McKenzie Ann Clough is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Birh story, pictures, and more...coming soon!

38/39 Week Appointment

Today I had my 38/39 Week Appointment.  Although it started off scary, it ended well.  When I got in they took my blood pressure and said it was 140/98....wayyyyyyy high!  Last Wednesday it was 120/80.  They took it a billion more times with same result.  So the nurse said she'd let me sit and said she'd take it again after I met with the midwife.  Well the midwife came in and all I could think about was the BP issue!  I knew if I had developed Pre-Eclampsia that I would need to be induced...maybe even that night!  As usual...the midwife was cool as a cucumber and did all the regular stuff.  She took my fundal height which was 38 inches (38 weeks), my weight...which is officially up to 14 pounds, the heartbeart (130 bpm), and felt her position which is still head down and pretty low she says!  Then she herself took my blood pressure 3 times and got 118/78 three times.  She said there wasn't any protein in my urine either, which accompanies high blood pressure when you have pre-e. 

My next appointment is a week from today (Monday!)

38 Weeks!!!!!!!

38 Weeks Pregnant!

Only two more weeks (or plus two more, max) before your baby makes his or her appearance. And what an adorable appearance that will be! Your little one isn't so little anymore — weighing in at close to seven pounds and hitting the height charts at the 21-inch mark (or less).

As you prepare (best you can) for baby's ETA, he or she is also getting ready, big time. Vernix and lanugo continue to shed from your baby's body into the amniotic fluid. Your baby swallows that amniotic fluid (yum yum?) and some of it winds up in his or her intestines where it — along with other shed cells, bile, and other waste products (triple yum) — will turn into your baby's first bowel movement (meconium) and perhaps your first diaper change.



Your baby's lungs continue to mature as more and more surfactant is secreted (remember — it helps prevent the lungs from sticking to each other when your baby begins to breathe…definitely a good thing). At 38 weeks pregnant, all systems, almost go!

Only a couple more weeks to go!!

38 week OB appointment

Here are the highlights from today's OB appointment.  It was very quick!

• I've gained one pound since last week, bringing the pregnancy total to 12 pounds.
• My BP was 120/82
• Fundal Height was 38 cm (38 weeks)
• Baby's head is pretty low and the midwife believes she is belly up.
• Because Baby's back was aligned with mine so it made it difficult to find the heartbeat.  It was a little nerve racking, and what seemed like 20 minutes was probably only 1.  She did find the heartbeat and it was 130 bpm!!
• I've been having a lot of pressure and braxton hicks and a little pain today.  Midwife says my body is gearing up!

Back on Monday!  Stay tuned!!

FULL TERM!!

I'm officially considered "full term" today as I have reached 37 weeks pregnant!  I'm not really sure the significance of the word "full term" other than that it means baby will be here soon!

37 Weeks Pregnant

With just three more weeks to go and at about six and a half pounds (though weight and height vary from fetus to fetus), your baby is doing just fine. You can expect weight gain to be about half an ounce per day. (Boys, though, are likely to be heavier at birth than girls. And here's a bit of boy baby trivia to back that one up: Moms carrying boys tend to eat more than moms carrying girls — a foreshadowing of teenage refrigerator raids to come.) Since your little one is considered full-term at 37 weeks pregnant, if your baby was to leave the wet nest this week, he or she would likely thrive. That's because Mother Nature and you have done such a fine job.

So what's keeping your little one busy while waiting it out until D-day? Practice, practice, practice. Your baby is simulating breathing by inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid, sucking on his or her thumb, blinking, and pivoting from side to side (one day you feel the tushy on the left side, another day it has swung around to the right side). All these are skills needed for his or her next gig — starring as newborn.



Here's an interesting fact: Your baby's head (which, by the way, is still growing) will, at birth, be the same size circumference as his or her hips, abdomen, and shoulders. And guess what's making an impression (literally) these days on those shoulders and hips: fat — causing little dimples in those cute elbows and knees, shoulders and hip, and creases and folds in the neck and wrists

Only a few more weeks until we meet baby!!!!!!!!

37 Week OB Appointment

Today I had an OB appointment with the midwife.  Here are the highlights:

• My blood pressure:  114/80
• I've gained 1 pound since my last appointment..bringing the total for the pregnancy up to 11 pounds.
• My Group B Test was negative!!
• Baby's heartrate was 130 bpm
• My fundal height was 37 cm (37 weeks)
• Baby is still head down
• The midwife believes baby has indeed dropped.

My next appointment i a week from today....stay tuned!

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