35 Weeks

My Mom called me this morning to come have lunch with her so we went to Zaxby's to claim our free lunch that we received back in January when we went. I had a little time to kill before my doctor's appointment, so I went to Home Depot to look for a replacement cabinet handle to no avail. Then I stopped by Walmart at Monkey Junction to pick up some things. I left there and headed to the Porter's Neck office for my doctor's appointment with Dr. McLean.

I had my BPP ultrasound test first which the baby was very cooperative for and passed pretty quickly. The baby is 35 weeks now! His heartbeat was 142. My amniotic fluid level was slightly high. Normal is between 19-20 and I'm at a 21. Dr. McLean said she wasn't concerned about it but it could make me slightly uncomfortable. Great, as if I'm already not uncomfortable enough. I talked to Dr. McLean what the amnio would involve and I have to admit I'm not thrilled about the really long needle. She did tell me that sometimes they numb the skin first and I hope that sometimes will be with me! She did say she would be the one preforming the amnio along with an ultrasound tech and Tifni has switched to triage so she will be there too. Well, I couldn't ask for better people to be doing it and of course Marshall will be there so it will all be okay. She did tell me some rather disappointing news though. Originally, we had thought we would have the results of the amnio back within a couple of hours and would just stay at the hospital until we knew the results. However, Dr. McLean has since learned that the lab at our hospital no longer has the equipment to do the labwork in house. Now the sample has to be driven to Greensboro to be processed so it takes a day to get the results back. She said we would either know Friday evening or early Saturday morning. As soon as she gets the results she will call me and let me know when we can induce. The earliest we will be able to go in and start the induction will be Saturday, March 2nd. It's a bummer but as long as we can go in then and start the induction I will be happy. This is the last time I will see Dr. McLean before the amnio as she will be on vacation next week with her 5 year old daughter to Disney World. Heartbeat 142. Next week I have to see Dr. Carroll whom I've never met before. Tifni assured me that she was really nice and Dr. McLean did too. Dr. McLean also told me they were neighbors so if Dr. Carroll was mean to me to let her know. Next week I have a cervical exam as well as a Group B streptococcus screening. Yuck. At least I luck out and only have to have one cervical exam (other than the ones in the hospital while being induced). Most women have to endure them for 4-5 weeks.

After my appointment I ran by the house to let JoJo out and feed her and then went and met Stacey for dinner at Indochine. I'm glad she will go with me since Marshall is so anti Indochine. He's crazy if you ask me. They have a huge menu and if he tried something other than Pad Thai he might actually find there is something he really likes on it. I came home and did some knitting while I waited for Marshall to get home. I worked on the baby blanket I had started last year when I was pregnant with Nolan. I finally finished it and started working on adding a border to it. I finished adding a border on one side of the blanket before Marshall got home.