Bun #3

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Ultrasounds

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I had another ultrasound today at exactly 30 weeks to check baby’s growth. I was supposed to have one in January but cancelled it due to finances. These things cost almost $400! Since I was in the hospital recently I’ve nearly met my out of pocket maximum and at the most I’ll only have to pay 20% now. The cardiologist really wants me to continue checking up on her via ultrasounds and I am glad to see her again anyway.

Everything checked out fine. She’s growing well and is in the 83rd percentile which is excellent. She weighs about 3.5 pounds now and we could see her practicing her breathing. The above pictures show her face straight on and from the side (the top of her head is on the left). It looks like she has chubby little cheeks. The technician could also see hair on her head.

The new thing I learned is that she’s currently in the breech position. It’s still okay since she has time to turn, but I’d feel better if she were already head down. As she gets bigger it will be harder to turn, and I don’t know that I want to attempt a breech VBAC. She was head down for my December ultrasound sitting so low they had a hard time seeing her face. She tends to move a lot so maybe she’s been flipping back and forth. Currently her back is on my left side and I feel all the action from those arms and legs on the right.

Here are her earlier ultrasounds:

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Sept. 17, 2010 – 8 weeks Oct. 21, 2010 – 12 weeks

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Dec. 3, 2010 – 19 weeks

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Tiny Baby Clothes and Shrinking Maternity Clothes

I made quite a haul at the consignment clearance sale last Saturday. I got there about twenty minutes early and waited in line with about thirty other people to get in when they opened. I've already gone through Desmond's old clothes so I knew what sizes I still needed. I grabbed anything cute I saw and ended up with one bag full of 56 items all for only $15. I saved $147 off of the original consignment prices. By the time I left the clearance racks were just about empty so I'm glad I got there when I did. I feel good about what I got and it's nice to know she'll have some pink girly things to wear, too. I probably won't do any more clothes shopping for her unless I find I need something else after she's born.

In other news I'm just feeling huge these days! I updated my picture on the right sidebar today. I don't just get the little belly like some of the other pregnant gals I see at church who are due before me and are about half my size. Nope. Everything gets huge on me and I'm now solidly in the 200s. I know it's bad when Desmond starts lifting my shirt in the back and poking my back fat and laughing. Yeah. I chose to laugh with him, but I feel like I could cry. Some of my maternity clothes are starting to not fit, and I'm wearing a fake ring now since my fingers even get fat. Blah. And I have three more months to expand! I'm going to be right back where I started when this is done with about two years of weight loss in front of me. Maybe I can speed it up and do it in one year but that's probably not entirely realistic.