So our sweet Evelyn disregarded the fact her due date was June 7th. Today is June 8th, and no sign of the munchkin. Chad and I were not prepared for  this one! We figured she would arrive sometime earlier this week. We visited Dr. Diebel for our 40 week appointment on June 6th and my blood pressure was a bit high. He wanted to make sure the baby wasn’t in any stress, so I went through a non-stress test. The NST is a monitor using two straps around my abdomen, one that monitors contractions, the other monitors fetal heart beat. For twenty minutes, Chad and I got to sit in recliner chairs while the monitors worked along. It was neat to hear her heartbeat for 20 minutes, it is interesting how quickly the fetal heart beats and any movement results in rapid increase, then decrease of the counts. She scored great, she was not stressed.

He asked us to come back the next morning to get my BP tested. It was fine. Dr. Diebel recommended we stay the course and wait another week until we talk about induction. We are going back to visit Dr. Diebel the last day of 41 weeks, but hopefully she will come on her own sometime this week.

I would be lying if I wasn’t a little disappointed…. We are so excited to meet her, I am feeling that maternal instinct to hold her coming on so strong these days. I guess she is really snuggly in my tummy and she is happy to hang out in there until she is ready. We are waiting….. 🙂

Chad and I visited Dr. Deibel this morning for our 35 week appointment. Evelyn is sitting straight up in my tummy, we have a breech baby on our hands! He wanted to check her weight, so we got an additional sonogram today, a little bonus – we got to see her sweet face and find out she is about 6 POUNDS already! The sonogram was positive, she isn’t in any stress, her organs checked out great, and she is surrounded by plenty of fluid. We will give her another week to flip. If she doesn’t flip by next week, we may go to the hospital for an external cephalic version (ECV), this is a manual external manipulation of the baby to encourage turning. If she chooses to stay breech, she will delivery by cesarean section.

All said, she is healthy and at a good weight for 35 weeks. I am feeling good as well, one of her feet is resting on my bladder, which explains my constant need to visit the restroom! She kicks all the time and shows her personality already when Chad talks. Yesterday, we were laughing and she kicked as a sign she was included! Chad and I are having a great time talking about her arrival, she already has so much support and love!

I am headed to a meet and greet with a prospective pediatrician practice this afternoon. I am also going to preregister at the hospital – they encourage this so delivery day is smooth and the paperwork is already complete.

We are close!

This morning while I had my head on Marci’s tummy talking to miss Evelyn as I do every morning, I was able to hear her heartbeat for the first time with my own ears without the assistance of a dopler or stethoscope. It was strong and easy to hear. I then grabbed the stethoscope so Marci could hear. It was hard to find with the stethoscope compared to my ear, but, I was able to track it down so Marci could hear it too. 6 more weeks!