Today's Appointment

Today's appointment went really well! My cervix is measuring around 3.77, and my specialist said that she is a happy camper. :-) If my cervix is still above 3 cm at 28 weeks, I'll be done with the specialist! Only 2 1/2 weeks to go! I am so thankful.
She also measured Noelle today and estimated her weight at 1 pound 14 ounces. She said that is four days ahead of schedule. :-) So, I came away from my appointment a very happy girl.
Right now I am procrastinating. I did not get a nap today, and I've been pretty busy getting ready to go camping tomorrow. I made muffins, went to my appointment, took Nathan to library time, ate lunch, made potato salad, roasted and cut up chicken to freeze (not exactly planned, but it had to be done), and made yogurt after supper. Of course, Hannah helped wash dishes and take care of Nathan through all of this, or I would not have gotten it all done. ha
Well, I'm going to go find another way to procrastinate now. ;-)

A post!

No, I haven't been to the doctor yet this week. :-) And it's been wonderful. I go on Thursday. A friend of mine just had her baby last night. At home. After three hours of labor. And forty weeks of pregnancy. So, I can't help but be a wee bit jealous. :-p
Hannah is still here, and I am loving it! She is a lot of help and also a good distraction. She's going to stay another one to three weeks then (hopefully) come back closer to my due date. Am I blessed or what?! All that time and effort I put into her all those years ago... hee hee It's funny, though; I turned twelve the day after she was born, and I carted her around so much that her mother called me her second mom. She's come to see us every summer since we've been married, which means since she was eight or nine years old.
Well, I can tell the Wii has been turned off. I suppose I should go. I'm praying that my cervix is behaving itself! :-)

Quick post

My cervix is now between 3.4-3.8, so my specialist is going to keep me on weekly appointments until 28 weeks. What we do after that will depend on how everything goes between now and then. Right now, I’m still 2 cm. from needing a cerclage, so it looks like I will not be getting one. She usually does not give cerclages after 24 weeks, and I’ll be 24 weeks on Monday. Believe me, I’m not shedding tears over that!
That’s about all I have time for this morning. I saw a TON of garage sale signs on my way to my appointment, but I think I’ll have to let them go this morning. Now that is sad.
P.S. I also got to see her opening and closing her mouth. The tech said it looked like she was drinking. ha I have so many ultrasound pics of this baby! It really isn't even funny.

Okay, so I am really not keeping up with this blog.
My cervix went from 4.8 to 4.0 in two weeks, and I’ve been on weekly appointments since then. However, it has stayed 3.8-4.0 the last two weeks, so the doctor isn’t too concerned. I have an appointment tomorrow, and if my cervix has stayed around the same we’ll go back to two-week appointments. If my cervix is 3.0 or above by the time I’m 28 weeks I won’t see the specialist anymore. I’ll just watch for preterm labor and go from there. Right now I’m 23 ½ weeks. This all sounds so cut and dry, but the last few weeks have been pretty emotional. I am thankful for every new week that I carry this baby, and I’m even more thankful for weeks like this one in which I actually enjoy being pregnant.
Hannah is here, and she is being a lot of help. Nathan was sick for about a week a couple of weeks ago, and between me and him we had three doctor appointments in one week. It was so nice to be able to take naps at weird times on those days and let Hannah watch Nathan.
I’ve made my bread recipe again, and it is still a keeper! I love making bread once a month! I made muffins yesterday, and I’m amazed at the difference it makes to soak the flour in buttermilk rather than yogurt. Soooo much better!
Okay, that’s about as much time as I have right now.

Walgreens today

My net loss: $9.63.

I was completely out of wet Swiffer refills, so this was a great time to stock up. I don't usually use the Swiffer a whole lot, but I will be using it more now since I don't see myself carrying around a bucket of mop water. ha Anyway, I was happy!

Friday!

I was going to go to garage sales this morning, but our 30% chance of rain turned into an all-morning downpour. :-) Maybe next week the weather and our lives will let me go. ha
I haven't snagged any awesome deals lately, but I've been stocking up on toilet paper!! :-) I was running low, so this was a perfect week for stocking up again. I try to buy whenever I can find it under 22 cents a roll. Interesting, hmmm?
I made and froze my own cream of mushroom soup this week; I've used it twice, and I can't tell a difference. I have been trying to slowly organize my freezer and use things that need to be used. I wish I could go ahead and freeze meals for after the baby comes while I actually have energy, but I guess I'll have to wait a few more months. :-)
My garden seems to be doing well. It's really small, but I didn't want to overdo it. I'm hoping that it's not drowning with all the rain we've had in the last week.
Everything on the pregnancy front seems to be going well. OH, I started my new prenatal vitamins this week, and I may just have to eat crow on all the complaining I did! My body seems to LOVE those vitamins! I hope it lasts!!
My next appointment is next week; this week I was grateful for a break.
Okay, I'm out of steam and needing a nap. :-)

Back into the light!

What a week. Actually, to anyone but me I think the week has looked fairly normal. My specialist appointment was okay. My cervix still looks good and long, but I'll probably start the progesterone next appointment since everyone is highly encouraging me to. Have I mentioned I hate medicine or fake hormones?? ;-) The technician did some sort of ultrasound where they look at and measure everything on baby, the uterus, and me that they possibly can. I had no idea that they would be measuring her arm and leg bones. ?? Or her heart chambers, brain lobes, and spinal cord. I probably would have been in a better mood about the whole ordeal had I felt better. I didn't realize that a technician repeatedly rolling the ultrasound "thingy" over my hernia would cause that much pain. Little Chick's heart was right under my hernia and at a weird angle, so the technician was trying to get a better picture.
I remembered the ask the specialist about all the bloodwork that she made me do last time; she hadn't had a chance to "sign off" on it but looked it over and prescribed me a new prenatal and some folic acid. I guess I have something where I don't metabolize folic acid in whatever form it generally comes, and I also have some gene that gives me a slight risk for blood clots. So I have to take a baby aspirin a day. The aspirin is not a big deal. The prenatal is a very big deal. I should take a picture of all the different bottles of prenatals I have tried over the past two years. I finally found one that I could take (2 of 6 pills, anyway), and now I have to switch. I'm not switching until my body recovers from the stress of this week, though. ;-)
I won't even go into my emotional difficulties. ha