Fundal Height

Typically, fundal height coincides with your pregnancy week.  According to my due date, I should be measuring 30-34 at this point.  At my appointment this morning, my measurement was 36.5-37.  Holy mama!  Doctor still doesn't seem too worried, but she did order me to have an ultrasound at the next available date, Monday July 25.  And then I have an appointment the following Monday August 1.  Baby Holm might be coming sooner rather than later, so get ready (...I say to myself, haha)!  I wouldn't put it past her because if she's anything like her mama, she's most likely impatient.  What can I say?  Like mother like daughter....already. ;-)   

Doctor Says...

  I had an appointment last night with Dr. Katie; everything seems fine and moving right along.  However, when Nurse Madge measured my tummy she got this very odd, kind of surprised look on her face.  Apparently I'm measuring much bigger than I should be at this stage...so she had Dr. Katie measure too.  Same thing: confused/surprised look on her face after measuring.  SO, we might be doing another ultrasound to see exactly what's going on- whether I'm further along than they thought, or there's an excess of fluids in there, or maybe baby was just stretching out.  Regardless, I have another appointment in a week and then they will decide whether to do the ultrasound or not.  Dr. Katie did say that more towards the end of August seems likely, rather than a couple weeks into Sept for my due date.  Make those bets, Family!
  Another interesting tid-bit I learned was that I have been having Braxon Hicks for several weeks now and I didn't have the slightest clue.  I thought that the tightness of my tummy was because Baby Holm was moving all around and putting pressure on my belly, NOT because my belly was actually contracting.  Silly me.  Then again, it's not like I've ever been pregnant before to know what a contraction actually feels like.  I guess that's why it sometimes hurt.  Now I know :-)
   Today I am experiencing lots of pain/aching on the right side of my belly (but it's not like a contraction that comes and goes), as well as on the lower right side of my back.  Not so zesty.  I'm interested to see what my next appointment brings....

What If....

      So...what if I mistook my period in December as not a period at all and I really should've used the first day of my last period in November?!  I have a slight memory of that period being lighter and waaaay shorter than usual.  I never notate those kinds of things because I'm usually just so happy for a shorter torture time- I don't ask questions, haha.  I just feel like I'm farther along than my due date suggests.  I was reading about ultrasound due date accuracy and I gathered that usually the early ultrasounds are the ones that get the due date, while any later ultrasounds can only be used to measure how well baby is growing, not really how far along we are.  I think I'll have this baby in August, not September....and I hope I'm right.  Not that I want to rush things; I would never want my impatience and discomfort to cause an early birth and complications for our baby.  Time will tell, but I know one thing I have learned for sure...don't tell the doctor your possible last period- just get the early ultrasound to decipher.  That would put my mind more at ease- and probably be way more accurate.  Though I DO know that due dates are not set in stone and baby will come when baby is ready no matter how much calculating is done.   

Prenatal Check up

   Yesterday we had our 5th appointment- everything is looking good so far.  I have my next appointment in 4 weeks, and then I will start going in every two weeks.  After talking to our baby doctor, she is going to try to re-submit (based on the fact that Zach's grandma had a heart defect) our ultrasound so insurance will cover the costs (whew!).  I can say I am VERY relieved to hear that.  We were able to talk a little more about labor and delivery in regards to what is important to me.  Feels good to be on the same page.
   The funniest thing happened when the nurse was getting Baby Holm's heartbeat...apparently Baby didn't like the wand pushing down because it got punched 3 times!  Hilarious!  I think we have a feisty little bugger on our hands :-)  Stubborn like Mama and full of energy like Daddy.  Only 16 weeks left until we get to meet our little sea monkey :-)  Max time would be 17 weeks, because the docs won't let us go more than a week past our due date (which apparently is Sept. 9 or something now).  Sometime mid-Sept. :-)
   Results of the ultrasound were great, by the way.  Nothing abnormal, all healthy.  Great news!!