33 Week Update

We saw Dr. F yesterday for my 33 week check-up. Lots of good news and some things to contemplate. Frist, my blood pressure remains great! 126/70- which is very, very good for me. At this point with doodle, I was already sent to a heart specialist and went through testing because my blood pressure was high and steadily increasing. Prayers answered so far!!! I only gained one pound from last visit (2 weeks ago) even though Camdyn had a huge growth spurt (I am getting to that.) Total weight gain so far is 27 pounds. I gained 53 with doodle so I think this is a huge factor in keeping my blood pressure down. Dr. F began to talk about scheduling the C-section as she was measuring my fundal height. She stopped mid-sentence and said, "This baby is big." Miss Priss is now 4 weeks ahead!!! Dr. F kept loooking back and forth and MSW and I asking, "how do you make such big babies?" The talks shifted from scheduling the c-section to our new game plan. Because of her size at this point, Dr. F feels there is no way that I will make it to 39 weeks. The hopspital does not allow for a scheduled C-section to be planned prior to 39 weeks. We have a problem....

So, for now the game plan is to have a sonogram on Wednesday (she moved this up a week) to do a weight check of baby girl. If we have an idea of how big she is now, it will influence our delivery decision if it comes prior to 39 weeks. So basically, Dr. F beleives that I will start going into labor in the near future. If I am at the 35 mark she will not stop labor. Based on the infromation we find out on Wednesday about weight, I will then either have a regular delivery or we will then do a c-section at that point. Dr. F thinks I will have no problem delivering a 7 pounder though she is giving me the option of doing a C regardless of her weight.

It leaves me with more questions than answers, truthfully. On one hand, I am terrified of delivering another huge baby and have settled into the idea of having a c-section. This is a likely scenario if I make it past 35 weeks. However, there seems to be a really good chance that I will go into labor in the next couple of weeks. I am having fairly regualr contractions that have began dialation. Camdyn dropped Saturday night and the change is very noticeable. I feel and look different than just last Saturday. Could this be my body getting ready? I feel her weight and I feel the pressure that I did right before my water broke with doodle. I do not want to deliver my precious this early. 35 weeks makes me nervours, even. I can't stand to think that she will have to be in the NICU for under developed lungs and that I could possibly be discharged from the hopsital without her. I just can't think about that. So, is it possible to have a big baby with under developed lungs???? Only time will tell.

So on one hand I am hoping and praying for her growth to slow down and stay in until 37 weeks, while at the same time I am hoping and praying that she speeds up her lung development. I often confuse myself with what I am hoping for! The truth remains, that this is beyond our control. We have faith and just trust in it that everything will be fine.

Will I have a preemie or will I have another giant? Maybe Wednesday will give us a better idea.