January 29

Baby's Size Check Ultrasound

We didn't get any new pics, but did get a size estimate. Evelyn is measuring big, a few weeks ahead, currently around 4 lb 14 oz! At this rate she's going to be a big girl, average weight for 32 weeks is 3 lb 12 oz - 4 lb 4 oz. She's head down with her back along my right side and her behind up by right right rib. The sideways stretching I've been feeling is her elbows, I thought it was hands & feet! It looks like she's doing well. I still didn't get to see her face, but that's great news she is growing so well. I'm a little anemic, doc had no real opinion on my blood pressure or chest heaviness/lung aches I've had lately. I'm sure it's all from the terbutaline, I tried not taking one last night and the bronchitis feeling went away by this morning. Doc hadn't heard of that side effect, it's rare, so she's not taking it very seriously but I'm monitoring it. Still having about 3 contractions/hour pretty much all day every day, sometimes more, but it doesn't appear to be doing much. I have a little more signs of progress, but nothing to worry about right this moment. I asked what happens if baby is born now, the NICU at the where I'll be delivering is small, low-level. If she's able to breathe on her own or only needs supplemental oxygen she stays there, if she needs a breathing machine she'd be transfered to a larger hospital nearby or Children's. Since I already got the steroid injections and she's growing so well odds are good she'd be able to stay, but she'd probably still have to stay a couple weeks at this point. Mostly out of the woods, not 100%. Only about 5 1/2 weeks until my scheduled c-section date, still a chance we'll make it that far.