Well I can't remember the exact day, but it was in August that daddy finally felt you move! We were at the French's watching the A-team movie. Just sitting on the couch together with his hand on my belly and boom! "Was that her kicking?!" "I don't know-I couldn't tell." But then you kicked again and it was the best feeling in the whole world! It was funny the French's were with us and Betsy said later, "I heard Jessica squeal and I looked over and you were both glowing!" Since then he hasn't felt you move, but he's seen you bounce my whole stomach!
Speaking of my stomach, aka where you are currently chilling out at. This past Sunday I started having a lot of pain. I felt sick and very short of breath etc. So I went home from church layed down, but the pain wasn't leaving. So once again I called Dr. Rao for us. He told me we should come in the next morning. So the three of us went in and he saw me and measured your room and said it was getting a little bit big so he wanted to send us to get an ultrasound. Well we got to see you-which is always wonderful-you're little hands a moving and your sweet feet-right where my ribs are :P
But they also found real big pockets of fluid. The number was 39. They told me that was very high. The Dr. came and said the high end of normal is 20 and we were almost twice that! So he said come back Friday and we would talk about getting rid of some of that extra fluid so I would feel better. It was a lot to think about. If we didn't do it, I could go into labor early and there could be other complications. If I did do it I could go into labor and there would be other different complications. But we decided that getting some of the fluid out would give you a better chance of staying in your room a little longer and make me a little more comfortable.
So Friday comes around and our appointment was at 8.30. Well we get there and answer all the normal questions from the nurse and get my blood pressure taken and it turns out the Dr. is delivering another baby! Well daddy and I couldn't argue with that-babies are gonna come when they come. So we went back out into the waiting room where it was much cooler. And we waited. And waited. And waited. The receptionists and nurses felt bad for us and they kept paging and emailing the Dr. but we were okay. It was either wait until he got there at the hospital or wait at home until Tuesday. So we decided it was best to wait there. So he finally came around 11.45 and we talked and we told him we wanted to get the fluid out.
So we went into the ultrasound room and they checked your sweet little heartbeat and where you were and what level the fluid was out. Fortunately you were doing just fine, but the fluid lvl had gone up to 41! So the Dr. decided to take a liter out. He put so numbing stuff on my tummy and stuck in the needle. Who that didn't feel great! Daddy's hand got squeezed real hard! But it wasn't too too bad. They got a liter and measured the fluid again. Back to 39...so we'll see Tuesday if it goes back up. Thankfully it didn't bother you any and your heartbeat was fine and you stayed right where you were. Thank the Lord for that! I had some cramping and Dr. Rao stopped by to check on me but then we left and got lunch. So far I've been feeling better and while you have a little less room to swim you seem to be doing just fine. We love you so much. Our little princess.
Love, Mommy
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