According to Baby Center... "Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies."
Melissa is hauling around approximately 10 pounds of baby. How amazing! We greet each week with a smile, as we know the longer they "incubate" the better off they will be... plus our nursery is not quite yet finished and we STILL haven't packed our hospital bags!
Yesterday we had our 34 week appointment, although we do not technically hit that milestone until tomorrow. The appointment again was filled with good news. Blood pressure was good, Melissa actually lost a pound, and we heard the vibrant heartbeats. Dr. Gibson checked her cervix and there is absolutely "nothing going on" as he put it. No sonogram. We are feeling a little supressed from sonograms, as we haven't had one for a month now! Usually we were getting them done once every 2-3 weeks!
On July 1st we will have our 35 week appointment and will finally get a sonogram to see how much the girls have progressed in a month. Melissa is feeling more movement on some days, then other days its as if they do nothing but sleep. This morning has been full of roley-poley with the girls. She enjoys feeling all of their amazing kicks, squirms, and somersaults.
Her only complaints these days... hip pain, back pain, lots of pressure on the groin area, and headaches have been popping in all of a sudden. It's all worth it though, right? :D
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
The Final Stretch Begins!
Today we had our 33 week appointment (2 days early) and again, we are blessed to have nothing but good news! The babies hearts were beating just perfectly and they like to keep their heads together! Now they are both sitting breech. They are always head-to-head, even when one is lying transverse. I think they are going to be the best of friends! We didn't get weights or measurements of the girls today because we didn't meet with the sonographer, nor will we next week. But just an update, on June 4th the girls weighed in at 3lbs. 9 oz. and 3lbs. 10 oz. Now we expect them to be somewhere over 4lbs. each. They are consistently gaining weight and we hope when they debut they will have a little meat on their bones and chubby little cheeks to kiss and squeeze :D
My blood pressure was a good reading again and my iron levels were right where they need to be! I have to thank my dear Matt for always making me cream of wheat in the morning and making me eat spinach and more leafy greens to get a good reading today! It worked and I think we make a pretty good team afterall.
We say the final stretch is beginning because Dr. Gibson says our goal is to stay pregnant for ONE MORE MONTH! That puts the babies at a happy, healthy 37 weeks. My goal is to keeping them in until 38 weeks, but we all know babies come at their timing! Each day I feel a little more prepared... but not quite there. We really need to start packing our hospital bags. Tonight we wrap up our 7 weeks of lamaze class! It will be nice to free up our Monday nights again, I have only caught one episode of "The Bachelorette!" We are busily finalizing the nursery as well and I hope to post pictures soon. This week we are expecting the dresser/changing table to be delivered on Thursday. We got our diaper bag in the mail this week and sweet Doug & Bree sent us our bumbo chairs!
I need to say a special thanks to a couple of friends and family members who have been keeping me sane while I spend more and more time at home on the couch... Mom, Grams, Pooky & kids, Bethany, and Caitlin you girls are wonderful and I appreciate the phone calls, books, messages, Farm Town fun, and I am looking forward to board game day! You are all so dear to me and I appreciate your concern and efforts at making me one fat happy momma :D
Summer is almost here! I hope we survive the heat!
My blood pressure was a good reading again and my iron levels were right where they need to be! I have to thank my dear Matt for always making me cream of wheat in the morning and making me eat spinach and more leafy greens to get a good reading today! It worked and I think we make a pretty good team afterall.
We say the final stretch is beginning because Dr. Gibson says our goal is to stay pregnant for ONE MORE MONTH! That puts the babies at a happy, healthy 37 weeks. My goal is to keeping them in until 38 weeks, but we all know babies come at their timing! Each day I feel a little more prepared... but not quite there. We really need to start packing our hospital bags. Tonight we wrap up our 7 weeks of lamaze class! It will be nice to free up our Monday nights again, I have only caught one episode of "The Bachelorette!" We are busily finalizing the nursery as well and I hope to post pictures soon. This week we are expecting the dresser/changing table to be delivered on Thursday. We got our diaper bag in the mail this week and sweet Doug & Bree sent us our bumbo chairs!
I need to say a special thanks to a couple of friends and family members who have been keeping me sane while I spend more and more time at home on the couch... Mom, Grams, Pooky & kids, Bethany, and Caitlin you girls are wonderful and I appreciate the phone calls, books, messages, Farm Town fun, and I am looking forward to board game day! You are all so dear to me and I appreciate your concern and efforts at making me one fat happy momma :D
Summer is almost here! I hope we survive the heat!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
