"wednesday" update

Sorry this is so late. I have been pretty exhausted lately and have decided to nap instead of updating this. :o) Wednesday I went back to the dr. I thinned to 2.5cm. I have been steady at 3cm lately so it is a little disappointing. She didnt check me or anything and wont recheck the fetalfibronectin test till next week. It will be every 2 weeks. So other then that not too much new. I go back next wednesday of course.

After we left I did go to the mall!!! The dr told me to try a belly belt or whatever since she is so low and its uncomfortable. Well we stopped in stride rite and as you can see hunter had quite the time. I dont even know how many pairs we tried on. We just bought him shoes not long ago. but he grew out of his other ones already. He is now in a 10.5 CRAZY!!! Plus they had a sale on. He ended up getting a pair of sandals for Easter and new athletic shoes. He had fun. As far as the belly band thing ... it did help but i felt like it was smashing her little head and making her uncomfortable so i decided to tough it out!! :o)

New Shoes again!!!

baby sister and hunter's cute pug nose

I just remembered something i wanted to share with everyone that I have been trying to remember for like a week now ... go figure! Last week danny and I were sitting on the couch, well he was sitting i was laying ... and we were talking about hunters cute little pug nose. We were saying how none of us really have his nose and we werent sure where he got it from. So the next day I went to the dr and had an ultrasound. Usually whenever I have an ultrasound baby sister is always head down threatening to make an entrance and always face down. We usually cant get much of a picture because of this. Well this time she was head down but face up and I immediately saw that she has the same nose as hunter!!! It is so cute. I put a couple pics of hunter on here that showed his profile as much as possible but some of the ones of him cooking might be better. I hope you enjoy them!

Baby sister close up!!!

28 weeks

Look at that cute nose!!

checking the mail!

Showing grandmom a bug on his finger!

update time

Quick update! Yesterday i had another dr appt in the morning and went to the high risk dr in the afternoon. Both appointments went well. My cervix was 3cm thinned, which is a little thicker then last week. She checked me and i was still 1 cm dilated. I had a FFN test which was negative. This is the test that shows with a 75% chance I will go into labor in the next 2 weeks. So that was negative which is great. The high risk dr just affirmed everything we had been doing. He did an anatomy ultrasound and estimated her weight to be 3lbs 3oz. Which is really good. He also told me to start on my meds again for the contractions. With everything cardiac wise being negative and since i am still having contractions and it made my day easier being on it he said to start it back. i dont have to wake myself up to take it ... but see how it goes. I think a lot of my palpitations has to do with stress ... i had them the entire time i waited in the dr office and was hot then i went back and it was gone ... they have been a lot less recently which makes things a lot more comfortable.  I dont go until next wednesday so hopefully we wont have any updates until then. Friday is the 30 week mark!!!

Above is a pic of hunter when he was on the potty before bath. He gives us those eyes when he starts to go potty. Like he surprises himself. its really cute. He is getting better on the potty but still isnt too too into it yet. He will get it eventually i think if i could do more it might be easier for him to catch on but thats ok. We have been asking him lately what his baby sister likes .... like ... does baby sister use a cup or a bottle ... bottle he says ... does baby sister use a snuggly or a ghnn ... that is what he calls his other snuggly ... he said to us ... no its hunters snuggly and gghhnn. So we explained to him we had to go to the store and buy her a pink one ... and he says ... yeah ... we have to buuuyy some. Wish you could hear him says it he emphasizes buy ... He no longer has a paci around anywhere ... well he already said its hunters blue paci ... we have to buuy some for baby sister from the red ball store (target). :O) even though he doesnt have his blue paci ... he just remembers it and sees it in pictures sometimes :o)

chef hunter!

