30 Week Check-Up :

Last Friday, I had our 30-week check-up. Since Jer had to work, my Mom said that she would like to come with me to this appointment.

At this visit, we learned that the baby is nearly 3.5 or possibly 4 pounds, already – which Dr. Talsky says is big for this stage in the game. No wonder I am hungry ALL the time! When we listened to the heartbeat, the baby was very active causing the heart rate to go up and down. It fluctuated between 130 and 160 beats per minute. Dr. Talsky explained that this type of fluctuation is what they like to see. Apparently, the change in heart rate means the baby has good blood and oxygen flow to the brain. Good news!

Again, Dr. Talsky was impressed with my belly. I’m measuring 32 weeks, which is still just slightly ahead of where I should be measuring at this point. He made more of his famous comments. Starting with, “Wow. Look at that big belly looking up at me,” and “Everything is going wonderfully. We’re just a little ahead of schedule on the baby size.” If I had a dime for every time he said “big baby”, I’d be rich! Knowing us, we’ll have a 6-lb skinny pee-wee and I'll go a week over my due date. Right now, with the way Dr. Talsky is acting, I’m expecting a toddler to come walking out!

He told me because everything looked great and I was doing so well, we could wait another 3 weeks for our next appointment. So, we go again on February 6th. He said at this point, we have to make it at least 6 more weeks without going into labor. Since I haven’t really had anything I’d classify as a real contraction, I’m guessing that shouldn’t be too hard to do. We'll see as the weeks go by. He told me to get 9 - 10 hours of sleep a night and do a lot of relaxing. And since I’m knee deep in Twilight, I think I can handle those orders!

All in all, it was our shortest, fastest visit and Mom & I were munching on taco wraps at the mall by 1:45. I left feeling very relieved and motivated to keep on chugging!