Author: Kaylene

For the record, I'm 36 weeks 2 days, so technically 5 days until this baby isn't a "preemie," and about 26 days until my due date. So I went to my regular OB appointment today... My blood pressure was 156/94, that's BAD. I'm spilling protein, another bad... Not having any other signs of pre-eclampsia/toxemia though, no liver pain, no headaches or major vision problems out of the ordinary. They took my blood pressure again, it was still high at 142/92. So they sent me over to the hospital. I'm still 2 CM dilated, and 30% effaced, and I'm at -3 station, I was 2 cm dilated 30% effaced and -1 station last week. Baby is in the best position to be born though. I was not surprised that my BP…

Here's one of our favorite baby name sites, we dare say Joey's middle name may be found here. And no, it is NOT Mac, or Macintosh. Think Baby Names So now you have a tool to drive you further crazy. ;) Edited on December 30th to add, Nope, it's NOT Mark, Kevin's Dad's name, either.

So far, not a lot of news.  Almost two weeks ago I had an ultrasound to see how big Joey is, he was approximately 5 lb. 10 oz..  That's the 63rd percentile for 34 weeks, which was how far along I was two weeks ago.  This means that if he was born right now we wouldn't have to worry about him gaining weight before coming home, we'd "just" need to concentrate on his ability to breath on his own, keep warm, and to make sure he can eat well, since 5 pounds is a goal birth weight, and 4 pounds is the minimum at most hospitals to bring a baby home. Babies are supposed to gain roughly a half a pound a week at this point in pregnancy until birth. …