Baby B: 33-34 Weeks

Well, I guess Miss Bailey felt the need to keep up with the excitement of her big sister's pregnancy! And she may have topped it! Check here for an update if you don't know what I am talking about!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 33-34 weeks

Size of baby: She should be around 17-18 inches long and weight 4-4.75 lbs (about the size of a large pineapple to a cantaloupe ). She was measuring 5 lb 4 oz on her sono last Monday!

Weight gain: +15 (down a few, most likely because of all of the kidney stone/hospital fun)

Maternity Clothes: Yes

Gender: Another sweet girl!

Movement: Yes! The nurses at the hospital were laughing at how active she is! She wouldn't stay on the monitor for them.

Sleep: Sleep was terrible with the kidney stone. It is now just uncomfortable, with post surgery pain and pregnancy symptoms combined.

Symptoms: Exhaustion, backache, kidney stones,and moodiness

What I miss: Nothing

Cravings: Oreos, Cookies and cream ice cream

Best moment this week: Everything going well with my surgery and most importantly Baby B coming through everything ok!

What I am looking forward to: Hopefully starting to get the room ready for 2 girls and sorting though clothes!

Dad and Big Sister: Mark has been an all star this week. He had to work all week, but still mananged to stay with me until late at night at the hospital. Ashlynn has been getting spoiled by grandparents since Monday! 

3D Sonograms

I never posted the 28 week 3D sono pics that we had of Bailey. We also got some this past week at 33 weeks from my last appt with Dr. E

30 Weeks:

33 Weeks:

Everything looked great! She measured 5 lb. 4 oz. on the sono (which can measure big, but even at 1 lb less that is still a good size for 33 weeks!)

Smiling!

Sucking her thumb!

Here is a comparison of Ashlynn at 36 weeks and Bailey at 33 weeks!

While at the hospital, they did a normal sono.  She was trying to suck on her toes the entire time, which was pretty funny!

Fun Weekend

The weekend before the "kidney stone" adventure, Ashlynn went and spent the night with her G-Ma and Gator.  I was feeling particularly tired, and we all just needed a rest.

She had a fun time playing! We are so grateful for our families.

Such a ham for the camera!

 They got a new swing for the backyard and she loved playing in it!

She decided that Gator needed a little help with his tools!

St. Patrick's Day

Here are a few pics of our sweet little leprechaun!

Kidney Stones

Well....what a week it has been.  

Last Saturday night, I slept about 2 hours total. I was having some bad pains that we just associated with pregnancy symptoms.  Sunday they returned off and on.

On Monday, I had my appt. with Dr. E. It was supposed to be that afternoon, but Miss Bailey hadn't moved much at all that day, and I was still not feeling well, so they had me come in early.  Thankfully a sweet friend took Ashlynn for me.  They did a sono to check on our girl, and she was looking great and finally started moving some.  As for my pain, they determined that I had a bladder infection, and a possible kidney stone/infection. He sent me home with antibiotics and instructions to call if it was a stuck stone (he said "Trust me, you will know.")

Well, Monday night the pain got worse. And worse. And worse. Finally I called Dr. E and he told me to head in to L&D.  My mom met us there and took A home with her.  After stopping my contractions, running some tests and a doing a kidney sono, they decided to admit me for observation.

On Tuesday, I was informed that I did indeed have at least 1 stone (5mm) and that the urologist would be coming in to discuss surgery to remove it.  After my pain returning, and talking with Dr. S, we decided to go ahead with stone removal.

Surgery meant that I would be put under and that Baby B would have to be VERY closely monitored.  I headed in that night around 5 for the surgery.  I was feeling ok, until we passed the NICU bassinet outside my OR, and then fear hit.  I just laid on the table praying for our sweet girl's health.

God is so good to us.  My procedure went great, and more importantly Miss Bailey was a champ the entire time.  I ended up having 2 stones that were each 5 mm. They zapped one with a laser and got it out. The other is still in my kidney, so they put a stent in. They will remove it after Bailey comes.

That night I had some consistent contractions.  They monitored me and Bailey, and around midnight we finally got sent back up to our room.  Thankfully, everything was still looking great on Wednesday morning and Dr E said that I could go home! 

So, now I am home. Resting for the next few days.  Ashlynn is being spoiled by grandparents, and missed terribly by her mom and dad.

We are so grateful to the Lord for His protection during this time.  And also for our friends and family who have helped out this week. Hopefully the rest of this pregnancy will go smooth, and we will see Bailey in just over a month!