Last Appointment

I had my last prenatal appointment yesterday. Like I said in my last post, I seriously can't believe how fast this has all gone by. I've been so calm lately and everyone keeps asking if I'm nervous about Monday and I really haven't been at all. But now I keep thinking that maybe I should be a little more nervous than I am. I mean, I'M HAVING A BABY IN 5 DAYS!!!!!! I should be feeling a little more nervous or stressed or excited, but I'm really not. I think it will all probably hit me on Sunday and I will probably be an emotional basket case. In fact the ONE THING that gets me emotional right now is when I look at Max and think about how much his life is about to change. He's been the center of everything for the past 3 1/2 years, so I keep going between waves of guilty feelings and feelings of excitement for him. I just hope we can make the transition a smooth one for him.

My appointment yesterday was once again a loooong one. Curt came with me because I told him he had too since it was my last appointment. Max was at MDO, so it was just the two of us. They did my weight and blood pressure check first as usual...BP was completely normal and I had a 1/2 pound weight gain from the previous week. I asked what they had as a total...24 lbs overall. So not too bad. I wanted to gain 10 less than I did with Max and I gained 38 lbs with him. I'm not sure if they will weigh me on Monday or not? So I guess the total overall could change...

Then we waited in the little room for Dr. M to come talk to us about everything. She asked if we had any questions and we didn't really. I just made sure she put in my chart about my percocet intolerance (or whatever you want to call it) and that I did not want that type of pain medicine after my c-section. She was glad I let her know because that was what they typically give for pain afterwards. But since it makes me violently ill I needed to make sure I'm not given a percocet after the spinal wears off. She said that shouldn't be a problem.
Then she asked the usual question...how is the baby moving? I told her that she just doesn't move a lot...and there are days when it literally takes all day to get the total 5 kicks needed in a kick count. So she ordered another u/s to check fluid levels again. We had one at 36 weeks because the little stinker wasn't moving then either. I figured it would be fine and I just have a really lazy girl, but it's hard to turn down an opportunity to take a peak at your baby. So I came back at 3:30 (without Curt because he had to stay with Max and they won't let you bring any child under the age of 12 into the u/s room...no exceptions. I hate that rule btw...)
Anyways, Aspen wasn't moving at all...as usual, so the tech lady went and got a noise maker to make her move around. She put it near her head and it made a really loud buzzing noise. It was SO neat to see Aspen respond to the noise...you could actually see her open her eyes and look around. So cool! Then she started sucking her thumb, which was super sweet! So the tech said she looked great and that she's probably a mellow baby...I hope she continues to be once she gets here, lol! She's probably so mellow and relaxed because I've been so calm this pregnancy...except for the first part when I was sicker than I've ever felt! I wonder if there is an actual correlation between a mother being calm and stressfree during pregnancy and the demeanor of her baby? That would be interesting...

Anyways, no pictures this time...she printed off a few, but didn't make the usual cd of files and I've heard your not supposed to scan u/s pictures in...could be a myth, who knows. They are hard to see anyways.

I'll probably take my final belly picture on Monday morning before we leave for the hospital. Only 4 more days (not counting today)!