31 Weeks Pregnant

Today I’m 31 weeks pregnant which is officially the longest I’ve ever been pregnant.  I always say that I had Brady at 31 weeks but in reality it was at 30 weeks 6 days.  So far, so good and no sign that I’ll be delivering early.  Not that there were any indications prior to the weeklong hospital stay prior to delivery with Brady either, but still nothing to suggest otherwise this time around either.

I’m still taking my weekly progesterone shots and have five more shots left to go.  My mom has been really helpful and has been driving up (or on a few rare occasions I’ve driven down to her) here to give them to me.  Luckily my shot day is the same day as my doctor’s appointments so those can be given at the same time since she has been watching Brady during my appointments.  After the first six weeks of getting them in the legs and being incredibly sore afterwards, we switched to the butt and it has been much easier.  There’s a lot more fat in my butt to prevent the shot from hurting there.

For my 30 week appointment last week, Casey was swamped with preparing for his trip to Virginia so my mom and Brady went with me to the appointment.  Since Brady has a case of white coat syndrome (even with vets that wear them), I was hoping by getting her used to my doctor and the environment that she’ll do better visiting the hospital when I deliver.  Unfortunately per her usual, she started fussing and carrying on as soon as they called me back.  She fussed as long as the nurse was in the room but as soon as they left she calmed down again.  This was my first visit without an ultrasound but they did use the doppler to check the baby’s heartbeat.  She was moving all around and obviously doing fine but didn’t want to be listened to for too long.  She even put her butt against my stomach creating this strange outline when I laid down on the table to express her unhappiness with the ordeal.

Brady started to get worked up when my OB walked into the room but calmed down when she realized he wasn’t there for her and there for me and baby sister.  She does a lot better when people don’t come right at her and she gets used to them which is why I think she gravitates more to men in most situations.  The visit was pretty uneventful and my doctor was very understanding of my weight loss due to the circumstances and suggested to try snacking when I felt up to it.  My appetite has since returned so I’m sure I’ve regained the weight that was lost that first week.  Brady was more than happy to say goodbye to the doctor and tell him she’d see him later and she told goodbye to everyone she saw after that.  As we were walking out into the hallway she even said to the receptionists, “Bye, girls!”

Since that visit she brings up seeing mama’s doctor, Dr. Phillips from time to time.  And when you ask her what Dr. Phillips does she talks about listening to baby sister’s heart beat and says ba-boom ba-boom.  I’m glad she’s talking about the visit so positively because after her visit, she was not impressed and seemed a bit traumatized about the unsuccessful attempt at measuring her.