Update on Babe and I (sorry its long)

Well we had another growth ultrasound and doctors appointment yesterday and it was quite a long and eventful day. First in the morning we headed to our much anticipated growth ultrasound to see how this baby has grown in the last 3 weeks. We waited awhile but got in for our scan and baby is still measuring only in the 8th percentile. My post three weeks ago said it was in the 11th percentile but really it was only in the 8th percentile. The baby has grown and has gone from 1lb 8oz to 2lbs 120z but is still small for its gestational age. Everything with the blood flow from the placenta through the umbilical cord look like they are flowing correctly so that is a good sign. At least it didn't drop further and is still staying on its "own" curve. Once again the baby had its arms over its face so we didn't get great pics. It completely flipped and instead of being head down it is now breech so hopefully it will flip back around before now and when we will need to deliver.

Now on to the doctors appointment! Well since last Thursday I felt like something had definetly changed and when I was at work I checked my blood pressure and it was 150/90 so I had some lab work done and everything looked good. I left work and didn't go in on Friday either hoping that if I laid low I would make it back to work Monday. I headed in Monday and had a pretty easy assignment. I waited several hours and at at about 6ish my blood pressure was in the 140/90 so I decided it was probably best to leave work again and wait for appointment yesterday to see what my doc said. Well my blood pressures haven't gotten any better they are ok when I am horizontal but not when I am vertical. So as of yesterday I am on pretty strict bedrest. Matt wanted to hear from the docs mouth what I am allowed to do and what I am not because he knows that I am not a good patient!!! We also started our first dose of steroids yesterday for the baby's lungs to mature just in case we deliver early. I started a blood pressure medication yesterday that we were hoping I would only need to take once a day but when the second dose was due this morning I needed it. It makes me feel weird but if it will buy us time so be it! We will be monitoring the baby closely because of its size and my blood pressures. So I will do monitoring twice a week for the baby and I will be seeing my doctor once a week from this point forward.

I was really hoping we wouldn't cross this bridge again like I did with Avery. Before Matt and I decided to have another baby I talked to one of the high risk OB's about what the chances were that this would all happen again and he said 20-30%. Lucky us we are in the 20-30%.... I am not worried about me but about Avery having a Mommy semi out of commission, I worry about Matt picking up the pieces and I worry that I will not be able to grow this baby and we will have to deliver early.... Everyday counts and all I can do is take it one day at a time. I am a passenger in my own body and have no control of what is going to take place.

If anybody has any good book or movie ideas let me know! Keep us in your thoughts and I will try to update as I can!

Oh and just in case you are wondering because a few people have asked we still don't know the gender! Yes they can tell on ultrasound but we always close our eyes so hopefully nobody will spill the beans until delivery. That truly is the best surprise...Ave and I still say girl and Matt still wishes boy....

Getting so big....

A few weeks ago we took some pics at the park and seeing them Matt and I both said "she is getting so big." She is precious and we just love her so much...Enjoy!

Daddy/Daughter Camping Trip

So last Saturday morning Avery and Matt ventured up north to go on an overnight camping trip with another friend and his little girl. They packed up our friends truck and Avery was ecstatic to sleep in a tent, roast marshmallows, and go fishing. I was a little nervous!

They had a blast. Here is a pic of Matt and Avery on a quad...Ave of course has her princess helmet on!

They rented a little boat on Sunday and went fishing. She was very excited to use her new fishing pole and Matt said they caught a few fish and Avery wanted to kiss them! Then on the ride home both the girls crashed...

She came home covered in dirt and soaked in the bath for a good 45 minutes. Thats my girl...likes to get dirty but Loves to get clean!

80 days to go....really!!!

So did you see this

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Yep that little baby ticker that says 80 days! I logged in to write my sleep post and went "Oh My Gosh."

Why OMG....

-I am not sure I will even get the full 80 days with this babe in my belly
-Can't believe I have already been pregnant for 200 days (went by too fast)
-Don't think I am anywhere near ready to let go of the babe in my womb and let it be part of the real world :-)
-I have not one single baby item currently residing in my house
-I have not taken inventory of what we have and what we need
-What we do have will need to be washed including (car seat, swing, bouncer)
-The baby's room is still a guest room (slight problem)
-I still need to finish Avery's decor in her room before I can begin to think of another
-If it is a boy I hope he likes pink because he might just have to wear pink for a few weeks

And the list goes on...The good news is I didn't have much ready for Avery when she was born at 33 weeks. So if this babe is born we know we can scramble to get things ready. But I am thinking I should step on it! Problem is I wanted everything in my entire house organized first before I got out all the baby stuff...hhmmm maybe I should rethink that! :-)

Sleep...

