June 6, 2021
one day shy of 30 weeks
June 10, 2021
30 1/2 weeks - off to the doctor!
Baby was 3 lbs, 14 ounces and still frank breech. I expected baby to stay this way, as Josiah did. You could very clearly feel baby's head at the top of my bump! Heartbeat was 146! What a joy!
35 weeks
July 12, 2021
Heartbeat 154
I measured right on track for 35 weeks. My c-section was scheduled for August 10 at 9:30 a.m.!
You can see baby's head protruding on my left side! I think it was because he/she was wanting to hear the book I was reading aloud to Josiah!
On July 22 (36 1/2 weeks), I started crying at my appointment. I was very anxious because I could tell a tremendous difference in baby's movement. Movement felt more subtle to me. Dr. Bradford hooked me up to the monitors after detecting baby's heartbeat via the Doppler around 160 (faster than usual). I was on the monitors for what felt like a long time, but it was around 10 minutes. Both heartbeat and movement were great! Dr. Bradford said she thought that the change in how I was feeling movement was due to baby flipping - I didn't believe her at all. She had Joe do an ultrasound to confirm, and she was right! Baby was head down! My fluid was good (12 cm), and baby was very wiggly on the sonogram.
37 1/2 weeks
July 29, 2021
Baby's heartbeat was in 130-140s, and Dr. Bradford put me on the monitor for 10 minutes or so for "peace of mind" - she must have remembered how upset I was the previous week. She said baby was "beautiful" - I had two small contractions (according to the monitor) and didn't even know it.
Sunday, August 8 - 2 days before baby was born!
We celebrated after church with lunch at the Feed Store - my favorite!
I realized later 4 of the 5 of us were in blue, and Emma was in pink!
