24 Week Visit

Today, I went for my 24 week visit and a repeat ultrasound. They couldn't see the bottom half of Samuel's spine (Yes, that's our name...Samuel Corbin. And, yes, you can call him Sam.). So, they called me back for my ultrasound and even though the tech had a horrible time seeing the spine - she had to dig in my pelvic bone for a good 10 minutes - she saw it and he's perfectly fine. Praise the Lord. She confirmed again that he is, in fact, a he. He's weighing in at 1lb 6 oz....a big growing boy. He's also in a Frank Breach position, which means his head is under my breast, his right under my belly button and his feet wrap around up under my other breast. So, his little sweet baby feet are right in front of his face. The ultrasound tech switched the machine over to 3D and I tell you what she got some of the coolest, sweetest pictures of this baby that ever was. He had his feet and hands all bundled together and he would tickle his feet and lean his little head back with a grin. It was the neatest thing to watch. He's precious in every way. Simply a gift from God.

As for me...well, I'm doing pretty good myself. Blood pressure is staying fairly good. At home on my cuff and in my own environment it's MUCH better (120s over 70s) but today at the office it was 140/82. Not too bad for me. In fact, with me and my situation, Dr S. isn't worried until it's 150/90. That's cause upping some meds. But, as of now, we're doing great. She pulled up my charts when I was pregnant with Sarah Kate and reminded me that with her, at 16 weeks I was already in that danger zone of 150s/90s and higher. I'm at 24 weeks and haven't even touched that yet. Again, praise God. That's not a coincidence. It's truly another gift from God and answer to prayer. Dr. S. said, "Kristin, this time is different." Music to my ears.

So, needless to say, I'm so happy with the results of today's visit and we have my 28 week visit (another ultrasound due to semi high bps and my glucose screening) scheduled for mid-September. Hard to believe I'm already 6 months!