No news is... well, news at least.

The only real data I have for you is the belly measurement, blood pressure, and heart beat of baby.  40, 160/80, and averaging 170's.

What, you want more?  I'm not sure I have anything else to report.  No changes to the dilation from last week.  Lili is still trying to test her limits (much to the chagrin of Darby) - but it looks (and I'm told "feels") like she's definitely settled head down. 

We're probably going to invest some time in setting up a phone tree for details (so I'm not having to call everyone...)  So, some of you may get a phone call from someone you don't quite recognize with the details.  Cool?  If you want to be notified via a phone call, shoot me an email so I know to put you on the list.  If I don't have your number, or have 2 numbers for you - I'll say something.  Probably should do this pretty quick like...

When the moon is in the 7th house..

What is it about music references lately?  I dunno - been one of those months.

Anyway, this weeks appointment was easy.  A few minutes in "the chair" while Darby did her NST.  A few minutes with the Dr. and that's about it.


Top band is the contraction sensor and the bottom band is the heartbeat monitor.  Heartbeat was bouncing between 130 and 170 with no real contractions while she was in the chair. 

Belly measurement was 38cm, but the Dr. thinks that measurement is going to go down as Lili drops more.  Speaking of which, I got a strange phone call from Darby yesterday afternoon - the gist of it was "she's dropped more - you know how I know?  I was able to eat lunch!"

No dilation so far.

Until next week...

Dancing Queen

"You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen"

Right.  So after three weeks of a small bag of rabid weasels running around inside Darby's belly (her analogy, not mine), Lili seems to have settled into a head down position.  The Dr. was pretty sure of it with the physical exam, and brought in the machine that goes "ping" to prove it to Darby.

Funny story - at the appointment on the 2nd, we were talking about how there's some study talking about foot pain causing babies to turn.  Friday the 5th, Darby damn near broke her toe (so much so we went to the walk-in clinic to make sure it wasn't).  Swelling and purple bruises later (and some more toe-kicking) things are looking better, both for the toe and for the position... Coincidence?  :)

Salient details.  36cm belly, baby's heartbeat in the 130's, if she went into labor today they wouldn't do anything to stop her.  They made her do a NST, and it was funny to watch the changes to Lili's heartbeat when Cora would enter and exit the room (it didn't help that little miss sunshine #1 didn't nap yesterday and was in "a mood").

We also took a tour of the birth center over at the hospital and got pre-registered, so now when she goes into labor, we can skip all the paperwork.

Questions?

Update for March 2nd Dr. Appt

The good:
Darby's weight is down 2 pounds from last checkup, blood pressure is a good 120/60 (almost saintly considering the night we had - Cora was running a slight fever and didn't want to sleep).  Belly measurement is "about 35 to 36cm" - yeah we're only officially at 34 weeks... hmmmm.  Heartbeat of baby was in the high 130's.

The bad:
We start doing NST's next appointment.  (For those of you just joining us, NST or "Non Stress Test" is something the did for Darby when she was pregnant with Cora.  It's used to measure heartbeat and movement of baby to make sure things are going ok.  They did it for Cora because Darby was being treated for Gestational Diabetes (also a great Scrabble word...).  Darby passed the tests this go around, and the Dr. admitted he may have been a little too worried about Darby's numbers this time - her's blood sugars are good).

The ugly:
Lili has shifted again.  Dr. thinks she might be "foot breach" but he's not too worried yet.  We're only at 34 weeks.  If she's still not sitting right at the next appointment, that's when things get interesting.  There's a few options available at that point that don't include C-Section - so we'll burn that bridge when we get there.

That's all I have for an update - I'll leave any other details to the wife.  :)