So I am feeling a little more upbeat this evening and I wanted to post some cute pics of Hunter cooking. He decided he wanted to cook with my mom so they were making mashed potatoes. Yes to him they are considered a veggie so no he did not eat them for dinner but he did manage to taste them off the beater!! He said ... "its delicious mommy ... taste"

tired

So i went to the dr yesterday. I was 2.5cm which means i thinned some. They didnt check me because she didnt want to over aggravate things. They were going to do a fetalfibronectin test ... i think thats how you spell it ... but since i had a vaginal ultrasound they didnt want it to show up false. Its a test that shows 80% whether or not you will deliver within 2 weeks. I am not sure if it would have been false negative or positive. I did manage to gain 1 pound so that is good. I have been having trouble with palpitations so they drew some blood to check my thyroid and i am going to follow up with a cardiologist today for an echo and monitor to wear for a few days and then see the dr friday. 

So it seemed like it was going to be a slow day little did we know baby girl had other ideas. Around about 4 i started feeling uncomfortable and then decided to write down my contractions. They began about 10 min apart then 5-8 min when i finally called the dr. They took me off all the medicine because of the palpitations so they didnt want me to go back on that yet. So we headed down to the hospital. By the time i go there the contractions were 5 min or so with a lot of irritability and the true contractions were crazy intense. They did the test FFN which did come back negative then gave me a bolus of fluid which helped the contractions finally slow.  They sent us home and now i am waiting to call back and see when i will go back. We ae really happy things slowed and nothing else needed to be done. Its just crazy how this whole thing has been so up and down, its wearing me out and i know it has to be wearing danny out too. And hunter as well. 

I will update with whats next. I go for the ECHO today and monitor then maybe see the OB while i am down there, im not sure yet. I am waiting till they open to call and find out. I just wanted to update everyone real quick since i usually write something after the drs on wednesdays. 

carnival rides!!!

As of this morning I can no longer take the medicine that helps my contractions slow or stop. I have been trying to wean myself off because of contraindications that the dr talked to me about on wednesday plus i havent been having as many contractions. Well in the process it has been giving me pretty significant palpitations and irregular heart beats. It was pretty scary saturday then sunday was even worse. I was so confused as to whether i needed the meds for my heart or was it because i was coming off of them that I was having the trouble and why now i have been taking this medicine now for about 4 weeks and never had a problem. Well i talked to the dr today and they want me to come off it all together. I am pretty nervous about it, which makes me contract even more ... but i am just trying to stay really low key even more then before and lay around as usual. so we will see how things go.

This weekend there was a carnival at the school my cousins go to and I wanted so desperately to go. Hunter had so much fun last year and he wast even able to do much so I knew this year was going to be a big one for him. My emotions have been up and down and so sunday they were really down knowing in the head going to the carnival would be too much but wanted to experience it with danny and hunter. Danny and I had a long talk and he helped me through it. He sent me lots of pictures and video while he was there and brought me home some ritas italian ice. :o) Its just hard knowing its better for you not to do something and knowing you will be missing out on something big in the process.

Hunter seems to be going through a phase of nightmares maybe ... he is waking up in the middle of the night all of the sudden saying hes scared. We are trying to keep him out of our bed as much as possible so I layed with him in his room last night. Please pray its just a phase and he feels better soon.

This was the begining of the motorcycle ride ... Hold on tight!!!

Hunter, his cousin Liam and Auntie M!

Having fun on a ride with daddy!!

Hunter's much needed haircut and my praise God report!!

Before his haircut!!!!

So today we went back to the dr. I am soooo happy and blessed to report that things were a little better then last week. I was 3cm. I didnt gain any weight still, which amazes me but like a good friend pointed out i must be losing all my muscle. But thats ok I am approaching week 28 and I am really excited. She checked me today ... i wasnt dilated either, i had an awful dream and have been feeling anxious and weird so it really put me at ease knowing nothing was developing. I am still receiving the progesterone shots every week which seem to hurt and have more of an impact on me now, they make me feel like i am going to pass out ... its weird but hey ... keeping her in is our goal so whatever works right?!? So I go back in 1 week and we will see how it is. 

On the way home we stopped at a barber shop and got Hunters haircut!!! I usually take him to this kids place by my house but since i cant drive and its not close to my moms its been hard to get there and as you will be able to tell from the before pics it was much needed. He did soo good as always. He seems to surprise me on things that may stress him out ... he just sits right through them. He was excited after to get his lollipop which he then reminded me we dont bite just lick! :o) I hope you enjoy the pics. Thank you everyone for all your prayers!!