Hematologist appointment

I went to see Dr. Wittlinger today. First off, he is such a nice man. Really enjoyed my visit with him. Well, first thing they did when I got there was to draw my labs. It's kinda nice that they have their own lab right there. Good news is my hemoglobin went up from 6.8 to 7.5 in just a couple of weeks. Dr. W thinks that my body is finally starting to absorb all the iron I've been taking. He has decided not to treat me with transfusions (thank goodness!) and to just play the wait and see game. He will be checking my levels every 2 weeks til I deliver. If my hgb really drops, that's when we'll start thinking about blood transfusions but for right now, I'm just gonna keep taking my iron and hope for the best.

29 week belly

I'm thinking it's gonna be a big baby...or my uterus is huge. This belly looks like way more than 14lbs to me but I love it.

Crib and Glider!

Mike put everything together and it looks great! I also finished her comforter, I just need to get started on the bumpers. Of course, we had to see what Milo thought of the crib...not too pleased hahaha. We left the plastic on the glider so that the cats wouldn't get it all hairy while we wait for the new door to be put up.

28 week appointment

My appointment went well this morning. Dr. Swanson said that i am sailing through this pregnancy. I've gained another 4lbs. My blood pressure is still good. Baby and uterus are growing just right. She is nice and active with a good heart rate. I passed my glucose tolerance which means I am not diabetic (thank god!). Only thing is that even on all this Iron I'm taking, my hemoglobin went down some more. No wonder I've been feeling a bit more tired than usual these days! So the good doctor is sending me to see a hematologist to see what we can do to bring those numbers up. Otherwise, everything is going great.

Mike has set up the crib and we got a mattress. It looks beautiful! I will post pictures tomorrow. He is now setting up the glider and ottoman. Can't wait to see the finished product. If he is able to have it put together tonight, I will post pictures of it as well. I am still having a hard time finding some lamps for her room that I like and don't cost a fortune. I think I will check out bed bath and beyond and see if I find anything there.

4D ultrasound

We had our 4D ultrasound yesterday. At first I didn't really want to do it because I think they are a little creepy, but I really wanted to make sure that we were in fact having a girl and plus, it was another opportunity to take a peek at this beautiful little baby and to know that she is doing well. Well, it is 100% sure that it is a girl! Now I can start taking tags off of clothes and start washing them and putting them away. So excited!! Of course, being Mike and I's daughter, she would not cooperate for the ultrasound tech lady. All we wanted was a good picture of her face but nooooo, little miss kept putting her hands, arms, feet and sometimes all 4 limbs in front of her face. It was actually kinda funny. You could see the frustration in the tech's face hahaha. She did give us the money shot and we definitely saw vagina (she also showed us her butt crack which Mike thought was pretty funny). It was kinda cool to see her moving around, yawning, sucking and taping her little foot. She is quite bendy. Putting her legs on top of her head and wiggling her toes at the same time. It was really cute. So here are some of the pictures we were able to get. Hope you can figure out what's what. She has very chubby cheeks and likes to bury her face in her placenta. Don't forget that if you want to see the pictures a little bigger, just click on them!

25 week Belly!

Here you go...I know, it looks more like a 30week belly. I've had people say to me "Oh you are due any day now huh?" yeah, no, I'm barely passed the halfway mark, thanks.

25 weeks

I went to my OB appointment today. Again, everything is perfect. Blood pressure is textbook (120/70), baby has a great heart rate and moves around like crazy and I've only gained 2 pounds since the last appointment which apparently is just fine. So that's ten pounds total since the beginning of the pregnancy which baffles me because I feel huge and I'm eating constantly. I have a lot of small meals because this kid is already pretty long and she likes to hang out by my stomach so that I get full really fast (even faster than before). My uterus measures 28 weeks! I seriously think we are going to have a tall, lanky kid...just like her dad! The only concern my OB has is that my hemoglobin is low. Well, it's been low for the last at least 5 years. I usually run between 7 and 9 and it was 7.7 so of course, he put me on another different kind of iron and this one I have to take 3 times a day...crazy. I think I need to buy stock in colace from here on hahaha. So that's what's new. I will try to post belly pics tonight or tomorrow.