1st Pregnancy: Week 33 (Week of May 10)

Everything continues to go good. Had my monthly ultrasound on Thursday, May 14th and Parker’s doing good. He’s 5lbs 10oz, which is about a 2lb increase from last month. Plus, the ultrasound technician told me that it looks like he has a good amount of hair too! Jeff and I are both getting to the point now where we just want to see the little guy - and we really don’t have much longer to go before we do!

Here’s a link to an article on what’s happening with the baby and I: Week33

Below are our newest ultrasound photos (they’re getting a little harder to make out now):

1st Pregnancy: Week 32 (Week of May 3)

I know that I’ve been slacking on keeping everyone apprised to our weekly status updates - so, I’m going to attempt to get back on track now.

Everything’s been going okay. Monday (May 4th) we had to make a trip into the ER at 4:30am because I was have back pains between my shoulder blades and tightness across my upper stomach. It had woken me from a dead sleep at 3am and I wasn’t sure if it was pre-term labor or something else. So, I called the emergency doctor’s line and the on-call doctor told me to go ahead and go into the ER - he wasn’t sure if it was contractions or a possible gall bladder problem. So, I woke Jeff up and we headed in. They hooked me up to monitors for about an 1 1/2. Parker was doing great - no contractions. So, they said it could be a possible gall bladder problem and I could wait for a room there or call my doctor and have an outpatient procedure scheduled. I opted for calling the doctor - I’d rather be uncomfortable at home than at the hospital.

So, we went home, still in pain. I tried to get some sleep but was impossible to do until the pain went away around 10 - 11am. Then I slept for the remainder of the day. Haven’t had a problem since. I went in this morning (Thurs, May 7th) for the gall bladder ultrasound and will probably get the results back next week (I had to fast for 12 hours to do that today).

Yesterday (Wed, May 6th) I had my normal OB appointment and everything looks good. He said that Parker had “popped” - meaning two weeks ago when they measured my stomach to this week he’s stretched up another 1 1/2 inches. He did a quick exam and said everything’s where it’s supposed to be (internally). I did ask again if they were planning on me having a normal labor or c-section and he said that right now they’re planning on a normal one. Unless the ultrasounds they watch show something different - they don’t see a need for a c-section…bummer!

I had my Grand Rapids baby shower last night (Wed, May 6th) - lots of fun. Just about 5 of us there, but it was nice to get to chat about each other’s experiences with kids. It’ll be fun watching the nursery fill up now!