32 weeks and counting down
Back when we first found out that little one had Turner Syndrome, if you'd have told me that we'd still be going strong at 32 weeks, I'm not sure I'd have believed you! But then I'm not sure I believed that getting beyond that first day of finding out was even possible, but here we are....
32 week scan
Whilst sat in the scan waiting room this afternoon, we calculated that we had seen baby chappo on various heart, growth and general scans, 9 times so far. Today was number ten. The nerves were today replaced with 'how big do you think she is this time?' 'How much do you think she's grown in the last 4 weeks?' 'How many weeks behind might she be this time?'
We were called into the ultrasound room (thankfully we still haven't been back in THAT room) and as I lay on the bed, the nerves set in once again, despite the fact the baby had spent the morning booting me (I think she got bored at antenatal class!). The sonographer had read our novel, sorry I mean hospital notes, and just got straight down to work. Within 10 minutes she had concluded that baby chappo was measuring at 32 weeks, had an average amount of amniotic fluid, and weighed roughly 3lb 15oz. Excellent news! Not only had she caught up again, but all was well, and she was nearly 4lb with 8 weeks to go....if she stays in that long.
Also to our surprise, the sonograher asked us to wait outside whilst she booked us a final growth scan at 36 weeks-BONUS, I didn't even need to ask :)
Antenatal classes
Last Tuesday was the first of our two antenatal classes, with this morning being the second. We ourselves had chosen to attend the Jan classes instead of Feb, as we felt that The last 2 weeks of Feb (which was when the classes were scheduled) were pushing it with regards to baby potentially coming early.
The classes were informative, if not a tad scary - mainly the labour part, but I imagine I'm most certainly not the first or last to be scared at the thought of labour! Today's class frustrated me somewhat though....having read, and been told by mothers of TS children, that TS babies struggle to breast fed (for some unknown reason), our whole class was on breast feeding. The final ten minutes were about bottle feeding. Now I know that health care professionsals are obliged to 'push' the whole breast is best message, and I totally get that, but what about us mums who want to but are unlikely to be able to?! We could have done with a little more than ten minutes on bottle feeding, anyhow, not the end of the world.
The next few weeks...
A week on Friday I have to have my bloods re-done :( we found out from our midwife that my platelet levels are low. Apparently this has something to do with helping the blood to clot, and is a problem that needs addressing if they don't increase, or if they go even lower. You'll be pleased that I have resisted the urge to google this as I've figured I don't wan't to worry myself about anything else, but as Tim well knows, I am worrying! I just keep reminding myself that I have no control over this, as with the whole pregnancy in general. It's on my prayer list though!
Two weeks today we have what we hope will be our final heart scan at John Radcliffe, Oxford. If all is well with this, then no more Oxford, just heart checks at the local hospital. Yay!! Though I do think that the 2 cardiologists that we've been seeing are fabulous.
Three weeks today we have an appointment with our consultant, though going by past experiences it will probably be a totally different person again.
So there we are, all up to date. We've up-ed our game in terms of buying baby things, only the essentials though like a bottle set, changing bag, and first set of baby clothes for the hospital. Next step - get the changing bag and my bag prepped for hospital!
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