Last Doctors Appt

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Wow, I can’t believe I actually made it to every single one of my OB appointments. I am still pregnant. 39 weeks and 5 days.

I think my blood pressure was high again today. The nurse took it and didn’t tell me what it was- which she usually does- and then the doctor came in and took it again. The doctor has never done my blood pressure herself. Then she asked me if I had been having any headaches or seeing spots. I told her no, and she said that I was “okay” but that if I had anything like that I needed to go in to the hospital. This seems to be the theme of my appointments lately.

She also checked my cervix and I am now at 4 cm. Not much change from last week, but the good news is that she said even if I went to the hospital before my contractions were five minutes apart (she said like 5-7 mins or not completely consistent) that they wouldn’t send me home at this point.

I asked her to guess the baby’s size- and she said it was really just a guess and probably not very accurate but she guessed around 7 1/2 pounds. Yikes I don’t want a big baby! I was only 6 lbs 4 oz and I was hoping for a little girl more about that size. But that could be way off anyway.

She said she is still hoping I will go into labor this weekend but if not, I’ll definitely have a baby on Monday! I am glad I am making such a good snuggly home for Bailey but I wish she didn’t like it in there QUITE so much!

Other than that, I am just having a little more back pain than usual, and trouble sleeping because of being uncomfortable. I wake up about every half hour until about 5 a.m. and then I manage to get about three hours straight where I can sleep. That’s been the pattern for the past few nights. The reason I wake up is because my back and hips are in pain and I have to turn over- but then of course I have to pee while I’m up too- but I always fall right back asleep.

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7 Comments so far

Angela on April 12, 2007 6:09 pm
Oh, man. I remember this stage of the game.

I went into labor with my first baby on the day before I was scheduled for a c-section (she was a ten pounder). I went into labor with my second baby twelve hours before she was to be delivered via c-section. It was almost like they knew it was almost time to come out!

Good luck to you!
Karaoke Diva on April 12, 2007 6:31 pm
7 1/2 pounds is NOT big. A friend from work recently gave birth to an 11 pound girl. Count your blessings!
Anonymous on April 12, 2007 9:14 pm
My first daughter was 7 pounds, 8 ounces when she was born and premie size clothes fit her perfectly when she came home.
tubelessstl on April 13, 2007 2:46 am
I hope the next post from you is with bailey in arms! I too don’t think 7.5 lb baby is big. I at St. John’s nursery last weekend to meet my new niece and the average size I saw was 8.5 -9.5 lbs. I even saw a 10.2 lb baby boy. Now that is BIG. Oh they were so cute though. Good luck this weekend with getting labor started.
Julie on April 13, 2007 2:15 pm
Any day now – how exciting !!!!

I deleted the other post because I said your first name and then wasn’t sure if you used it on the site.
Jenny on April 13, 2007 10:33 pm
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I am definitely not trying to get too worked up about having my little one early. I agree with you, I will miss being pregnant after she is here!

I will keep my fingers crossed for you and hope that this weekend is the lucky one for you!
Julie on April 14, 2007 1:51 am
Is your husband going to be able to take time off from work to help you with Bailey?