The day has finally come.\u00c2\u00a0 Brady’s due date!\u00c2\u00a0 I can’t even imagine her just now arriving or maybe me going over my due date and her not being here yet.\u00c2\u00a0 Because she was a preemie for the next 6-12 months doctors will be using her gestational age (starting from today) to calculate milestones.\u00c2\u00a0 Just because she was born early doesn’t mean that she’ll start maturing any faster so in order to measure her growth the doctor will look at both chronological age and gestational to see how she’s measuring up.\u00c2\u00a0 For example, when Brady goes to her 2 month appointment next week the doctor isn’t going to expect much in the way of development since her adjusted gestational age will only be one week.\u00c2\u00a0 However, so we’re able to determine if she’s on track to developing along with those of her chronological age the doctor will also look at things she can or can’t do that a 2 month old would be able to.\u00c2\u00a0 I honestly don’t think we’ll have to adjust her age much or for very long she’s doing so well!<\/p>\n
Brady had another ophthalmologist appointment today.\u00c2\u00a0 This appointment was *much* better than the last one.\u00c2\u00a0 The doctor said the vessels in her eyes have entered into zone 3, the outter most zone of the eye.\u00c2\u00a0 They haven’t gotten all the way to the edge yet but the doctor seems confident that it’ll happen soon.\u00c2\u00a0 At this point there is no cause for concern and issues will not require treatment.\u00c2\u00a0 The doctor is still saying that Brady’s nearsighted (which aren’t all babies?) but we won’t need to address that in more detail until she’s more mobile at around a year old.\u00c2\u00a0 Brady won’t have her next follow up appointment for 6 more months just to make sure that the vessels have finished their journey and no other issues have cropped up.<\/p>\n
Enjoy these pics of Brady from the last three days – Sunday – 2 month birthday, Monday – 9 weeks old, Tuesday – due date!<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The day has finally come.\u00c2\u00a0 Brady’s due date!\u00c2\u00a0 I can’t even imagine her just now arriving or maybe me going over my due date and her not being here yet.\u00c2\u00a0 Because she was a preemie for the next 6-12 months … Continue reading