29 Week Appointment

We had another great check up on Tues. Dec. 20th.  I had my monthly sonogram and everything is going very well.  My cervix was measure even longer than it had the previous month, I was very excited about that.  Hopefully I will be able to make it through this pregnancy without any bedrest.  I could not believe how much fuller the baby looked than it did last month.  The tech was able to get some really good pictures of the face and she REALLY resembles Jack's features, especially her profile.  I am shocked everytime I get to see that little face, especially since Jack never wanted to show us his face, instead he wanted to show us his man parts.  So I am very excited to actually have some sonogram pictures of my kids face this time around.  I can also tell the difference between carrying a baby that is head down in comparison to carrying a baby that is breech like Jack was.  It seems as though I can see my belly moving and bulging more this time around because the baby is kicking upward instead of down towards my belly button. And even though the baby is head down, I am still going with a repeat c-section by choice.  And we have tentatively set the date for Friday Feb. 24th, or possibly Friday Feb. 17th if my cervix starts shortening before that.  The baby's heart beat was 160 and they were able to see some hair on the top of her head. The pictures are a bit blurry because my scanner was being stubborn so I had to take a picture with my camera. 

As far as how I am feeling, I feel pretty good and am enjoying not being on bedrest this time around.  I don't really have the stamina like I did a month or so ago, but I am managing.  I am sleeping like a rock and I am absolutely loving it.  I think I wake up once a night to go to the bathroom, but I am really starting to think that I sleep through this because most mornings I can't even remember if I got up during the night or not.  The indigestion has started kicking in, but it's nothing a few Tums can't handle.  My cravings have changed a little.  I'm no longer craving eggs, instead I have started craving oatmeal and english muffins with peanut butter.  No clue where that craving came from.  I am also shocked at the small amount of baby girl clothes I have purchased so far.  I kept telling myself that I was not going to go crazy and by a ton of outfits until after I got through Christmas.  So I am going to kick it into baby shopping gear once the holidays are over.