35 Week Bumpdate

Week 30-33:  Thankfully I don’t have a lot to report for these weeks.  An uneventful pregnancy is good news!

Week 34:  This week I started Biophysical Profile (BPP) testings and Non-Stress Tests (NST) to monitor the baby until she is born.  These tests measure the baby’s movements with how frequently she moves within a period of time.  It also measures if she is practicing breathing properly, checks her heart rate and checks to see if you have the proper amount of amniotic fluid.  I also got the measurements of her at week 34.  They won’t do this again for a couple weeks.  She is measuring a week and 2 days ahead and weighing in around 6lbs 1oz.  We might be looking at a big baby here!

Week 35: I just had my BPP and NST yesterday and I scored a 6 out of 8 for the BPP because she decided to take a nap during the test.  Thankfully she was moving around like crazy during the NST so it made it no concern that she didn’t have a perfect score.  I’ve been having more frequent contractions so I wanted to have the doctor check to see if I was still closed.  My husband is heading out of town for the weekend so I wanted to make sure he was safe to do so and I wouldn’t have this baby this weekend! 🙂 Thankfully I was closed but was informed she had started to drop.  I definitely feel the change in that! I’m more uncomfortable than I already was and feeling lots of pain in my hips and lower area.  Fun times! 😉

Last week we decided to go to a Pumpkin Patch and so we got a little dressed up and took some pregnancy pictures in our front yard.  We hadn’t raked the leaves so we had a ton in the yard and all of the colors were the perfect backdrop for a small photo shoot.  Here are the photos: (sorry photo overload)