Week 31 appointment

We had another doctors appointment last Wednesday. Everything keeps checking out the way it's suppose to. The baby's heart beat went back up to 156 bpm and Shelly's belly is up to 30 inches! The baby had an extremely active weekend kicking Shelly in the ribs and punching her bladder. She's still getting swollen feet after long days at work or trying to do to much around the house. She's loving her sexy new compression socks, they're nice and cool for the summer! She'll go back to the doctor again next Wednesday. She'll be 33 weeks along and just 7 weeks until the baby arrives.

We had our second baby class last Saturday. They went through all sorts of different labor positions that we can try ans see what works best for Shelly. Then they took us on a tour of the hospital and showed us where they'll take us when we get to the hospital, then the type of room we'll be transferred to after we're checked in and they've done a few check ups on Shelly and the baby. After the initial check in we'll be moved to a labor and delivery room. The best thing about these rooms was the lights they had pointing down at the bed. They had a little "remote" with a light at the end of it. The nurse will click it and the lights adjust themselves and point at the remote! No need for Shelly to be in the exact right spot on the table, the lights will adjust themselves. After the baby is delivered we'll stay in that room for a couple hours then be transferred to another room where we'll stay until they send us home. I think they said we'll only be there for 24 hours before they send us home to fend for ourselves!

Shelly's Belly Part 5!

Here's the fifth installment of Shelly's Belly! Her belly button has been stressing lately, threatening to pop out with any sudden movement. Every sneeze is an adventure.

Shelly's last doctors appointment was a couple weeks ago. Everything continues to check out good. The baby's heart beat was down to 146 bpm. At this appointment she had to do a glucose screening to test for gestational diabetes and have a RhoGam shot because of her blood type. She "passed" the glucose screening with no problems. Now that we're down to just two months before the baby is born Shelly has to go to the doctor every two weeks then in the last month every week.

Saturday was our first labor preparation class. We'll have another this Saturday with a newborn baby care class right after that. We did have to watch a semi-nasty video of a baby being born. They taught us a little about the labor process, when we need to go to the doctor, how to time the contractions. The mother in the video was the calmest lady I've ever seen. I don't think she screemed or grunted or made any noise throughout the entire delivery. At next weeks class we get to tour the hospital which should be interesting.

We're down to 54 days left! We have to count them manually now. The countdown clock on the blog kept defaulting to New Years Eve so we removed it.