37 Weeks

Here I am at 37 weeks, and ready to be done...almost. 

Spencer took a picture of me today, sorry for the blurriness of it all, and I do look like I have grown since the last picture I took at 34 weeks. The baby is probably between 7.5 lbs and 8 lbs. right now, and I still have two weeks to go. In fact, because I am having a repeat c-section, and he's on the bigger side they are going to have me go in to have the baby at 39 weeks!!! Which is two weeks away from today! I'm very excited about it, but know that these next two weeks are going to be hard still. 

For the past month my doctors have been keeping a close eye on this little man's growth and also my blood pressure. One appointment I was up to 150/110, but after a 10 minute rest I went down to 120/80. My normal is 110/70, so they have been concerned with it the past two weeks of having it at 120/90. So far, thankfully, I have not been diagnosed with preeclampsia (which is high blood pressure and could be bad for baby and I). I've gone to the hospital to do tests, I've had more blood drawn at the doctor's office, and everything comes back okay, it's just those darn numbers won't go down when they take the blood pressure. At least though, if anything does or did happen I'm close enough to the due date that having the baby would be no problem.

How is the little guy doing so far? GREAT! He moves constantly (not even kidding one bit, even at 3am and then continues for an hour of moving around), punching and kicking has not let up one bit, and so I'm pretty sure my insides are black and blue. He gets hiccups at least 3 times a day, and has steadily been growing. My belly has become a source of entertainment for me with the kicks and bulges coming out every which way. 

How is Spencer doing with all of this? Pretty good. He has been the most patient kid in the world this summer with a very pregnant mom not wanting to sit out in the hot sun (we try to get to the parks in the morning when it's not so hot), and we have played lots of games. He is getting excited and is always concerned if I feel pain of any kind (braxton hicks have also made their appearance). He's going to be an awesome big brother. 

So that is the update of the pregnancy. Next post will be more of the creativity of Spencer.