Update 22 weeks

Quick update!

Baby M is approximately 1 pound, 11 inches and loves to kick. Maybe she will be a soccer player or a Olympic swimmer? She is definitely getting lots of practice. She currently is breech but she has plenty of time to twist into all types of positions before her debut. 

Every 4 weeks I have an appointment with my specialist for an ultrasound. Last week she was looking back towards my spine and would not show her cute face. Hopefully in a few weeks we can get a face shot. 

Here was Harper at approximately the same age.

Great news is that my ovarian dermoid is stable at 4cm. I thought this was going to be of concern for me my entire pregnancy but now it seems like no big deal at all. 

My stubborn (where did it get that from I wonder???) placenta is still chilling at the bottom of my uterus covering my cervix , or what they call complete placenta privia. Apparently it didn't get the memo that it is supposed to be moving out of the way by now. Good news is that it is mostly in the posterior location. This means that during a c section delivery they will not have to cut through it to access the baby which reduces the bleeding risks. The general reaction from my doctor is to never say never, it may still move, you just never know what your body can do etc. etc. etc. Definitely less optimism than 4 weeks ago. 

I go again for my next check on August 19th. My doctor feels that once you get to 30 weeks with limited or no movement that the chances of it resolving drop of significantly. They will check me once more at 34 weeks before we throw in the towel and schedule the csection (for 37 weeks/early November). Knock on wood I haven't had any bleeding as bleeding will most likely end up with me in the hospital for a few days for monitoring. For now, I'm keeping to my restrictions and looking for the positive. 

Please continue to keep us all in your prayers and thoughts. We are very excited about November and meeting our sweet girl. I think Harper can hardly wait. I am sure it feels like its been years since we told her she was going to be a sister!

Mommy update 19 weeks

16 weeks

17 weeks

Baby girl and I are now at 19 weeks. We are almost half way! I love when people say wow, November will be here before you know it!...its right around the corner!... easy for you to say...

Things are going well. She is busy kicking away, something I noticed around week 16/17 this time around. Even though I started off rough ("morning" all day sickness started right at 4 weeks.) I started feeling better by 12 weeks. I'm always on the go between work, chasing Harper around or running my photography business, that I just somehow make it work.

Symptoms - heartburn, sore lower back sitting at work all day.

For the last 11 or so weeks my doctors have been keeping an eye on a benign tumor that is on my right overy. Its called a dermoid. Good news is that it has not grown in the last 11 weeks, staying at 4cm. (bit less than 2") Pregnancy puts you at a high risk for complications with dermoids so I am eager for it to maintain its size and not cause me any pain. After baby is here I will have it removed (hopefully laprascopically as long as it stays small).

At our anatomy scan (yes she is still a girl and everything checked out just as it should) we found out that I have complete placenta previa. Its a condition where your placenta has implanted at the very bottom of your uterus instead of at the top/top sides as expected. As far as pregnancy complications go this is a common one. Many times it resolves itself on its own as your uterus grows. As it gets bigger the place of implantation moves up with the uterus and hopefully pulls it out of the way of your cervix. If it hasn't moved by 34 weeks Ill be scheduled for a c section at 37 weeks. Ill have an update in 3 weeks. For now, I cant lift over 10 lbs, no exercise, etc. This condition has a risk of bleeding (which can end up putting you on bed rest among other concerns). But I have been ok so far. We welcome your thoughts and prayers that things resolve!