32 Weeks

Today I am 32 weeks pregnant. It seems like whenever anyone else is pregnant, it goes by so fast... but now that I'm pregnant... I can officially say that pregnancy is a looooooong process. I've had a pretty easy pregnancy, but that doesn't mean I'm not anxious to have a healthy little baby boy here.

I had a little bit of a scare on Friday morning. I have had a cold all week with severe congestion- so I've had to use nose drops a lot (my doctor told me nose drops were okay to use). Well, I think it dried my sinuses up, or something... because when I woke up Friday morning to go walking, my nose started to bleed. I used to get nosebleeds quite often as a kid, but it has been several years since I've had a real nosebleed. I tried everything to get it to stop, but it wouldn't. Just as I was about to get myself to an instacare, it finally stopped long enough for me to get ready for work. As soon as I got to work, I was sitting in a meeting when it started gushing again. So, I called Dr. Parker's office (my OB) to see if I should be worried. It had bled for an hour and a half before school and then again for about 30 minutes while I was at work. It was still bleeding when I called, so the nurse told me to come right in to see Dr. Parker. So, I stole some packages of gauze from the nurse's station and headed to the doctor's. It finally stopped bleeding right before Dr. Parker walked in the room to see me. My blood pressure was also higher than it has EVER been. Normally, I have very low blood pressure- so I was a little nervous that it was 140/80 (or around there). The doctor said that it could have been related to the bloody nose. He also asked me about fetal movement. I mentioned that he had not moved much in the previous 24 hours, but that I had felt him a few times. So, the doctor decided to do a Non-Stress Test. During it, the baby's heartbeat went too low for too long. So, the doctor had me go in for an ultrasound to check my fluid levels. My fluids looked okay, but she did discover that the little stinker is breech. When the doctor had felt the baby, he thought he was head down. But, he was wrong. Dr. Parker has delivered over 7,700 babies- so he has plenty of experience. He said that typically by 32 weeks, babies are in the position they will be in for delivery, but that sometimes breech babies do get into the correct position by delivery time, or he can try to flip him (which I hear HURTS!). So, Matt has had some stern conversations with this little baby- telling him to get his butt up higher. We'll see if he's listening. While I was at the doctor's office, I also had to have my blood drawn for them to check my platelets and some other stuff that I can't remember. Oh, they also have to test me for Fifth's Disease every time I get cold-like symptoms because it turns out I've never had it so I'm not immune to it. We had an outbreak of it a while ago at school, so they tested me and discovered that I had never had it. If I get it during pregnancy, there isn't really a threat to me, but it can be very dangerous for the baby. The doctor was shocked that I had never had it, especially growing up in a family of nine kids, plus working in elementary schools for the past ten years. So, we'll get the results for that tomorrow. I'm sure everything's fine, though. I feel better knowing that if they had to induce me at any point from here on out, the baby's chance of survival is very high. I don't want him to spend time in the NICU, but it is comforting knowing that he's baked enough to survive.

My coworkers threw a baby shower for me a couple of weeks ago. I got tons of cute clothes and blankets. It made me even more excited for this little guy to get here.

We've also been busy finishing the baby's room. Matt did a great job with the beadboard and shelving.

Isn't it cute? 

32 down, 8 to go! (or 6, if we're lucky!)