Elise's heart beat was 147 bpm. She is still laying sideways in my belly. My doctor was very reassuring that she will move to the proper position soon and said he suspects she'll be head down at our next appointment. He went on to explain that since I've already had a child and he was head down that tells us my uterus can allow for it and isn't a strange shape. He also said that if she's not head down within a month, statistically speaking, it's pretty unlikely that she'll move. I asked if it is possible to deliver vaginally if she's breech. He said it is physically possible, but is dangerous and he won't do it. I'm actually a smidgeon glad he said that because everything I read online made me feel like it wasn't a good idea to attempt a vaginal delivery if she's breech because of the complications that can arise. Knowing it's not an option keeps me from fretting too much about the decision. The doctor also said that Elise is definitely a girl and showed us her girl parts. It's nice to have confirmation from 5 different ultrasounds that I haven't wasted clothes by washing them already!
I never got a call about my glucose test so I assumed I had passed. During the appointment our doctor said he'd double check and let us know. It wasn't until after I pulled out of the parking lot and was headed to run that I realized he hadn't. I called the office, but their office hours ended at 4:30 and it was almost 5:00. So I called today and received official word that I passed. My blood glucose level was 81 and with Carter it was 98. I was surprised I did so much better this time since I was more worried about it. I've gained more weight this time and I ate an orange right before drinking the orange drink and scored better. Great news for me!
January 27, 2015
Baby's Size:
Baby should be around 16 inches long and weigh almost 3 pounds! Her eyesight is continuing to develop, but it's still not very good. She's also now strong enough to grasp a finger!
Weight Gain: I'm up 24 pounds. That means I gained 3 pounds in the last 2 weeks which I'm looking at positively. That means rather than gaining 2 pounds a week like I had been, I've slowed down to 1.5 pounds per week. I'm hoping it continues to taper off some more. I remember with Carter I stopped gaining as much weight at the end and even had a few weeks where I didn't gain anything. It was so nice to have a week away from the scale and really gave me a better mindset when I stepped on today, so I'm going to skip weighing in again next week.
Maternity Clothes: I now have enough long sleeved maternity tops, thanks mostly to my mom, that I'm wearing only maternity tops now. I'd hate to see what those long sleeved non-maternity tops I had been wearing look like now. Today it got up to 70 degrees so I wore one of the oversized non-maternity tops my mom bought me at the beginning of the pregnancy. It was a medium and still fit, I was shocked! On cold running days I've switched over to wearing my yoga pants most days because the band of my tights are tight enough they cause me to have lots of Braxton Hicks contractions while I run.
Sleep: Still sleeping really well, thanks to my body pillow! I had a few nights where I only woke up once or twice and then others where I was up 3-4 times. We visited my best friend Ang and her guest bed was memory foam. I was panting after rolling over in the bed and got Ty laughing pretty hard when I told him I felt like a beached whale trying to navigate through sand.
Symptoms: Braxton Hicks contractions are becoming more regular. I tend to have one or 2 a day. When I have more than one in a day they are always spaced out. That's just counting the contractions I have throughout my day, not the ones I have on runs. I tend to have more while I'm running. We figured out last week with our trip to Ty's parents' house that I get car sick in the back seat of the car. We traveled 6 hours to visit Ang this weekend so Ty sat in the back with Carter to entertain him for part of the time while I drove. We decided to try switching part-way through and I didn't feel nearly as badly as I had before. We realized that I get really car sick in the back seat right after I've eaten and otherwise just feel a little bit sick. We typically leave for a drive right after lunch during Carter's naptime and that's why I was having so much trouble with nausea. My back was pretty sore this weekend after all the time in the car, but is back to normal already. Skippy has been all over me this week. When I was pregnant with Carter he was constantly on me instead of Ty (who is his ultimate favorite). This time around he hasn't done that at all and we have been joking it's because he realized last time ended with a baby and he didn't like it.
Running: My weekly mileage was 10 miles. This week I stuck with 2 mile runs again. I've started having a decent amount of Braxton Hicks contractions on runs. Some of it might be in part due to clothing I wear because some days I don't have any and other days they're bad enough I'm tempted to walk. My form still feels normal and I feel pretty good running. When I run without the stroller I feel a bit more off than usual. I've slowed down a lot this week. I had a couple days where I ran just under 10 minute miles and then others where I was pushing 11 minute miles. I've discovered that ignorance is bliss. Yesterday I was running along feeling pretty awesome. I was excited my belly didn't feel too big and I even felt like I was running a decent pace. Then I looked over and saw my shadow moving along at a much slower pace than I felt like I was going and with a huge belly leading the way! No more looking at my shadow during runs!
