The end is in sight!

I had a Dr's appt last Friday and got some good news. We are going to move my c-section up to August 5th!!!!! Now I'm a little scared because that is in 10 days, but I am so glad that this pregnancy will be over! The week before my ultrasound showed that the baby was 8 pounds give or take a pound either way. Because of this as well as the medications I am taking the Dr thinks it will be better to deliver sooner rather than later. I will be 36 weeks and 1 day on the 5th. So that morning I will have to have an amniocentesis which is where they will take a needle and put it in my stomach to take out some amniotic fluid. (They use an ultrasound machine to guide the needle). The fluid will be tested to find out if the baby's lungs are fully developed. If they are then we can have the c-section that afternoon! So keep your fingers crossed!!! It is bitter sweet because I know the longer he is in there the better it is for him, but I am soooooooooo ready to be done! So keep us in your prayers.

Major update....make sure you read the whole thing

Okay, so a lot has happened in the last month which is my excuse for not giving an update for Kaelyn's 14th month. And now here we are at her 15th month so there is a lot to say! The last 2 months have been so fun with Kaelyn! She is learning and growing everyday. I think one of her most favorite things is music. She has a little piano that plays songs and she loves to dance and twirl to the music. She has gotten some new toys which loves! She loves to be outside and we even took her to the pool in Crystal-finally!!!! She was a little hesitant at first, but then she started walking right in and splashing and playing. She is making lots of new sounds and noises. She isn't talking too much yet, but there are a couple of words she has said, but only once. She can follow directions and is such a big helper. She loves to put things in the garbage and help clean!!!! (She definitely got this from Grandma Faye!!!) She loves to color and use pens to draw although she is still learning that crayons and pens are only used on paper! Her other favorite thing is to read books, especially ones with animals. We are working hard on which animals say what. Her favorite sounds are the bear (grrrrrr) and the cow (mooooooo). So those are a few things about our munchkin and how she is doing.

As for me and the baby....we had an exciting adventure to the hospital the end of June. I had gone in for my regular OB check on 6/23. The babies heart rate was pretty high and I was measuring a little big. So my Dr sent me to have an ultrasound the next day to see how everything was. After my ultrasound was over my Dr called right a way and told me that the baby's heart rate was very high and he was retaining fluid. He wanted me to go to Methodist hospital right away. He said they were expecting me and that I would have a consult with a perinatologist. So I called Joe right away and told him I was headed to the hospital right away. So he met me there.
Once I got to the hospital they admitted me and started monitoring the baby right away. I even got a shot of steroids that were to help the baby's lungs develop. The Dr came in and told me that I would be taking a ride over Abbott Northwestern in an ambulance. It was during rush hour so I got to have the lights and sirens on too!!
So then I got admitted to Abbott and Joe met me there. I met half a dozen Drs that night. Some were perinatolgists-for the baby, and others were cardiologists-for me. So what ended up happening was they put me on medication to help bring the baby's heart rate down. His heart rate was over 200 and normally should be between 120-160. So basically we just had to sit and wait until the baby's heart rate converted. I had to be in the hospital until this happened. So finally Friday night/Saturday this finally happened. It got down to about 170 and they were happy with that. During all this I was having an EKG everyday along with the baby being monitored everyday for 1 hour twice a day. We found out that he is also breeched so I will have another c-section for sure. I also was having a lot of contractions in the hospital so they put me on medication to help stop those as well. So there was a lot going on for both of us. I finally got to go home on Monday. Now the plan is for me to "take it easy" and go in to be monitored twice a week along with having a BPP-which is basically an ultrasound to see how the baby is doing. I also see the perinatologist for my weekly OB appt. I had a C-section scheduled at Abbott for 8/25but this week the ultrasound showed that Austin is already 8 pounds-give or take a pound either way. So we could see about delivering a little earlier than that!!!!! Now it's just a waiting game.
Also I fell down the stairs about two weeks ago. They wouldn't do an x-ray to see if it is broken, but either way there isn't anything they can do for that. So I am finally getting a little better, but I can't sit very long, and I can't stand very long. My mom came up on July 4th, so she is helping a lot with Kaelyn. I am not supposed to lift her anyways. So things have been hard and I am really ready to have this pregnancy over with. So I am taking it one day at time...


Here's me at 33 weeks.....a week ago