Christer & Cat

Today I had another doctor’s appointment. Everything is doing so great! He started the non-stress test marathon (I’m going to go in 2x a week until I deliver) today and she did fantastic! Her heart rate stayed between 130 and 160 beats per minute! For those of you who don’t know what this test is for, I’ll explain. They have the mother lay in a recliner and put a couple monitors on her belly. They record the baby’s heartbeat on a graph that prints out in real time. If the baby moves or the mother has contractions, they want to see how well the baby handles the stress and that is by monitoring the heart beat. Of course I didn’t have any contractions. The baby moved around a lot. Her heart rate would raise up a little (max was 160) and then when she would rest her heart rate would start to come down (min at 130) and then even out between 145 and 150. It was really interesting to watch! They only worry if the heart rate is above 200 or below 60- so like I said- She did great!!!

I really feel so lucky to have such a healthy baby so far! I had heard so many horror stories of pregnancies and the stress on the babies, and I got thrown the diabetic and pregnant horror stories- which are far worse by the way- and I have had none of that. I am so incredibly grateful that this pregnancy has gone so smoothly and I feel it will continue this way until our little sunshine is here I also feel that if for some reason she does come early- it will be because she’s good and ready to come. She won’t have to be taken early (besides not letting me go longer than 39 weeks) and I don’t even think she’ll be taken then… of course I could be wrong