36 week appointment

Today was my 36 week appointment. We started out doing a weight check and amniotic fluid check through ultrasound. The amniotic fluid checked out great and Caroline weighs approximately 6 lbs. We also verified that she is still in fact a girl! I was glad because a couple of weeks ago I wanted to refer to her as a him! I don't know if it was a dream I had or what, but I'm over that now, thank goodness!

I found out that I lost 2 lbs since last week, but Caroline gained 1lb. I also found out that my Group B Strep test came back positive. I was bummed about that b/c I didn't want to have to have the antibiotics during labor. My group B strep came back negative with Conner and there was only a 15% chance of it coming back positive with Caroline (according to Dr. Wells.) I asked Billy why I couldn't I be lucky and be the small %age that wins the lottery! But, I guess you'd have to actually play the lottery to win, huh?

35 week update

Went to the doctor yesterday. I've started going every week now. Last week I went and Caroline's heart rate wasn't as fast as Dr. Wells would have liked it. It was in the low 120's- to uppper 110's. He wanted to me to do a Non-Stress test. (Woohoo!) I had quite a few with Conner and was wondering when they would start this pregnancy.

Luckily after being on the machine for about 20 minutes everything looked fine. I also had an ultrasound to make sure the amniotic fluid was still where it needed to be and it was. We did get to see Caroline has a lot of hair. :)

This week I went back and had gained 1lb. and did another NST which showed everything was fine. I made sure to eat plenty for breakfast! Last week I had only at a little bowl of cereal. This week I ate a bowl of cereal and had a smoothie on the way down there. Dr. Wells checked me and I am already dilated 1 centimeter.

Next week, I will have another NST and another ultrasound to check the amniotic fluid.