Had my *weekly* biophysical profile yesterday. (I am SO thankful I signed up for the short term disability through work this time around! All that “extra” money is gonna come in handy after all these tests!)
Baby is doing GREAT! It had the hiccups something fierce and I could actually FEEL it breathing today! It felt like a dog panting. When I went into the ultrasound room, I asked Lena (the tech) about it because I was kind of worried about it – I had been feeling it the whole time in the waiting room. She said, “no – that’s actually a GOOD thing!” I don’t recall feeling that with Abby or Nathan.
Strong heartbeat today, too!
No weight estimate, though. She said estimating it weekly can lend to more error than accuracy because it’s always “within a pound” and so estimating every week is not something that they do. But lots of movement and activity, which is exactly what they were looking for!
I never actually got to see Dr. Macey. I waited for an hour before realizing that he was running HOURS behind (several women were going to the receptionist and asking about his schedule and when I discovered that they had arrived hours BEFORE me, I decided to just ask if I could return on Friday (for me *weekly* non-stress test. I was given the OK by the nurse to leave.
Dr. Macey called me later that afternoon to review the BPP with me and said that all was fine and we discussed a date for the C_Section. He said he would check the schedule for the 30th.
So maybe Friday, we’ll have a DATE!
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