I am not sure what it is about being pregnant and getting the worst sleep ever. A few weeks ago we would have marathon long soccer tournaments/ballet performances with this babe in my belly! Literally I woke up one night wide awake and came out to the couch and from 1am until 5am it looked like popcorn was popping in my belly this baby was so active. It was hilarious. I guess it is getting me prepared for those middle of the night feedings we are soon to experience... But its not just the babe that is having sleeping issues!!!

A few weeks ago we got Avery a "big girl bed." A twin sized bed that she fits comfortably in. Now I knew there would probably be a few nights where she would get out of bed but knew we would get through it. Well she goes to sleep pretty good...usually she walks out once and we walk her back to bed and she falls asleep. BUT the big problem is she comes to our room between 1am and 3am to sniggle...Now there have been a few times where we have both been sooo tired that we just let her sleep in our bed. But now she thinks it is where she belongs in the middle of the night. However the nights that I walk her back to her bed she stays awake and comes back to our room 3 or 4 times and it goes on and on for a couple hours... Of course the little babe in the belly hears her sweet little voice and thinks it is party time :-)

So it all begins...sleep in our house is going to be a precious commodity over the next several months. With Avery figuring out the new big girl status she has been upgraded to and the new babe making its entrance in less than 80 days!

Ultrasound!

Well today we got to see that cute little peanut above. Of course in typical baby McCabe style our kiddos love to have there hands/arms over their face during ultrasounds to keep the true look of them a surprise.... I love the pic above with the baby and its hand over its forhead like "ah this is exhausting." Cracks me up! We got some cute pics of the little ones feet too...the culprit to those middle of the night soccer tournaments/ballet performances!!! Everything looked great but the baby is measuring really small only in the 11th percentile on the growth curve...It stresses me out but will just mean we will follow the babe's growth pretty closely over the next few weeks. So far my blood pressure has been normal and I haven't gotten the results back from my glucose test and pre-eclampsia labs I had done last week so we will see!

If you look at my little baby ticker to the right you will see we are under 100 days left til we meet this new little addition. It seems like no time at all I just hope and pray that we will get all the time we need!

Funny Stuff!

Well I don't have any pics to post but have a couple of funny stories....

Saturday night I got cancelled from work the last 4 hours of my shift.  I was headed home and had to take a detour and didn't end up getting home until after 8pm.  On my way home I decided I would stop at the local Thai food restaurant in Anthem and get take out for myself since Matt and Avery had already eaten.  Now I must preface this by saying that we frequent this little restaurant a lot.  The cutest little young Thai couple own the restaurant and LOVE Avery.  They know us by name when we walk in and I am pretty sure know our order before we ever order...  So I go in order my food and they say it will take about 10 minutes.  I tell them no problem I was going to run to the grocery store next door and be back in 10 minutes.  I ran to the grocery store and didn't take any where near ten minutes.  When I turned the corner back to the Thai food restaurant both the man and the woman were standing at the door with my food in hand.  The store wasn't close to closing time so I was a little confused.  Then the woman walks out with the man and hands me my food and asks me if they could ask me a question..."Sure" I said.  At this point the woman gets embarressed and makes the man go back inside the restaurant....She keeps stumbling her words and says "Is Avery...Is Avery...Is Avery" and would laugh and chuckle nervously!  I couldn't quite figure out what was going on until I saw she kept looking down at my tummy and so I laughed and said "oh is Avery gonna have a sibling."  She laughed nervously and said "yeah"  I grabbed my growing belly and said "oh yeah I am pregnant and she will have a little brother or sister in August."  The lady still laughing and acting funny then says "oh I glad we thought we make you fat...not good"  I almost died of laughter and it took everything in my power to continue the conversation!  She stuttered her words and said oh I bet 'new baby be cute like Avery' and then walked inside the restaurant.  I walked to my car laughing out loud!  So they must have been observing my growing belly the last several weeks and were sincerely concerned that I was getting 'FAT'  but are happy now knowing I am just pregnant!!!!  

Funny/Cute Story #2

I had a doctors appointment this morning Matt decided he would come along so we brought Avery too.  We told her last night that we were going to go to the doctor and listen to the babies heart.  I tried to immitate what it would sound like and she would repeat the whoosh whoosh noise that the doppler makes.  Then today when Dr. Williamson was dopplering my tummy she did it for awhile to let Avery hear!  Well a doppler can have some static and the babies heart beat was fast in the 140's so Avery thought it sounded like a pig snorting :-)  She kept asking "Mommy is there a piggy in your tummy"  Silly girl!!!

Fun stuff this pregnancy...people say the darndest things!  As far as a baby update goes I definetly feel like I have poppped.  I am measuring right on target!  I will go have more blood work done this week to see how my  labs are.   And last but not least have another ultrasound to see how the baby is doing in growth and also to follow up with my uterine artery that has some resistance....  All in all things are good!  And hopefully will continue to be after all this blood work and ultrasound!