baby three...

just a quick note on baby 3 - I had an OB appointment yesterday. (Have I mentioned that we've been in a lot of doctor's offices lately?)

She said the baby looks awesome - heart rate was 161, it's head down, and squirming all over. It's growing on schedule, and all test results so far are normal. I've been getting lots of really severe headaches lately. She told me to up my Tylenol dose for now, and watch for spots. If that happens, go to emerg right away. She said my blood pressure is consistantly as perfect as can be, but sometimes blood pressure complications can happen even in people with good blood pressure, which seems a bit odd to me. She also told me to keep a close eye on my Braxton Hicks contractions. She said they're a bit too aggressive for this stage of pregnancy (27 weeks). They come in long, long spurts, and sometimes by the time they end, they're actually getting painfull. She said if they go on for more than a 45 minute stretch, to head to the hospital for an assessment, just to make sure my cervix isn't getting over-eager. She's really convinced this delivery will be very fast, because my body's already done it twice. So she warned me if it does turn into real labour, I may not have time to get to the hospital, so I need to pay attention. I'm not sure what to do - I have contractions almost constantly some days. Now and then they hurt, though mostly they're just really annoying and uncomfortable. She switched me to appointments every two weeks, and told me to get more sleep, to see if that would help settle down the headaches. I did manage to get a nap yesterday, and it did help soften it up a lot. I'm sure it's more likely tension than blood pressure, and she seemed to agree. I'm not TOO concerned about the contractions. I remember with John and Joan, they definitley increased with stress, and things have been a bit tense here lately, with Mike's long hours and no days off. And it's harder for me to keep up on my end of stuff - my hips are just completely out-of-whack this time, which makes it really painful to walk and bend a lot of days. If I do a lot of cleaning in one day, it's all I can do to shuffle off to bed at night, it hurts so much! It's terrible. I'm falling apart! I'm trying to get John to help with some of the tidying, but he's only three - I can only expect so much. But he's happy to do what he does do, which is great.

Anyway, better go. It's fast approaching lunch and nap time! Mmmmm.....nap.....