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My Due Date: I suffered a pregnancy loss
Age: 48 years old

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24+1 weeks - Viability Milestone and Physical Therapy
By calvingirl » Posted Sep. 12, 2018 7:00pm - 370 views - 4 comments

So hitting 24 weeks is a big deal, but not because I think baby girl will be early, but because my OB office only really takes you seriously after 24 weeks. Like it's not a real pregnancy until you last this long. I'm seriously having some issues with this office and have been looking into switching OBs. I found out there is another office a little farther away that still has delivery privileges at my hospital. It's such a pain to switch though - I'm torn.

Anyway, we had our second scan to check out baby's heart and growth and she's doing fine. All four chambers of her heart were visible and she said the septum was strong, so no issues there. However, the U/S lady inadvertently let me know the OTHER reason I was back for a level 2 scan 4 weeks after her first anatomy scan - the last time they only told me she was "small but in the normal range". This time they let me know that she had been measuring in the 11th percentile at 20 weeks. That's WICKED small, and 10 percent and under is IUGR - very not normal. So yeah, she was in the normal range but just barely. I'm very glad they didn't tell me. I would've have been freaking out about it for the last four weeks. Also they didn't tell me that my small fibroid had grown to 4cm in the uterus (my baby has a little tumor twin apparently). So all that was a month ago. This time, she measured in the 25th percentile, so big growth spurt. Still small, but much more in the normal range and a healthy change. She's estimated to be over a pound now and over 12 inches. My tumor baby grew too to 5cm, but apparently it's not crowding baby, not near the cervix or the placenta, so they aren't concerned about it yet.

Meanwhile, although she was much bigger, she had her back to my stomach and her hands and feet and head all tucked in - we barely could get a good picture of her. They got the measurements though. Next scan is when my stress tests start at 32 weeks. She looks so much cuter than she did before....
We still don't have a name settled on, but right now it's between Phoebe Rose and Juniper Rose (calling her Junie)

AFM, my physical therapy has done wonders and they gave me exercises to keep my hip in place (it had totally dislocated and my pelvis was askew). However, work still is letting me work from home for the rest of the pregnancy so I don't make it worse with all the walking I have to do. It's been really nice to be home to do laundry in between assignments (not to mention hurricane prep). We're in VA, so we'll get some rain, that's it. Hearts out to any moms in the NC/SC area...tough time to have a hurricane, much less a catastrophic one. :(

Comments for this Journal Entry

Comment from sonata85 » Posted Sep. 18, 2018 11:13pm
I am so happy you made it past viability. (Of course let's pray you go full term, but I didn't and everyone's fine.) Now just the nesting and the eating and the emotions and the fun!!! Enjoy it all :) :) And full-term would be cool too lol

Comment from calvingirl » Posted Sep. 14, 2018 9:24pm
Snolie, your vote has been counted - my husband will be thrilled lol. I love Phoebe too, but not sure if I'm feeling it's "her", you know? We can't agree so they are both just set to the side at the moment and we're looking at other names again too. I have a feeling we'll have to wait till we meet her and then decide what she "looks like".

Comment from snolie14 » Posted Sep. 14, 2018 7:29pm
I love Phoebe!!! So glad she had a healthy spurt of growth!!! 14ish more weeks for you!!

Comment from aprilluvsmoz » Posted Sep. 12, 2018 8:02pm
That's so awesome that she is doing well and you are too! She is such a cutie! Yeah we are in VA too, I'm in Charlottesville luckily I think its going to pass us as well. Whew!


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