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31 Weeks 1 Day
By Mem401 » Posted Aug. 6, 2018 9:54pm - 289 views - 4 comments

Well yesterday we made it to 31 weeks! :)

I had a weird weekend. Starting Friday my lower abdomen felt tight. I thought it was because I had walked around a lot. It did go away when I laid down and got off of my feet. But Saturday anytime I was up it was super tight feeling. Like I had eaten a HUGE meal and was stuffed. Saturday night I started having lower back pain. The tight feeling and back pain together concerned me a little but Maggie was still moving like crazy. Her movements the past couple of weeks have been getting stronger and I can watch her move around a lot. Sunday the tightness was still there and by Sunday night it wouldn't even ease when I was off of my feet. I had to lay on my left side to ease the feeling. The back ache was pretty constant too. But what freaked me out is that I barely saw Maggie move. I did a kick count and she did get her 10 kicks in fairly quickly (33 minutes), but it was slower than normal. (Under 10 minutes usually.) So all of last night I was freaked out. I used my doppler and her heart rate was good. (150) So, I did manage to sleep. But if I hadn't had my previously scheduled OB appointment today I would have been calling my OB anyway. So I told the OB everything I just wrote. They used their doppler and her heart rate was 155. The OB checked my cervix and it was closed. Then they sent me for a biophysical profile. During that Maggie's heart rate was 152 and Maggie hit most of the things they look for right off the bat; except "breathing". That took about 17 minutes to get. But she got it. 8 out of 8. So Maggie is fine. I have "great" amniotic amount. We did see that Maggie was facing my back at first during the ultrasound, so that may be why I didn't see much movement yesterday. (I was feeling her, just not seeing it.) She turned around while we were trying to catch her breathing. Anyway...so all the checking today did make me feel better. I have to work on my anxiety. I was just certain that something was wrong this morning. I was preparing myself for worse case scenarios. I want to be able to relax some and just enjoy this time with my baby girl, but I am so scared to lose her.

Friday I have a MFM appointment with another BPP planned. So at least I won't have to wait long to make sure she's still doing okay. (Then it's another 2 week wait...)

Tomorrow my step-kids go back to school, so "Yea!" I love them dearly, but they need the routine and I need the quiet! lol. 11th, 8th and 4th this year. Usually I make a huge deal on the first day of school, but I just don't have the energy this year. I usually print out signs, take pictures, make a special breakfast and prepare lunches. This year I am going to take pictures and digitally put the grade and year on them, make microwave breakfast and slap them some lunches together.

Still waiting on Maggie's crib. We special ordered her one in July and it is supposed to be 8 weeks for delivery, but I am SO ready to finish decorating her nursery! I still have to rearrange (with DH moving furniture of course) our bedroom to fit the bassinet in. I'm relieved we had decided to start her in the bassinet in our room, because the bassinet is ready to go! :)

I didn't take a bumpie yesterday because I was worried. I'm not taking one today either because I'm exhausted! Maybe tomorrow. ;)

Comments for this Journal Entry

	Comment from Mem401 » Posted Aug. 8, 2018 6:45pm Thank you. I am definitely getting more rest now. The other kids are big enough to take care of themselves but when they are home my responsibility alert is always on high, so I don’t rest well. I am trying to relax more now that we’ve been checked recently and are nice and secure.
	Comment from Newlyjg » Posted Aug. 8, 2018 5:27pm Glad everything is fine with baby, you're almost there just weeks left. Try to get as much rest as you can. And you will as the kids are returning to school. Hope you feel better. Anxiety for us first time moms is pretty normal. Just take things one day at a time~hugs~
	Comment from Mem401 » Posted Aug. 7, 2018 12:16am I kind of thought they might be Braxton Hicks. The OB actually asked me if it was contractions! I was like "I don't know, I've never been this pregnant before." My husband thinks it is just stretching. But the OB never said what she thought it was, just that everything is fine with the baby. They checked my cervix and it was closed, so if it was contractions, it was Braxton Hicks. I felt like I had eaten a HUGE meal and was stuffed, best I can explain. Super tight. It may have been that she was facing backward and was using her back to push up against me, I don't know.
	Comment from cmere84 » Posted Aug. 6, 2018 10:26pm Do they think the tightening was contractions? I had what I thought were contractions and they hooked me up and nothing was showing on the monitor. When I was having Avarie Ibtild them Inwas feeling the tightening still but nothing was showing again. Come to find out, they had to put an internal monitor inside to get the contractions. I had been having them for weeks and they didnt believe me. And I didnt know they were contractions, but I know now....