Today's Doctors appointment. . .

Hey all,

So we started this morning with our FIFTH ultrasound! Everything looked wonderful. Plenty of amniotic fluid and no real concern. They are estimating Bean's current weight at NINE POUNDS two ounces give or take 21 ounces. YIKES!!!!!!!

Then we went for the "non- stress test". They hooked me up to a fetal heart monitor and a contraction monitor. I am apparently having contractions. I thought those feelings were the bean stretching but they confirmed that there are mild contractions going on in there. So that was kind of exciting and now I know what I am feeling. I had 4 or 5 in the 45 minutes or so I was hooked up to the monitors. Good times. Again Bean is doing very well and all seems healthy.

Then we went for the dr's appointment. Nothing at all new to report. I am 80% effaced (same as last week) less than one centimeter dilated (same as last week) and the Bean's head is at a -2 (same as last week). For those of you who don't know they measure the location of the head on a scale of -4 to +4. -4 is not at all engaged in the pelvis and +4 is crowning. I have some progress at a -2 but not much.

I have another non-stress test scheduled for Monday and on the assumption that will be fine I am scheduled for the first part of induction Thursday at 5 Pm and the second part Friday in the morning. They may or may not ask me to spend Thursday night in the hospital.

I did have some really real contractions Monday night that lasted about and hour and a half but they stopped and never started again. Now that I know what these mild contractions are I am feeling a ton today but I am not sure if I am just more aware of them now that I know that they are contractions and not baby stretches.

For now both of us are healthy and happy and that's really all I can ask for. I promise to keep you all posted.

HUGS