Yesterday's DR Appt

Well, I lost a lb. Kind of abnormal for this point in pregnancy. The nurse said I will be below my pre pregnancy weight once I deliver because I've essentially lost weight this pregnancy. I've only gained a total of 6 lbs now and the baby and everything else is well over that. You have the amniotic fluid to account for, the extra blood, the placenta and of course the baby.

The heartbeat was in the 170s. It is all over the place with this one! The boys were both always in the 150s or 170s. This one will be at 130 one week and 170 the next. When the nurse was looking at my belly she could see what was obviously the little hiney poking up. This is so typical for this baby. Its always poking something out and making me all lop sided. And it HURTS too!

My urine sample said I was a little dehydrated. So, thats my mission for the week is to drink, drink, drink...water of course :)

Dr. U measured my tummy and it should measure the same as how far along you are. At my last app I was 34 weeks along and I measured a 34. At this appt I was 36 weeks along and I measured at 38! This really surpised me. That means that my tummy has grown 4 inches in the last 2 weeks!! I think its inches. I guess it could be centimeters though. Its not actually my tummy that is growing its my uterus that they are measuring. He wasn't too concerned though. He said it could just be that the baby was stretching at the time. But we will evaluate it next week. Yes, I'm down to the once a week appointments now! I really hope that the baby was just stretching and this isn't a sign that I'm going to have a "Jumbo" baby as the nurse put it.

So, basically everything is right on track. Dr. U won't check me at my next appt but at the one after. Thats the one I'm waiting for. I wanna know if I'm dilating or thinning out. The time is getting close!