No protein in urine (yay!), awesome BP (yay!), beautiful heartbeat (YAY!!), and perfect fundal height measurement (YAY!!).
Great news all around.
My weight is continuing to climb at [what to me is] an alarming rate, but both our nurse and the OB said I shouldn't be worried. Whatever you say doc - you're the pro. But seriously.. this seems like its kinda snowballing outta control to little (ahem, not so little) old me!
Doc commented on how awesome my ankles look - no swelling in my legs/feet so far. Woohoo. My hands get a little swollen from time to time, but its hard to say how much of that is pregnancy related and how much of that is triple digit weather!
He asked about Braxton Hicks and was pleased to hear that we are only experiencing the dreaded BH from time to time.. never more than a couple at a time, and maybe 2 instances a week.
Then, what really got me was the next bit of info he shared -- after our next appt (at 34 wks), if we were to go into labor, they wouldn't try to stop it.
:::picture my eyes bugging out of my head at right about that moment:::
Okay, I KNOW that does not mean we will go into labor at that point.. but just knowing that IF we did, we would be having our baby and not trying to postpone labor FREAKED. ME. OUT.
I immediately started thinking... "But we don't have a mattress, or bedding, or a carseat, or the rocker, or the fans in the house dusted, or the baseboards cleaned, or the bills organized, or the COBRA settled... "
The doc must have seen the wheels in my head a-turning because he went on to say that we have no reason to believe I will deliver Camryn early.. all signs are pointing to a full-term delivery at this point.
Whew.
It was nice to hear him say that out loud.. even though deep down I already knew it was true.
We discussed a few other things that I had questions about.. for instance, their policy on internals (they can start checking me at 36 wks, same wk they do the GBS test, but I have every right to decline them), what the heck is happening to my few little moles/beauty marks (he wants me to see the dermatologist down the hall), and what the heck Camryn is doing when her fetal movements feel like they are set to super sonic speed (totally normal, could be her kicking her feet or opening or closing her hands or flapping her arms - nothing to worry about and totally cute to picture!!).
We go back in 2 more weeks for the last fully-clothed appt of the PG. ACK!
Some sad news at the appt, though, was that the 3rd OB in the practice (who has been on bed rest for the last 3 months PG with triplets) delivered her babies just shy of 24 weeks and 2 didn't make it. Heart breaking. The third baby is in NICU and will be for quite some time, but the prognosis is good. So sad for her to lose 2 of her children, but thank goodness Baby3 is fighting and hanging on.
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OMG, sooo exciting how close you are to the end!!! Woohoo!! Don't worry about all the "to-do's"...they'll get done, and the ones that don't won't matter at all when you're holding sweet baby Camy (ok, except for the car seat...you are going to need to make sure that gets done). And lucky you with no swelling. I am jealous.
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