Size of baby: a stalk of swiss chard, about 6 1/3 lbs and 19
inches long
Total Weight Gain: 29 lbs total
Continuing symptoms: Hands and feet are swollen. Hard to roll over from side to
side. Feeling huge. Going to the bathroom multiple times each night.
New symptoms this week: my feet are still very swollen, to the point of scary on
Saturday. Dr. told me on Monday that even my lower abdomen is swollen and the
only way to reduce and cure the swelling – have this baby.
Sleep: Not getting any. My body starts to hurt from forcing myself to
lay in bed for so long. My belly is huge and my body is swollen. Sleep is
something I crave but don’t get a lot of.
What I'm Eating: drinking a ton of water
Cravings: fruit smoothies.
Grandma gift this week: night gown for the hospital and
black fuzzy flip flop slippers for the hospital.
Special pregnancy moments: We went to our routine doctor’s appointment on
Monday and I measured 46 cm which is way too big for where I currently am. Dr.
Clayton told us that we needed to head to Fetal Monitoring that same day in an
hour for monitoring. I got my first pelvic exam only to find out that she is
too high and he was unable to tell if I have dilated or thinned at all. He
pretty much told me to prepare for a c-section since she is so big and I am too
small and he is concerned that if I had a natural delivery that I would be able
to deliver her head and have trouble with her body and she would get stuck in
the birth canal causing big problems. I get to go back to Fetal Monitoring on
Thursday and go 2x a week until she is born or until there is no more reason
for concern. My amniotic fluid level was 24.78, normal range from 9-25. My
fluid should be decreasing for as close as we are. Then on Thursday I went for another Fetal Monitoring
and my fluid level had decreased to 19. She was moving around a bump so the
nurse had a hard time catching just the amniotic fluid without her swishy it
around. I got to watch Baby Girl do her pretend practice breathing on the ultrasound
monitor, a good and healthy sign.
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