I'm Back!

I can't really remember the last time I blogged because it's been so long.  I'm back and have so much to catch up on.

I'm just about 30 weeks now!  I'm getting big and very uncomfortable.  I'm trying not to complain and be grateful for this experience, but it's so hard when I'm constantly in pain.  It's painful to walk and my legs and stomach are constantly cramping, not to mention my heartburn and acid reflux have been unbearable.  It's made holiday shopping a lot more difficult, but I'm surviving and so happy that I'm pregnant right now.

On a good note, the pregnancy is going very well.   And I'm not sure if I mentioned we are having a GIRL!  I've had, sorry I've lost exact count, approximately 16 ultrasounds or more.  Our baby girl  is growing appropriately and my cervix is holding up.  At my 29 week ultrasound, she weighed about 2 pounds 7 ounces and is measuring in the 40th percentile.  Pretty good for a bicornuate uterus!  She is breech at this time which is common with my condition, so I'm not too worried about it.  She may or may not flip head down, but she needs to soon if she's going to because she is running out of room.  We attempted a 3d ultrasound last week, but it was a complete fail.  Because of her frank breech position, they weren't able to see her face with her legs were up over her head, plus she had her head right on the placenta.  That was a little disappointing, but the most important thing right now is she is healthy! 

I also had my first baby shower 2 weeks ago!  It was a great time and I got so much stuff for the baby.  It was unbelievable.  Her nursery is almost complete now, before my 32 week target!  I keep having dreams that the baby is coming around 31 or 32 weeks.  Hopefully I'm wrong, but I keep having this feeling that she is coming early.  I had a goal that I wanted everything to be ready at 32 weeks.  I still have a few more things I need, but we are mostly ready :)

Lilly and me at 25 weeks.  Oh my!

16 Weeks and First Weekly Ultrasound

This past Wednesday was our first weekly cervical length ultrasound.  To our surprise, the doctor had also ordered a full scan of the baby.  We were excited to get to see the baby again. :) The baby was very active but she calmed down after awhile so we could get some good shots of her.  We could see her various organs in pretty good detail for a 2D ultrasound, including her kidneys, heart, brain, etc.  Chuck surprised me and showed up at the ultrasound.  It's difficult for him to be there every week because of where he is working right now, but it was a pleasant surprise to have him there to see the baby with me.  Everything looked good with my uterus, cervix, and the baby :)  Right now they are mainly concerned about cervical incompetence, so they measure the length of the cervix every week and see if it's shortening.  If it looks to be changing too much, they will put what they call a cervical cerclage in, which is basically a stitch.  It will help to prevent pre-term labor and keep the baby in there growing longer!  I will post some new pics shortly.

Ultrasound #4

I have to say this has been one of the best weeks I've had in awhile, despite the little complications I've had with the baby.  We had an ultrasound on Tuesday and found out the baby is doing really well, with a great heartrate.  Baby measured a little smaller than we thought 11 weeks 6 days, but that's only a few days short of what we expected.  I have continued to bleed a little and the doctor explained to me that is what happens with a bicornuate uterus.  They could see spots where they thought the bleeding was coming from on the other half of the uterus.  He pretty much said I'd bleed the whole pregnancy, I thought pregnancy meant I would get out of that!   Oh well, all worth it.  The important thing is our baby is beautiful and perfect right now.

One Healthy Heartbeat

We are so excited that we are expecting a little bundle of joy on February 26th, 2012.  We've been through a lot, but it finally happened.  We feel so blessed and couldn't be happier.  We have had 2 ultrasounds, at 6.5 weeks and 8.5 weeks.  I will be sure to post photos very soon.  We are so excited to have our family and friends follow along on this blog.  We figure this will be the best way to keep everyone in the loop and updated on our baby's progress.  We will be sure to keep it fun and post lots of pictures.  We hope you follow along and enjoy.  We can't wait for our baby's arrival and for everyone to meet our new little addition.