Adventures at 30 weeks

I got my first glimpse of contractions this past Sat and Sun (nov. 23-24). All day on Sat. I kept having a few every hour, never had more than 3. But I did call the doctor (just in case) and she said if I get more than four to go into the hospital. Well at 10:30pm Sunday they started up pretty good and I was feeling 5-6 an hour. So mom and I trecked to the hospital. They hooked me up to a monitor to see if I was having contractions and how many. We were surprised when the nurse said they were coming every 2-6 min. Obviously I did not feel every one of those. I really only felt the "bigger" ones. They didn't hurt, just made me have to pee a lot. They also had a fetal heart monitor set up so they could see if the baby was fine. Of course she was perfect, except for the fact she kept kicking and moving and made it very difficult to keep her heart beat on the monitor. She is definately a mover, I personally think she was showing off but what do I know. But she was never under any stress or had any problems during the entire ordeal. They ended up giving me 3 shots of tributylene (I believe that is what they called it) to help stop the contractions. They also found that I have a bladder infection, and did you know that a bladder infection can cause contractions. Well I didn't and that is what caused all this fun. So they got them under control and mom and I were back home by 5am. I am now on antibiotics and am taking it easy for the rest of the day. Hopefully this will be the last adventure to the hospital until it is the real thing at 40 weeks!

29 weeks

We've made it to 29 weeks! I had an ultra sound on Sept 30th, baby weighed 1 lb 2 oz at that time. I had another one on Oct. 28 and she weighed 2 lbs 6oz, so she is right on track. Everything looks good and no worries yet. We are still going to have an ultra sound every month till she is born just to make sure she is still growing appropriately. Baby is kicking and moving all the time. She really doesn't care what time of day. She really likes to use my bladder as a trampoline (or it feels like it anyways). No one has actually been able to feel her move, since any time they put their hand on my stomache she stops moving (I think she is playing a game called let's make mommy a liar). Nana Dot is convinced that is the case:) Well, only 11 weeks to go and I am super excited, nervous, and every emotion in between. I can't wait to finally get to meet her!!

Tummy at 29 weeks

My stomache has started to "pop".