Baby Peanut Update

Well, I am in month 8 already!! I can't believe it!! Baby Peanut is now the size of a honeydew. And let me tell you this.....she feels like the size of a honeydew or even a watermelon.

Things are going great here, and I am now seeing my doctor weekly to monitor my progress. I headed in on Tuesday for my appointment and a scheduled non-stress test. For those of you who don't know much about a non-stress test, it is a test to check on fetal movement and heart rate for 20-30 minutes. They stick two monitors on your belly and give you a little button to push everytime the baby moves. I laid there for about 7 or 8 minutes and she never moved. Little Peanut was sound asleep, therefore the nurse practitioner came in stuck this loud vibrating instrument on my stomach and woke her up.......actually she scared her to death. Her heart rate jumped from about 135 to 175. Poor baby!!!

The machine prints out this pretty little report. The top line is baby movement and the bottom line is uterine activity. It was pretty interesting to watch while I laid there, having horrible heartburn, for 25 minutes. The great news is that Baby Peanut is doing really welll!!!! They said she "looks fabulous"!

So as I was there, I signed all my paperwork for my c-section. We are scheduled for November 30th. At that point I will be 39 weeks and 2 days, so I am very nervous that I am going to go into labor before that!! We would do it the week before, but it is Thanksgiving and my doctor is out of town.

When signing all my paperwork, I was informed of all the new hospital policies that are now in place due to the H1N1 virus. No children under the age of 15 are allowed to visit any of the patients. Yes, that means Macy. I almost started crying right there on the spot. Jeremy and I had already told her that she would be the first to see the baby. We were planning on really making her a part of sister's first few days. Also, they advised keeping visitors to a minimum for the sake of our newborn baby, other newborn babies, and all of the recovering mothers.

Therefore, we are requesting that visitors wait until we are at home and out of the hospital setting before coming to visit. We understand that it is difficult to not visit a cuddly little newborn right away, but we would rather not risk the health of her or the other babies. The good thing is, we will be at our home in 2-3 days following her birth, and will have all the hand sanitizer needed for visitors. Don't worry, we will post pictures as soon as she comes!!!