32 Week OB Appointment

Poor Miles gets drug to all of my OB appointments because they are on Mondays, so he does his best to make the most of the time.  Miles is quickly becoming a little artist. Today, while we were waiting for Dr. Allen to come in for my appointment be was having a fabulous time with his new found "paper" to draw on!

I was a littler nervous going intot he appointments, but my anxieties were quickly released...  As today's appointment went exceptionally well, even better than I ever would have hoped for.  On ultrasound, my placenta has continued to grow northward and has even shifted a bit, now only covering about 25% of my cervix, as compared to the 50% 2 weeks ago!  This does not mean that we are clear of having a c-section, however it does take us pretty much out of the "danger zone!"  I spoke with Dr. Allen about the possibility to truly making it to term and she is feeling optomistic.  We will continue getting ultra sounds at every visit for the next few weeks to look at my placenta positioning, and then will have a full blown ultrasound at 38 weeks to make sure at that point the risks are out weighing the odds to continue on.  So, what I took away from the visit is if my body will just cooperate we are a go for an April if not even May delivery!  We are already at 32 weeks, so we should be expecting Baby to arrive sometime in the next 9 weeks, preferably not until 6-9 weeks from now (38-41 weeks)!  As we are not fully in the clear, we will be remaining on the same precautions as before, which aside from this weekend we have done a really good job following.

Miles stayed up on the exam table the whole time this appointment, so Dr. Allen made him a part of the whole session.  She even let him put the doplar to my belly and hear Baby's heartbeat, 144 bpm. Miles was really excited. He even yelled "Baby" when he heard the heartbeat. What a precious moment! He is going to be such a wonderful big brother (once he adjusts that is)!