Kyle's Journey

9/23/06- Married the man of my Dreams
10/08- Decided to stop BCP and swith to Fertility Awareness Method...still not "trying" for kids
11/16/08 Got Surprise BFP on my 24th birthday!
12/7/08- 8 weeks...saw "Sprout" for the first time on ultrasound.
1/5/09 12 week appt (first w/midwife)...couldn't find HB had to go for ultrasound...everything fine...anterior placenta
2/5/09 16 week appt-scheduled big U/S for 2/17...baby hb in 160's. Gained 9 lbs since pre-pregnancy
2/17/09 Big U/S...it's a boy! Named Kyle Thomas
3/3/09 20 week appt..HALF WAY! Anatomy scan normal...looks like placenta is low lying and cervix is short (2.8) follow-up U/S scheduled. Fundal height 20 cm
3/17/09- Follow up U/S. placenta is "no where near cervix" cervix 3.3 (fine!)
3/31/09- 23 week appt. HB 140's, +14lbs pre-pregnancy. Placenta, cervix fine, no restrictions. Fundal height 23 cm
4/13/09- 25 week appt. 1 hr. Glucose test (failed!!), fundal height 26in (up 3in in 2 weeks!). HB 130's.
4/16/09 - 3 Hour Glucose test (passed!)
4/30/09- Got the Rhogam shot via IV...no reactions, wasn't so bad.
5/7/09- 28 week appt. HB 140's, + 18 lbs pre-preg., fundal height 28in, have to stop tennis now :(
5/19/09- 30 week appt. BP- 100/80, Fundal height- 30 cm Weight- up +20lb pre-preg HR- 160 bpm.
6/3/09- 32 week appt. BP- 100/70, Fundal height- 34 cm Weight- up +24lb pre-preg HR- 138 bpm.
6/17/09- 34 week appt. BP 102/70, fundal height 35 cm, weight +28lb pre-preg., HR 145-148 bpm. Everything's great! They won't stop labor if I go into it.
7/1/09-36 week appt. BP 100/67, fundal height 36 cm, weight +31lb pre-preg., HR 130 bpm. 2cm dialated 50% effaced!
7/8/09-37 week appt. BP 120/??, fundal height 37 1/2 cm, weight +33 1/2 lbs pre-preg., HR 130-160 BPM, no more progress checks- this doesn't determine when labor will start and we know my cervix is already "ripe".
7/13/09 Cervix 3cm. Stripped Membranes.
7/15/09 Kyle's Birthday!