I made it to 32 weeks today! This time last pregnancy, we were celebrating Casey’s 30th birthday in the NICU with Brady. So far things are still looking good and the pregnancy is moving along uneventfully.
We had our 32 week appointment on Tuesday and everything looked great. The baby is growing on schedule and the heartbeat looked good ranging between 120-130 beats per minute. At my last appointment at 30 weeks, I had lost 6 pounds in the two weeks since the last visit but explained to my doctor why I had lost the weight and he completely understood and only encouraged me to try snacking when I felt up to it. At this appointment I regained the weight and am now up 23 pounds in 32 weeks. I definitely haven’t been overindulging like I did with Brady so I’m hoping that my weight doesn’t explode in the home stretch. Although I did recently discover Thin Mint ice cream so I might be doomed.
One thing I found out at the appointment is when I could stop the progesterone injections. I hadn’t been able to remember when my doctor originally said I could stop but thought he had said 36 weeks so I was expecting at least four more weeks of injections. I was surprised when he said we could stop them at 34 weeks. He said that at 34 weeks they don’t do anything to stop labor and that in Austin babies do fine born at this gestational age. That means only two more injections for me! Since my sciatica is bothering me and I’m achy, not having injections in my butt is going to be a relief. Casey asked the doctor what the chances were of me delivering soon after stopping the injections and the doctor said he didn’t think they were increased and really didn’t know of any information supporting that it would happen (contrary to what people post on online message boards). He said if I did deliver soon after, that means we can be confident in knowing that the injections did prolong the pregnancy and he was right in prescribing them.
My 34 week appointment is scheduled for 2/7, then I’ll have another at 36 weeks, and then at that point start weekly appointments. I haven’t heard yet what position the baby is in or if we even need to start being concerned with that yet but if I remember I plan on asking at my next appointment.