I (Melissa) had a great 36 week check-up today! All my vitals were good and Baby McReynolds’ HR was 144. When his heart rate was being recorded, he kicked which made all in the room laugh. Jacquie Tessen (our doctor) confirmed that the baby is turned and is getting ready to descend into position. :)
My Fundal length measured 34cm…so I am about 2 cm behind in size. The doctor is not concerned about this, as it probably just means he is sitting back (which we have always expected) and/or he has not hit his major growth spurt yet.
Other than that....Baby McReynolds has been VERY active lately!!! He has had the hiccups at least three times a day for the last week or so and his movements have been strong and often constant for 30 minutes to an hour. He was REALLY active last night...from 4:30pm until we went to bed at 10pm. I mentioned this at the doctor's office today and Jacquie said that for some reason babies can sense pressure changes in the atmosphere...sure enough there was a LARGE storm that rolled through here last night. Very interesting!
Jacquie also officially told me today that I cannot deliver between June 24th and July 5th. Reason being - she will be out of town. We have no indications that he will come early...so I think we're safe. Worse case, the on-call doctor will step in (obviously), but it would be nice to have our friend/dr deliver us!
We are getting very excited to meet Baby McReynolds. Clint and I went on a mini "babymoon" this past weekend to Pensacola beach (pictures to come). It was WONDERFUL! We rested and relaxed with no schedule or timeline the whole weekend. We enjoyed great food, beautiful white sand, cool ocean water and most of all...each other's company. We did comment a few times that this was the last vacation with "just the two of us". Even if we can break away and leave Baby McR with Gram/Grandpa Lloyd (?? What is your "Grandpa" name, Dad ??) or Nonnie/Pop McReynolds...it will not be the same! But...we're ready and super excited to be parents...and that's the important thing.
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