38 Weeks!
I had my 37 week appointment on Monday and discussed the GBS thing with my primary midwife. She was very supportive of our decision to not use antibiotics and to decline the 4- and 12-hour blood tests and to treat on risk factors. THANK GOODNESS. I feel so much better about things now! And we did end up getting the antibiotic prescription filled, so we have it just in case.
Baby had a nice acceleration in heartrate while we were listening (the student had just palpated positioning and gotten Love Bug all riled up) into the 160’s, but it settled back down into the 140’s/150’s after a minute or two. My primary midwife’s guess is: girl, in the high 7-lb range, born at 39 weeks - which is the 18th/19th … same as my secondary midwife’s guess for timing! We’ll see!
Love Bug’s movements have definitely slowed down some in the past few days. He/she is still moving a lot in the evenings, but the movements are both stronger and slower. I’ve read that the baby often starts moving a little less due to lack of space and conserving energy, but who knows! I’m definitely not concerned about the amount of movement anyways - plenty of kicks and punches and hiccups going on in there!
Jen said,
February 15, 2010 @ 12:58 am
The 18th would be lovely…that’s our anniversary!
jenny the big sis said,
February 15, 2010 @ 1:38 am
So soon!! Sounds like baby is doing great. Hopefully you’re feeling well too and able to get some rest. The last few weeks are pretty tough on mommy physically. I hope Brad is giving you lots of feet massages!