Food Cravings: Nothing that I can think of. I wasn't quite as hungry as I had been.
Food Aversions: Smoked foods.
Movement: She's still moving quite a bit. Last week she was doing some crazy huge movements that I was hoping meant she was going to assume the head down position. But then this week I was feeling her moving around in the same places I had been feeling her, so I wasn't too optimistic that she had shifted. At our appointment on Monday the doctor said I'll know when she's moved. So here's to hoping it happens in the next couple weeks!
Best Moment of the Week: On our drive back from Ang's house I was looking at my calendar on my phone to see what we had coming up in the next few weeks. That's when it hit me how soon Elise will be here! I was looking at the month of February and then moved on to March and when I hit April I saw where I'd added Elise's due date. It's crazy to think if this were Carter, we'd be meeting our new baby in a month and a half!!!! I'm hoping she goes longer than that, but even then we could be seeing her in 2 or 2 and a half months.
Currently Loving: How great I feel. I am still in awe of how easy this pregnancy has been. I'm not too sore and I'm not too tired. I'm sure I'm waddling, but I don't feel like it. I'm not sure if I have Elise's sideways positioning to thank for that or what, but it has been nice!
Miss Anything: Nope!
What Big Brother is Up to This Week: This weekend we went to visit my best friend Ang. It was so adorable to hear Carter say "Auntie Ang". He sure loves his aunties!!! She has a rabbit named Hopkins and Carter absolutely loved him. Ang's husband, Kelson, earned major points with Carter for letting him feed Hopkins. He didn't want to get too close and would stand a decent distance away and throw the food in front of Hopkins. We went to 2 different parks and Carter was spoiled with books from Ang as well as her mom. When he first saw Ang's dad he started calling him "Papa". It was very sweet. We had a wonderful weekend! Carter was also a dream during our 12 total hours in the car. On the way there he started getting fussy toward the end and watched about an hour of The Jungle Book on our tablet, but on the ride back he did wonderfully and we didn't use the tablet at all. I think the difference was that on the way there he woke up after only an hour nap due to driving through a small town with stoplights and on the way home he got in a 2 hour nap. We were also past dinnertime arriving on Friday which made him a bit grumpy. Taking our pictures was hilarious. Ty was working on fixing the plumbing on our kitchen sink. Carter saw me getting the chalkboard ready and asked me if we were taking pictures. I told him yes and asked him to go tell daddy picture time. I heard him walk in and excitedly yell "Daddy pictures!" over and over. Ty didn't realize what he meant so I went in and got him. Carter ran to take pictures and even said cheese. Then when I switched to the front view from the side view Carter reached up and held my hand. It was so sweet! Week 30 Bumpdate with Carter.
Weight Gain: I'm up 24 pounds. That means I gained 3 pounds in the last 2 weeks which I'm looking at positively. That means rather than gaining 2 pounds a week like I had been, I've slowed down to 1.5 pounds per week. I'm hoping it continues to taper off some more. I remember with Carter I stopped gaining as much weight at the end and even had a few weeks where I didn't gain anything. It was so nice to have a week away from the scale and really gave me a better mindset when I stepped on today, so I'm going to skip weighing in again next week.
Maternity Clothes: I now have enough long sleeved maternity tops, thanks mostly to my mom, that I'm wearing only maternity tops now. I'd hate to see what those long sleeved non-maternity tops I had been wearing look like now. Today it got up to 70 degrees so I wore one of the oversized non-maternity tops my mom bought me at the beginning of the pregnancy. It was a medium and still fit, I was shocked! On cold running days I've switched over to wearing my yoga pants most days because the band of my tights are tight enough they cause me to have lots of Braxton Hicks contractions while I run.
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| So excited it still fits!!!! |
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| It even looks like a maternity top! |
Sleep: Still sleeping really well, thanks to my body pillow! I had a few nights where I only woke up once or twice and then others where I was up 3-4 times. We visited my best friend Ang and her guest bed was memory foam. I was panting after rolling over in the bed and got Ty laughing pretty hard when I told him I felt like a beached whale trying to navigate through sand.
