. This test involved an ultrasound where they looked at the babies neck and nasal bone looking for characteristics of Down's syndrome as well as blood work that screened for Trisomies 18 & 21 as well as cystic fibrosis. The ultrasound part was pretty fun because it was long and thorough. We got to see Tic Tac bouncing up and down with hiccups and even trying to put a fist in his mouth. The baby is starting to take shape & is 6.58 cm long.

We met with the genetic counselor after the ultrasound, and she told us that the baby looked really good. It would be a week before we were able to get the results of the blood work back though.

They also offered us a free Jack or Jill gender determination test, so of course we took it. We'll know in a week the sex of our child, hopefully. :)

Another Doctor's Visit

Today I went in to see Dr. Richter for my well-woman exam & to take care of all my blood work. She tried to pick up the baby's heartbeat using the doppler, but she said he was still too tiny to hear it. She did another quick ultrasound instead. I was pretty happy because it meant I got to see Tic Tac again. I was measuring right at 10 weeks 2 days.