I had my check-up yesterday....3cm, still 50-60% effaced, & baby's head is low. I could tell Dr. Ferreira was concerned though....he said the heart rate was 110-114 & it really should be above 120, which it DID come back up to in his office. He said it certainly can dip like that, but, just to be safe, he wanted to send me to the hospital for a stress test so that he could monitor the rate over a longer stretch of time to be sure things were normal.
He also wanted an ultrasound done....we were so excited to see the baby!!! Everything looked great to the ultrasound tech...it was hard for us to see much though, baby is so squished now! It's head was measuring small, but it's belly was measuring 41 weeks......reminds me of Emma, she had a big old belly at birth! The tech was also predicting an 8+ lb. baby....Dr. Ferreira said "no way there is 8 lbs. of baby in there".....hoping he's right!
The stress test was fine too, but since I had a few pretty strong & regular contractions while I was being monitored, the nurse got a little nervous, especially knowing we have an hour & 15 min. drive to the hospital. She called Dr. Ferreira & thankfully he said I could go home :) He's the best!!! So, we came home & the regular contractions fizzled.....another good night's sleep had :) I thought that would have been pretty neat to have Baby and I share our birthdays.....but I guess it has plans of it's own, possibly sharing with a cousin instead :) :) :)
Also, I've NEVER had dreams regarding the sex of any of our kids.....but Wednesday night, I dreamt we had a girl! It was so vivid....and actually shocking! Honestly, it just makes me think it's a boy for sure, cause with 3 out of 4 kids, my gut feeling has been completely WRONG!
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Happy Birthday Jenny! I called you last night but I know that you were probably BUSY! Just wanted you to know that I was thinking of you!
I am SOOOO glad to hear that everything went well at the stress test and ultrasound! I can't imagine what it would be like to see my baby right now in the womb. How neat!
David still can't believe that there is no babies yet for any of us. I hope you have your bag packed now!
It sounds like everything is going great. Can't wait to hear news of #5, I'm sure it's going to be very soon!
I'm so excited for you! Any day now it sounds like!
I am the same as you when it comes to the sex...I'm ALWAYS wrong!
It'll be exciting, boy or girl!
Nothing happenin' here Jen. Not even strong Braxton-Hicks today. Your little dream really has me thinking though. All along I have thought Ty is getting his brother. We'll see. Can't be long now!
Happy Belated Birthday! Sorry we can't add another family birthday to Feb. 26. oh well. I had a dream last night that you had the baby - a boy!! Hope all goes well!
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