Symptoms: Braxton Hicks contractions are becoming more regular. I tend to have one or 2 a day. When I have more than one in a day they are always spaced out. That's just counting the contractions I have throughout my day, not the ones I have on runs. I tend to have more while I'm running. We figured out last week with our trip to Ty's parents' house that I get car sick in the back seat of the car. We traveled 6 hours to visit Ang this weekend so Ty sat in the back with Carter to entertain him for part of the time while I drove. We decided to try switching part-way through and I didn't feel nearly as badly as I had before. We realized that I get really car sick in the back seat right after I've eaten and otherwise just feel a little bit sick. We typically leave for a drive right after lunch during Carter's naptime and that's why I was having so much trouble with nausea. My back was pretty sore this weekend after all the time in the car, but is back to normal already. Skippy has been all over me this week. When I was pregnant with Carter he was constantly on me instead of Ty (who is his ultimate favorite). This time around he hasn't done that at all and we have been joking it's because he realized last time ended with a baby and he didn't like it.
Running: My weekly mileage was 10 miles. This week I stuck with 2 mile runs again. I've started having a decent amount of Braxton Hicks contractions on runs. Some of it might be in part due to clothing I wear because some days I don't have any and other days they're bad enough I'm tempted to walk. My form still feels normal and I feel pretty good running. When I run without the stroller I feel a bit more off than usual. I've slowed down a lot this week. I had a couple days where I ran just under 10 minute miles and then others where I was pushing 11 minute miles. I've discovered that ignorance is bliss. Yesterday I was running along feeling pretty awesome. I was excited my belly didn't feel too big and I even felt like I was running a decent pace. Then I looked over and saw my shadow moving along at a much slower pace than I felt like I was going and with a huge belly leading the way! No more looking at my shadow during runs!
Food Cravings: Nothing that I can think of. I wasn't quite as hungry as I had been.
Food Aversions: Smoked foods.
Movement: She's still moving quite a bit. Last week she was doing some crazy huge movements that I was hoping meant she was going to assume the head down position. But then this week I was feeling her moving around in the same places I had been feeling her, so I wasn't too optimistic that she had shifted. At our appointment on Monday the doctor said I'll know when she's moved. So here's to hoping it happens in the next couple weeks!
Best Moment of the Week: On our drive back from Ang's house I was looking at my calendar on my phone to see what we had coming up in the next few weeks. That's when it hit me how soon Elise will be here! I was looking at the month of February and then moved on to March and when I hit April I saw where I'd added Elise's due date. It's crazy to think if this were Carter, we'd be meeting our new baby in a month and a half!!!! I'm hoping she goes longer than that, but even then we could be seeing her in 2 or 2 and a half months.
Currently Loving: How great I feel. I am still in awe of how easy this pregnancy has been. I'm not too sore and I'm not too tired. I'm sure I'm waddling, but I don't feel like it. I'm not sure if I have Elise's sideways positioning to thank for that or what, but it has been nice!
What Big Brother is Up to This Week: This weekend we went to visit my best friend Ang. It was so adorable to hear Carter say "Auntie Ang". He sure loves his aunties!!! She has a rabbit named Hopkins and Carter absolutely loved him. Ang's husband, Kelson, earned major points with Carter for letting him feed Hopkins. He didn't want to get too close and would stand a decent distance away and throw the food in front of Hopkins. We went to 2 different parks and Carter was spoiled with books from Ang as well as her mom. When he first saw Ang's dad he started calling him "Papa". It was very sweet. We had a wonderful weekend! Carter was also a dream during our 12 total hours in the car. On the way there he started getting fussy toward the end and watched about an hour of The Jungle Book on our tablet, but on the ride back he did wonderfully and we didn't use the tablet at all. I think the difference was that on the way there he woke up after only an hour nap due to driving through a small town with stoplights and on the way home he got in a 2 hour nap. We were also past dinnertime arriving on Friday which made him a bit grumpy. Taking our pictures was hilarious. Ty was working on fixing the plumbing on our kitchen sink. Carter saw me getting the chalkboard ready and asked me if we were taking pictures. I told him yes and asked him to go tell daddy picture time. I heard him walk in and excitedly yell "Daddy pictures!" over and over. Ty didn't realize what he meant so I went in and got him. Carter ran to take pictures and even said cheese. Then when I switched to the front view from the side view Carter reached up and held my hand. It was so sweet! Week 30 Bumpdate with Carter.
What a sweet boy, calling Ty for pictures.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I still had the chalkboard sitting there so he stood by it and called for Ty saying "Daddy pictures!" It was very cute!
DeleteIgnorance is total bliss when it comes to pregnant and postpartum running! I still don't wear my Garmin when I take the dualie because I figure I'm doing well just by pushing that! It's so exciting that you're nearing the end!
ReplyDeleteSo true! My old Garmin officially died while I was pregnant with Carter and I'm starting to think that was a good thing! I'm so bad about taking off for a run and then decided to go a different way, that I'm always using mine so I know distance. Otherwise I wouldn't use it, it's just demoralizing!
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