Holy Moly, I am 8 months pregnant today!!!!!! My Gawd, I do feel like this pregnancy has flown by, although at the same time I feel like Ive been pregnant fooooreeeeeever!!!!!
I PASSED MY GLUCOSE TEST!!!!!!! No gestational diabetes for me whoop whoop!!!!!!!!! The test itself was as difficult as I thought it would be. Although drinking the sugar stuff too bad. I chugged it and didnt even feel like it was gonna come up. In fact it wasnt until the second blood draw that I started to feel like throwing up. But, by the end of that hour, I started feeling horrible. Nauseated, dizzy, light headed. Ugh! The drive home, I had to pull over cuz I felt so bad. The rest of the evening I couldnt get over it. I struggled to eat up until bedtime. But, thankfully the next morning I felt much better. Im so glad I passed and never have to deal with that crap ever again!!!
When I hit 28 weeks, I started losing small pieces of my plug. It was a little earlier than with the other three pregnancies, but I didnt really trip. Just told my OB and she suggested I take it easy. Well then, when I hit 29 weeks, I felt a huge clump of something come out of my vagoogle and went to the bathroom. I was looking at what I think was the rest of my plug. It was a quarter size lump of mucus (sorry tmi) and I was shocked at how much it was. When I wiped there was some more on the tissue! I have never had that much come out at once with any of the other pregnancies. But, I monitored my bh contractions and never noticed anything so I didnt stress or anything. At my 30 week appt I let my OB know. Previously, that weekend I noticed that the pressure and pain in my pelvic area had increased but didnt pay attention until SIX different people told me that I had dropped. I had even noticed, while walking past my mirror that I could see that my belly was definitely lower. Grrrrreeeaaat. So, I let my OB know about that and the mucus plug incident and she immediately decided that I needed to take the fetal fibronectin test to see if Id go into labor within the next two weeks. If it came out positive then Id have to have steroid injections given to the baby. Im not comfortable with that at all! I never had a positive test with the other babies so was so hopeful the same for this time!
When I hit 28 weeks, I started losing small pieces of my plug. It was a little earlier than with the other three pregnancies, but I didnt really trip. Just told my OB and she suggested I take it easy. Well then, when I hit 29 weeks, I felt a huge clump of something come out of my vagoogle and went to the bathroom. I was looking at what I think was the rest of my plug. It was a quarter size lump of mucus (sorry tmi) and I was shocked at how much it was. When I wiped there was some more on the tissue! I have never had that much come out at once with any of the other pregnancies. But, I monitored my bh contractions and never noticed anything so I didnt stress or anything. At my 30 week appt I let my OB know. Previously, that weekend I noticed that the pressure and pain in my pelvic area had increased but didnt pay attention until SIX different people told me that I had dropped. I had even noticed, while walking past my mirror that I could see that my belly was definitely lower. Grrrrreeeaaat. So, I let my OB know about that and the mucus plug incident and she immediately decided that I needed to take the fetal fibronectin test to see if Id go into labor within the next two weeks. If it came out positive then Id have to have steroid injections given to the baby. Im not comfortable with that at all! I never had a positive test with the other babies so was so hopeful the same for this time!
Well, I had an appt today and I passed that test too!!!! Whoop!!!! No steroid shots for this baby!!!!!! I had an ultrasound on Friday and the baby is still looking good! He was moving alot and once again, showing out for the camera. He kept sticking his tongue in and out and waving lol. He's a cutie even in black and white, blurry and slightly distorted imaging! 
He is a bit over 4lbs so measuring as a little chunker. I wouldn't be inclined to believe that the ultrasounds provide an accurate enough weight if the last ultrasound I had with Anaiya, that also revealed she was weighing chunkier than expected, hadnt been accurate lol. Born at 37 weeks, she was 7lbs 3 0z. I cant imagine what she would have been had I made it to 40 weeks! So anyways this made the tech and my doc both confirm that he may try to come earlier. But, Im reaalllly thinking I can keep him in just like I did Anaiya. In fact, lately Ive been realizing that I really wouldnt be surprised if he was the first baby I carried to 40 weeks! LOL! Now, I would very much likely perish before I made it to 40 weeks, but its still a thought. I having decided that I cant go through these last few weeks of pregnancy worried about him coming early and spending time in the NICU and stuff. So, Im gonna continue trying to keep him in, but have 'fun' doing it..per se...
He is a bit over 4lbs so measuring as a little chunker. I wouldn't be inclined to believe that the ultrasounds provide an accurate enough weight if the last ultrasound I had with Anaiya, that also revealed she was weighing chunkier than expected, hadnt been accurate lol. Born at 37 weeks, she was 7lbs 3 0z. I cant imagine what she would have been had I made it to 40 weeks! So anyways this made the tech and my doc both confirm that he may try to come earlier. But, Im reaalllly thinking I can keep him in just like I did Anaiya. In fact, lately Ive been realizing that I really wouldnt be surprised if he was the first baby I carried to 40 weeks! LOL! Now, I would very much likely perish before I made it to 40 weeks, but its still a thought. I having decided that I cant go through these last few weeks of pregnancy worried about him coming early and spending time in the NICU and stuff. So, Im gonna continue trying to keep him in, but have 'fun' doing it..per se...
We have been working diligently on turning Tre's room into a shared newborn/ toddler room and its coming along soooo nicely! Im so incredibly excited about it! I cant believe that this baby is gonna be here in less than two months! Like I can actually say "He's due next month!" EEEk!!!!!!!
