5 Miles

I realized I never updated you guys on the status of baby and me. Some of this was mentioned in a post below, but I had assumed I’d gone into more detail but realized I never did here–just in an email to family members. SO, for non-family members who might want to know, here it all is: 

• My Doctor got the results of the Specialists visit and have me coming in 2x a week for Non-Stress Tests (same thing I did with Alex). This means I go in, get 2 monitors put on my belly to  monitor baby’s heart beat and if I’m having contractions, and I hit a button to signal if baby is moving.  I’ve gone in 2x (with Alex on Monday and both boys today) and all went fine.
• The Meds are really helping! Praise the Lord! I do still need to eat a lower fat diet, I can tell when I don’t (Thanksgiving weekend) I’m much itchier, but overall I’m feeling lots better, itching is mostly down, and I’m sleeping SO much better & have lots more energy.
• Induction is scheduled for Dec. 18th, exactly at 37 weeks.  The doctors were quite willing to induce right at 37 weeks, to the day, even scheduling it for a Friday–that really surprised me, I thought they’d make me wait until Monday. This is the BEST day possible–it is the day after James is done with his big tests for his job. It’s a Friday, and he then has the weekend off so he doesn’t have to take as many days off and will be able to spend time with me.  He doesn’t have that many paid days off to use because he is new on the job. Mom doesn’t have school that day and will be able to help with the boys. It’s a Very Good Day. 
• Pray with us that the baby’s lungs develop so we can induce on this day! They will test to make sure before they induce.
• AND–that induction day means, if all goes well, Baby will be with us in TWO WEEKS! Who-hoo!