What’s Will up to? He is about 10.08 inches long (crown to
heel) 10.58 ounces, about the length of a carrot. On the ultrasound, you may
see the baby kicking his legs or waving his arms, swallowing amniotic fluid
(which is thought to help the fetal digestive system develop), and even sucking
his thumb. This week I was able to see it all on the ultrasound hand in his mouth, jumping on my bladder and
contractions! Will has been breech for every ultrasounds I’ve had. This week, I
have been asking him to turn and praying that God will help him turn as I know
those kicks will just get stronger – I already had a couple of jumping moments
where I was completely taken by surprise with the kicks to my cervix – not so
pleasant but thankful still to be feeling him kicking and moving all the time.
Appointment: Our
appointment on 2.16.12 was with Dr. L and my cousin Laura was able to come with
me. It was special to have her there with me and she was able to feel Will kick
too – she is the first person to feel him kick! There was a drastic change this
week and Dr. L. didn’t like what he was seeing. I was having contractions, I
could see that I was having them but I couldn’t feel them. I was contracting almost
all the way down to the stitch. Dr. L. wanted me to see my Peri as soon as
possible. Dr. N. was on call at the U of
M Riverside so we made the trek out there to see her. When I came walking down
the hall she was waiting for me and gave me a big hug and told me everything
was going to be ok. It felt good to be there so they could monitor my
contractions and to get another perspective on the situation. After they
checked me, she was confident the stitch was holding strong and that for the
evening we just needed to monitor the contractions over night and try to get
them to stop with Indomethacin. In the morning, the ultrasound confirmed that
the stitch was still holding strong and that I had lost more cervical length
but it was still ok to be at home on bed rest. I was discharged with instructions
to count Will’s kicks and to monitor my contractions. I started to count Will’s
kicks and in 1 hour, he kicked 86 times. I decided not to do this for an entire
day but to be alert if he didn’t kick at least every hour. As far as the
contractions go, the Dr. wants me to lay on my sides but I can’t tell if I am
contracting when I am on my sides so I have submitted this to God and I believe
the contractions have stopped!!
Bed Rest: I have been watching a lot of TV – it’s less
effort and the least amount of strain on my tummy the better. I also started to
register on Target.com. BRU was too cumbersome so I think I am only going to do
Target.
Highlights: When I was in the hospital, we had Pizza Lucé
delivered. I had always heard they had
the best pizza and we were definitely impressed!
My body: I am up 12 pounds total and my tummy has grown 10”
total. It has been really hard to get comfy this week with the pains from laying
on my sides.
But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues
to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the
knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.
2 Corinthians 2:14
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