YEAH! I passed my test with flying colors this time. I scored a 123 and anything over 140 isn't passing. I was worried since I was so close to failing and having to go in for the 3hr test w/ Max.
Baby is doing well and heart rate is good. I saw the nurse today and she told me Miles would be active today because of that yummy (NOT!) sugar drink they make you force down for the test. He's such an active little dude...I haven't noticed much of a difference! :)
My hemoglobin levels are low again. I got a 9 and should be between 13 - 16. With Max around this time I was a 9.2...so very similar. The nurse gave me a bunch of prescription sample iron supplements because the over the counter stuff didn't seem to work with me last time (my levels decreased by my follow up ck with Max).
We talked about pre-term labor and the nurse gave me some information on what to look for. Ironically I was going to talk to her about contractions because last night I was having regular contractions every 15-20 minutes when I was laying in bed watching tv. She said it's more common to notice them when I'm very active, but they should slow down when I'm resting...so I've got to start slowing down, drinking more fluids, and resting as much as I can. As much as I'm ready to meet Miles and be done being pregnant...he needs to cook longer!! Anyways, she said that it's much more common to have contractions early on with subsequent pregnancies...which put my mind at ease some because I don't recall having any early on with Mike or Max. I'm feeling a little less anxious about having contractions now that I know what to look for as being out of the normal and also some things to try to calm them more.
Anyways, I start going in every 2 weeks now. CRAZY!
In other news...Poor Max woke up w/ a little bitty cough and a runny nose yesterday. I'm doing my best to kick it in the butt early on, so hopefully it won't get as bad as his last cold.
I've also figured out a new schedule that seems to be working well for him now that he's down to 1 nap/day. He gets up between 7-8am...we eat breakfast, and then we play, run errands, etc until about 11am. I start fixing his lunch and he eats by 11:30...and then down for a nap by noon. On this schedule he's been napping between 2-3 hours. It seems like if I get him down before noon...he's not overly tired and will therefore sleep for a good solid 3 hours, but if I get him down much later than that...he'll only nap for 2 hours and will sometimes wake up a little bit cranky.
Not much more to report, other than Mike just finished up his 1st Quarter of his Sophmore year and did really well! He got A's and B's and 2 C+'s that were both within a percent or 2 of being B-'s...he's been working really hard and it's paying off for him! I'm very proud!
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