30 week checkup!

Today was the 30 week checkup! Emily and Henry came up for the appointment, drove through the POURING RAIN on Wednesday evening just to get here for Thursday. Thursday we went for pedicures (Henry went along, but I SWEAR he didn't get a pedi!!) and lunch, then met with our awesome attorney to give her info she needed for the PBO paperwork. Then Thursday evening hubby and the boys and I met Emily and Henry at a mexican restaurant for a festive supper. Food was good, friends were better! My oldest has taken quite a shine to Henry. Big guy got a dirt bike yesterday and Henry is an avid ATVing dude, so they kind of bonded over that. Z wanted to sit on Henry's lap through supper, poor guy, but I think Henry kind of enjoyed it as well. He's so gentle with the boys, and really seems to like them, even though they can be trying at times (yes, believe it or not, kids can be trying at times, especially mine!!). He's going to make a great daddy, but I'm pretty sure Kenzie is going to have him wrapped around her little bitty fingers from the moment she's born!!
Anyway, on to today! We met at my house and headed to the doc's office. The interpreter met us there. She was SUPER AWESOME!!! The only bad thing about today was the exam room was a wee bit crowded, but hey, the more the merrier, right??? We had the doc, the nurse, the interpreter, Emily, Henry and I all in an itty bitty room meant for 2-3, possibly 4 people if you stretch it. But it was wonderful! Doc listened for the heartbeat first. He had them put their hands over the speaker on the doppler (that little speaker thingy they use to listen for the heartbeat) and they got to FEEL her heartbeat!!! It was amazing! THEN he got out the ultrasound machine (thus making it even MORE crowded, but I'm pretty sure it was worth it!) and pressed the dohickey (like my accurate medical terms?? :D I'm that good!) to my belly and looked around, showed them her face, her lips (which were moving!), her arm and hand, leg bones, heart, lungs, everything he could see!! Also pointed out that she appears to be measuring right on track for 30 weeks, AND she's head down at this point. Not that she can't turn between now and delivery, but it's good that she's headed the right direction!! Henry is still a bit worried about the thought of induction, as there are dangers associated with it, just like any other medical procedure (including non-induced labor!), so they discussed the procedure a bit more in depth with the doc than I can explain to them. Not sure where they stand on the induction idea now, but either way I'm good. Of course, having the luxury of sort of knowing when your baby is going to start making her entrance (or in my case, knowing when you're going to be incapacitated for a couple of days and needing to be sure your kids are taken care of) is VERY nice!! And I do know that just because we plan for an induction, doesn't necessarily mean that's what's going to happen.
So we had the opportunity to take some decent pics this time, of all of us together! I'll share:

Hope everyone has a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend!!! Next checkup is in 2 weeks, so I guess I'll update then unless something happens between now and then.

I Passed!!!

Had my 28 week checkup on Friday. Also had the joys of getting my Rhogam shot and doing the glucose test (to check for gestational diabetes). Rhogam is not bad, just a shot in the hip or the shoulder, just burns pretty bad, kind of like a tetanus shot. I got to drink the juice stuff then go to my appointment then go back for my blood draw for the glucose test (they draw the blood exatly an hour after consuming the drink to see how your body breaks down the sugars in the drink, or something like that). While I'm not 100% sure of what the guidelines for "normal" are on the glucose test, I know that I got a 101. I'm choosing to believe that's like an A+ ;) but I think I might be a bit off on that. Either way, the nurse said it was good when she called me with the results. Nothing exciting at the checkup, she said my weight looks good (didn't tell me where I stand as far as my total), asked if I have any signs of preterm labor (no), asked if I have any questions (just one). I asked about the baby being big again. Bradin was a 9 lb baby and to be honest, I'd prefer not to go any bigger LOL! She did say that by measuring my uterus I was measuring right on, and that we could do an ultrasound farther on if we were concerned, but to be honest, there's nothing we can do about it. Large baby is not a good medical reason to induce early, just gives me a reason to aim for an earlier elective c-section (which I DO NOT WANT!).
Emily and Henry are coming up in 2 weeks for the next appointment, and the doc had said that we could probably arrange for an ultrasound to be done then!!! That's all I have for updates, I know, this is SO BORING isn't it??? But remember, that's a good thing!!!!