Well as of Friday I am officially 27 weeks. The last few weeks have been going very well. At 24 weeks I had a small incident of contractions and the Dr did a fetal fibronectin test. This test is to tell you if you have a chance of preterm labor or not. A negative test means that you won't go into the labor in the next 2/3 weeks and a positive test means that there is a chance you could go into preterm labor in the next 2/3 weeks. My test came back positive, which of course was scary, but my Dr. assured me the chances were low. She just said that we would need to be extra careful the rest of the pregnancy to monitor for contractions or preterm labor symptoms. Luckily, it has been about 3 weeks since the test and I haven't had anymore contractions (thank you Lord for answered prayers)! I am not on bedrest as my Dr. doesn't like to do bedrest unless absolutely necessary. I am very thankful for this because I would probably go CRAZY on bedrest and I really want to keep things as normal as possible for Emery. Due to my contractions and positive test, I wasn't able to travel down to Alabama for my shower that my family was throwing for me. I was really sad about not being able to go, but luckily my family is awesome and they all traveled up here and threw us a shower. We had such a great time! I have another shower coming up in April which I am excited about too!
How I've been feeling: Good, but big and emotional.. lol! I am already the size I was at about 36 weeks with Emery, which I should be since I am currently carrying about 4 lbs or a little more of baby! The last ultrasound (2 weeks ago) the babies were a little under 2 lbs each. I've been emotional because it is frustrating to me that I can not do everything I was doing before (I'm not on bedrest but there are certain household chores and things that I am not suppose to do) and it is hard nesting and not being able to mop my floors (I know, I am weird). haha! Plus on top of all of that Emery turns 2 next weekend and I just can't believe how big of a girl she has become. Those things coupled with knowing that soon it won't be just me and Emery makes me a big emotional mess some days, but I have been doing better the last few days with it.
What Emery thinks: Emery still occasionally talks or sings songs to my belly. She is fascinated by my belly button, which is almost an outie. She keeps pressing on it and laughing. She knows that I can't pick her up as much as I did before but has truly been wonderful and understanding of "momma's back hurting". Sometimes she will grab her back and say "my back hurting". I am guessing it is from seeing me do it. Another funny thing she did last week was while we were eating supper. I asked her if she would like more to eat or if she was all done. She looked at me then looked at my belly, pushed her stomach out as far as it would go and said "I all full" patting her belly. She is at such a fun age and I can't wait to see what she is like with the boys.
Cravings: I was craving steak or hamburgers for a while and learned that I am anemic. Once starting my extra iron supplements those cravings went away. While taking iron I am not suppose to eat dairy within a few hours of taking the pills so that it can absorb better, so of course, I started craving ice cream. I like ice cream, but have never craved it with either pregnancy until now. Go figure it would be when I can't have it as much. ;-) I still love cereal and apples with p.b. and I still eat either toast or a bagel with p.b. for breakfast many days. I also have added in oatmeal as a go to breakfast food.
The goal for these babies is to make it to May before delivery. If I make it all the way to May I will be at about 36 weeks which will be a much safer and healthier for everyone so please just pray that they will stay in there until then and that we won't have any other complications. Thank you!
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