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Went in today to see if my blood pressure went down and it was all over the place.  They took it about three times and got three dramatically different readings.  So they then gave me an ultrasound and determined she still looks great!  I was then hooked up for my first Non-Stress Test (NST) where I sat in this big comfy chair and had monitors strapped to my belly while I listened to her heartbeat and pushed a button every time I felt her move.  She was being quite obstinate as it took forreevveerrrr to get her to stay in place for the heart rate monitor.  I actually volunteered to hold it firmly in place since the tech was having such a hard time with it.  A glimpse into my future with a wiggle worm, I’m sure :)

Instead of weekly visits like was the original plan starting this week they now want me to be seen twice a week with NSTs each visit and an ultrasound once a week.  They also want to induce me at 39 weeks if I don’t go into labor naturally on my own before then. 

I’m SO ready to meet my daughter 😍

As we were on our way into the doctor’s office today we saw the ultrasound tech that we worked with for all of our fertility treatments. I haven't seen her since our anatomy scan as that was that last time we had an ultrasound. She snuck me back and did a quick ultrasound! I was so thankful because I am pretty much to the point of freaking out. I see the same doctor I saw for fertility treatments next week, and I was almost positive that she would have done an ultrasound as well but I really needed the reassurance today. Kennedy is doing great. She was sleeping and she is LOW. Head down, facing back, and in a great position for delivery. Couldn’t get a shot of her face, but we did manage to confirm that she has giant chunky cheeks. Seriously these suckers are big. They were like squished up against the side of the womb. Although she wasn’t supposed to the tech did give us an approximate size... 7lbs 1oz! I can’t believe that I have a 7lb human inside of me. Makes my total weight gain of 12lbs not seem so bad seeing that 7 of it is baby! She has some hair, how much is obviously still impossible to tell, but she isnt bald. I mean, I love bald babies, but I also love all the little bows I bought for her that I am hoping she can start using right away.

The co-sleeper bassinet is all set up and ready to go in our room. Our bed is a little tall I guess so we had to order the feet extenders and now it is perfectly level with the bed. I am hoping it keeps her out of our bed, but this way she is within arms reach. Like I can literally just lean over and put my hand on her if I need to, or she needs me to. 

I just want her here. The doctor put my mind at ease today that its perfectly normal for a first time pregnant person to not have any signs of labor by this point... I just wish I did. I know the first contraction is going to be like “I FELT ONE!” all excited... and then after that I’ll fucking hate it. So we are going to start walking more and doing some curb walking. I got a fitness ball today and it actually felt really good on my hips. I think I’ll try some dates. We have like a super popular date shake stand like 4 miles from our house and are a few cities over from like mass amounts of date tree farms so I should take advantage of it. I speak with my doctor next week about more things I can be doing. I am glad we are to the point that I can see her again. I had to meet all the delivering doctors first (there are 5) and now I can go back to seeing her. 

I made a little picture thing to put as my profile pic on all social media platforms that basically says “Don’t post about our baby until we do” because I am going to be PISSED if someone announced or posts a picture before we do. I’ve waited 7 years for that moment, I don’t want someone to rob me of it.