Time flies when you're having fun! Okay, maybe not all fun but it has certainly gone by fast and here I am again with another bi-weekly update and nearing the 29 week mark!! There really isn't a whole lot to update on outside the of the increasing activity of B2K and Jay's obsession with touching my belly like I am a troll doll! But it is great to watch him have so much fun with it. He loves the night time when she is kicking and I am laying against his back (as close as I can without my protrusion getting in the way) but he just likes feeling her not me : )We had a doctor's appointment this morning. First of all, the glucose syrup stuff that we have to drink is horrendous! But I got it down and we got to do an ultrasound where the tech took 3D pictures of B2K's face for us. She was as stubborn as the last time and would not move her arm from the right side of her face but she did show us a big stretch then a "thumbs up" to assure us everything was fine! Her heart rate was 143 bpm and she is sitting breech right now; of course not concerning to them this early and still plenty of time for her to get turned around on her own. There were a couple of tiny things that they mentioned that they will monitor with another u/s at 36 weeks but nothing they are the least bit concerned about right now and nothing that I can do to "correct" either of them. First, my amniotic fluid levels are a little bit higher than they like and called it a mild case of....polyhydramnios...(which of course when looking it up to find out the word could cause anyone to become panicked about it!). Secondly, quoting the doctor, "she's a little on the big side"...they are approximating her weight to be about 3 1/2 pounds already and measuring at about 30w1d according to the measurements. But the physician assistant insisted that neither of these things are anything that they are concerned with or worrisome and they will probably do another u/s at about 36 weeks to check things out again and we will go from there. Otherwise, nothing outside the pleasure of getting to see Miss Baby and another assurance that things are moving along well.
Life, in other terms, is as busy as ever. We have not been home without something to do on a weekend for several weeks now so trying to get things done in between everything else going on has become quite the challenge but we are getting there. I am not in stress out mode (yet). After beginning to put baby clothes away last week, I am will have to quietly agree with Jay that maybe I should stop buying for B2K for a little while but in the same breathe I realize that she will go through a lot of clothes between feedings and spit ups, so then I justify it for a little while! I think I am trying to spread out the nursery process so when it's done, it's done...so I don't have a bunch of time to debate about what to do with something and think about changing it up! Most people know that I am notorious for that! But things are slowly coming together. We have bought our travel system so we have our stroller and car seat with bases. My sweet friends, Katie and Sabrina, are throwing me my first baby shower in a week, June 11th. Planning this, in addition to their own busy lives, is incredibly thoughtful and I look forward to seeing everyone that can make it! Then the following week, June 15th, is a baby shower from my work. So more things for B2K to begin staking her claim to the Kern Household before she is even here : )
Back to life in other terms...we have 5 birthday parties to celebrate in the next few weeks. Our nephew, Alexander just turned 5 May 27th so we will be celebrating that this weekend. We get to celebrate our god-daughter's 1st birthday on her half birthday (after all, it's not fair for a sweet little girl to have to share her birthday with Christmas!) So we will get to celebrate her first birthday on June 18th. Then our other nephew, Brady, will turn 3 on June 27th...in between those two, our good friends Nick and Sabrina's daughter, Brylee, turns 2 on June 24th celebrating that Saturday. Finally, our last nephew will turn 6 on July 22nd and that will wrap up our summer birthday celebrations until B2K arrives and adds to them!! Outside of that, Jay has a race in Blue Earth, MN (on the same day as Mia's birthday party....no good!!!) that he will be attending. With the status of his work we weren't sure if that was going to be possible but things are starting to look up a little bit on that front so hopefully he will be back to work full time and be able to go to this race at least since the rest of the races for the year are very much in the air (July 30th, August 16th, September 3rd....ha!) And in between, keep treking on getting stuff done and ready to go!
28 weeks (plus 5 days) down...less than 12 to go!!
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