21 Weeks 1 Day

To finish, my ultrasound went well - the tech was really good, she explained everything thoroughly and she showed us the boy parts at least three times. She couldn't get good pictures of the heart, though, so they will have to check that out at one of my many other ultrasounds. The baby's heart rate was 143 and he measured at 21 weeks 3 days, so right on track. She said my amniotic fluid looked normal, which is a relief, but the baby is breech, with his feet and butt down.

One interesting note is that early on they documented my placenta as posterior, but at today's test, they found it is anterior, which means it's in front of my belly. That makes the whole c-section thing really up in the air since they cannot cut into the placenta to deliver. She says the placenta should move up and out of the way as my uterus grows up, but they'll just have to watch it.

My OB explained the antenatal steroids that she plans on giving me later in the pregnancy. They will admit me to the hospital for 24 hours to administer them. I will be managed by my endocrinologist during that time and will be on constant insulin. The steroids will help develop the baby's lungs in case I deliver early again.

She is also thinking about sending me to a perinatologist. Since my pregnancy is so high risk and because there are varicose veins around my uterus, she would like them to evaluate me and see if there is a way they can evaluate those veins and my placenta more clearly before I deliver. She did say that the veins shouldn't be an issue if I were to rupture during a VBAC, but they would be a problem during a c-section. I may end up with a different kind of incision this time and she said that can sometimes impair fertility. Just what I need!

The endocrinologist increased my insulin for breakfast and lunch after seeing one day of my numbers on insulin. No big deal there, same process for me, just another click on the dosing pen. Meeting with the dietitian was pretty uneventful, she just updated me on some new stuff and answered my questions. I already know what I'm doing as far as carb counting and stuff, but there were a couple of things I wanted to clarify. Oh, and I forgot to mention yesterday that I will have to have bi-weekly appointments with their office for the rest of the pregnancy.

I am slightly disappointed that I'm not having a girl. I wanted Hadley to have a sister and we have soooo many clothes saved from her. However, I am going to be relieved to have a healthy child when this is all over, boy or girl. I think it will be nice to have a little boy. That way if we don't have any more children or I end up with a hysterectomy or major complications we will have one of each. Now I just have to come up with a boy name - they are much harder than girl names for some reason. I'm up for any suggestions if you want to put them in comments.