2-8 Peri Appt

Today was my peri appt....the appointment to find out how well Dot is growing! I also had a NST and a meeting with the gestational diabetes lady.

My blood pressure was great 110/47 so at least that is not a concern this pregnancy. Dots heart rate is good, the NST went well besides her not wanting to stay on the monitor lol. Now onto the fun stuff....

Remember how I said I knew after my cleaning that Dot was lower but I couldn't tell what position she was in? Well I went in to my appt still lost on what position she was in!

The Ultrasound tech started out lower right where she couldn't see much I said she's been transverse & way up here but I know she's moved so she went up & sure enough her head is still on the higher right but lower then her rear end is down on my left side with her feet back up to her head (her feet were right at eye level lol) we couldn't get a decent pic of her so bear with me I tried to label everything...

We got a pretty good look at her face straight on but when she went to take the picture of course she decided to be shy & close her hands & feet so we couldn't snap a shot of it! But I will say my baby has some fat cheeks! Her one arm we could see clearly, her hand in a fist so she snapped a pic of it...

Then she left & the peri came in. It was a new Peri this time, one that was very nice! We went over my blood sugars & I told her about the problems with the glyburide & she was really supportive about me going off the pills, but would like me to get on insulin right away since my sugars are high & they are affecting Dot's growth & her fluid. She took time to make sure she was still a girl ;) & was laughing at her feet up in her face. She said that I really need to be going in for non-stress tests twice a week now instead of once since GD & the SUA can both cause still-birth. Then she went over the measurments with me....

Yes that's right my baby girl is growing perfectly! A little too well ;) She weighs in at a whopping 6lbs 1 oz! The Peri said wow with SUA we usually have the baby growing smaller, guess the GD has made up for that! Since I had a pretty good appt if you have read this go claim an extra entry into all the giveaways you've entered by saying you spotted Dot.
Her legs are so long measuring 38 weeks! She said they don't truly worry about growth until they get above the 90th% Dot is in the 76th%
This is her fluid level it was 12.6 at my last growth ultrasound & the last 2 NSTs it was 13.5 or so, now as you can see it's 16. 7 which is still in the normal AFI range (8-18) but she said they want to watch it closely.

With all that said & all of the complications as well as the risk of still-birth she said to schedule an amnio for in 3 weeks then if her lungs are good we can do the c-sec. I did start on insulin so hopefully that will go over ok & I scheduled the amnio for Feb 26th & I will talk to my OB on my appt Thursday about it all. I also have another NST on Thursday. My dad's bday is Feb 28th he's been hoping I would have her on his birthday....looks like he may just get his wish!