Lazy Baby

I can't believe there's less than two months to go until my due date, and if this baby is as impatient as Laurel we'll meet in a month! For the most part we're ready for the arrival because we aren't doing a nursery (the crib we'll be side-carred next to our big bed in our room. Plus we've got plenty of onesies, sleepers, diapers, socks, etc. to last us through at least 2-3 months old. I'll need to pack a hospital bag at some point and we'll need to install the infant car seat in my van, but that's about it.

For the past week poor Laurel has had a terrible cold. Well, I guess she's learned a little too much about sharing in Sunday School because she immediately gave it to her father and me. Right about the time I got sick I noticed that the baby stopped moving quite as often or as forcefully. The first day/night of the change I just attributed it to a fluke. Also, I know baby is getting a lot more cramped and doesn't have the room to jump and kick like before. But then after another day and a half of significantly decreased movement I started to get a little concerned. I had drank coffee and got no real reaction, had a banana and nothing, etc. so I called the doctor's office. They told me to come on in.

When I got there they hooked me up to a fetal monitor and did a nonstress test where they monitored the baby's heartbeat for about 20 minutes and had me hit a button every time baby moved. It took forever for the nurse to get a good reading on the heartbeat because he seemed determined to move every time she got the detector in place. After about 10-15 minutes of wrestling (and pulling the belt so tight around my waist I was afraid I would bruise) we finally heard a constant heartbeat. Well, of course, baby finally decided to wake up a little and he started moving around a lot. The heart rate fluctuated between the 120s and 160. The doctor said the monitor usually gets babies good and upset so they'll move and kick a lot. She said the movements and heart rate were perfect, but to feel free to come in if I get worried again. I'm just so relieved that everything seems to be fine.

1 comments:

Meg said...

That is scary!! I've heard that too. I went in for lack of movement at one point and once the monitors were on, BAM, moving like crazy. Glad things are going well! :)

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Lazy Baby

I can't believe there's less than two months to go until my due date, and if this baby is as impatient as Laurel we'll meet in a month! For the most part we're ready for the arrival because we aren't doing a nursery (the crib we'll be side-carred next to our big bed in our room. Plus we've got plenty of onesies, sleepers, diapers, socks, etc. to last us through at least 2-3 months old. I'll need to pack a hospital bag at some point and we'll need to install the infant car seat in my van, but that's about it.

For the past week poor Laurel has had a terrible cold. Well, I guess she's learned a little too much about sharing in Sunday School because she immediately gave it to her father and me. Right about the time I got sick I noticed that the baby stopped moving quite as often or as forcefully. The first day/night of the change I just attributed it to a fluke. Also, I know baby is getting a lot more cramped and doesn't have the room to jump and kick like before. But then after another day and a half of significantly decreased movement I started to get a little concerned. I had drank coffee and got no real reaction, had a banana and nothing, etc. so I called the doctor's office. They told me to come on in.

When I got there they hooked me up to a fetal monitor and did a nonstress test where they monitored the baby's heartbeat for about 20 minutes and had me hit a button every time baby moved. It took forever for the nurse to get a good reading on the heartbeat because he seemed determined to move every time she got the detector in place. After about 10-15 minutes of wrestling (and pulling the belt so tight around my waist I was afraid I would bruise) we finally heard a constant heartbeat. Well, of course, baby finally decided to wake up a little and he started moving around a lot. The heart rate fluctuated between the 120s and 160. The doctor said the monitor usually gets babies good and upset so they'll move and kick a lot. She said the movements and heart rate were perfect, but to feel free to come in if I get worried again. I'm just so relieved that everything seems to be fine.

1 comment:

Meg said...

That is scary!! I've heard that too. I went in for lack of movement at one point and once the monitors were on, BAM, moving like crazy. Glad things are going well! :)

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