I can't believe I still have 7 weeks to go when I already can't get off the couch without rolling myself. Hahaha. In two more days I will have made it to 33 weeks which is such a blessing considering at 27 weeks I was put on full bed rest with a thinning and dialating cervix. Since then I've been laying around and packing on the pounds. At my last appointment I had already gained 27 pounds! That's a lot considering I only gained 23 total with Joshua and 27 total with Sierra (Mariah doesn't count because I gain 63 whopping pounds! She is the reason for every stretch mark on my body haha). Really though, weight is the least of my concerns this time around.
I have had a handful of concerns and issue during this pregnancy. The first issue was whether I should or should not have a cercloge put in place. Luckily I chose to go without and have been doing really well.
Then there was our scare of early labour. At 27 weeks I went in for my weekly sono and while measuring my cervix they informed me that in 1 week my cervix had gone from closed and strong to half the length it was and open 1 centimeter. I was immediately sent to the hospital and hooked up to the monitors. The hospital was flooded with labour patients that day and as a result I was put into triage room. These rooms are full of beds separated by nothing more than curtains. As I was laying in bed trying to think positive, my thoughts kept being interrupted with the sounds of a soon to be new mother on the other side of the curtain. She was in obvious discomfort with no one to support her. Every two mins or so she'd have a grooling contraction and the painful sounds of labour became the reality I could be facing. After only about 1 hour my OB came to check things out. He said I looked good but I would most likely be staying over night for observation. Thankfully, about a week ago I had a fetal fibronecton test done which is extremely accurate in predicting preterm labour for up to 4 weeks. Since mine was negative then the doctors where not so concerned about the possibility of labour. I was discharged with strict instruction to do nothing.
Next was my gestational diabetes test, which came back as high so I had to go back for a three hour glucose test. It was horrible, but I passed so no diabetes!
Kaylee's heart....
The most serious concern came about 3 weeks ago when a sonogram showed a possible heart anomalie. During a routine exam of the baby organs, it was noticed that our daughter has a very large hole between the chambers in her heart. All baby's have a hole in this area that will close up at birth. The concern for our daughter is that this hole is much larger than it should be for her gestation and may not completely close at birth. An ecocardiagram will be preformed shortly after she is born. The fetal specialists tell me that this is something they will not be able to confirm until after she is born. Being born with a small hole in your heart is not extremely uncommon. Many babies born with this defect have no problems and do not need any surgery to fix it. There is a small percentage that do. I just pray that she is born healthy and I know God has her in His hands. We are not even for sure that she will have a heart defect, but we are still scared. It is in God's hands now and I am trusting Him.
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