Baby BOY is as big as a Durian!
He's keeping his eyes open while awake and also starting to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing. His bones are hardening and he is going through (more) major brain development!
Maternity clothes? Yes, but I still wear my bigger t-shirts, as well as pj pants, while I'm home.
Best moment last week? Surviving last weekend when Paul went down to Dallas. Agnes was perfect in church (she even got complimented on how good she was!) and all in all I couldn't have asked for a smoother weekend with it just being us.
Movement? A lot of movement, hiccups every day, and he loves to do flips. Mama isn't much of a fan but it's only going to get more uncomfortable so this is nothing compared to what's to come!
Weight Gain: Last weigh in at the Doctor's was 160 lbs. I gained a few pounds. I'm crossing my fingers hoping and wishing I don't gain 20+ lbs. in the next 6-7 weeks.
Cravings: No real cravings... I just like to snack. I don't mind snacking on fruit but it has to be something.
Food Aversions: Still Cilantro and Basil. I guess a lot of the common spices like Oregano, Cumin, Parsley, etc. are on my list of aversions. That hasn't changed and I haven't found any new aversions. I don't think my food aversions will ever change, pregnant or not unfortunately.
What made me cry this week: Nothing.
Medical Stuff: Saw my Dr. June 1st and she saw a little protein in my urine but she wasn't that worried and said we would check again the next week (June 10).
Sunday night (June 7), I went into preterm labor and was admitted to the hospital with contractions being every 2-3 minutes. I was checked and was 3 cm dilated, 50% effaced. I was in Labor and Delivery overnight with constant monitoring (those contractions were annoying so I only got 2 hrs of sleep). The contractions finally slowed down a bit and after checking me a couple more times to see that I hadn't progressed with dilation, I was moved the next morning up to anti-partum for the day and another night. They monitored me a couple of times throughout the day and I took more meds to stop the contractions. The next morning at 4am I was monitored again and baby's heart beat was pretty erratic and had been fine up until then so they moved me back down to Labor and Delivery to do more monitoring and once I was hooked up, his bpm was leveled... still a bit low (120s) but the doctors weren't worried. I was discharged that morning and am now on bed rest. In that visit, I got my Group B strep testing done, got put on medication to keep the contractions away for the next week (until 35 weeks) as well as stool softeners, and received 2 steroid shots to help the baby's lungs develop faster just in case I give birth sooner rather than later.
Agnes came with us to the hospital and stayed until at least 10-10:30pm. This is a picture of us watching Brave in the Labor and Delivery room.
It was quite a scare... there was a chance I would've given birth that night since the contractions were so close and getting strong. Also if they couldn't get them to completely stop, I would've been there for a couple of weeks. This was the best possible outcome and I am so so blessed to have had Paul there with me (Mimi came and took care of Agnes and my best friend Treva even came to keep me company for a little bit while Paul had to get some stuff done at home).
Something I am excited about: Well I WAS excited for my maternity photo shoot that Treva was going to take... but i don't know if that will happen now :( We will see. Maybe baby will stay in until next weekend and we can do it then!! The only thing is I wanted her to take a picture of me holding Agnes with her legs straddling my bump... like this:
But since I'm not allowed to lift her, I guess maybe we can do a sit down one if we are able to do the photo shoot.
Something I am anxious about: Ha! Last week I put, "Gaining too much weight"... well I have more recent anxieties like trying to keep this baby in for another 3 weeks!! Never thought I'd be at risk for preterm labor! :/
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