Well Peanut...you're real! Not that you weren't before, but yesterday we heard your sweet little heartbeat and got to see you for the first time! I'm probably a little biased, but you're a pretty cute little peanut :) You measured at 8 weeks and 4 days. So we're not going to change your due date which is 11/24, but if we're technical and count from 8 weeks and 4 days, your due date would be 11/29, which is Grandpa Carter's (and mommy's cousin John's) birthday!!!! So you take your time and come when you're ready.
For the time being, we are seeing Jo Jean Hamilton, a nurse practioner at St. John's River District Health in Marysville. She'll be taking care of us until about 36 weeks along, then we'll transfer to one of the OB doctors at the practice. She's amazing and I really like her. I feel very comfortable with our decision and she's been seeing me for almost 3 years now.
The Jo Jean said everything looked great...all of my blood work came back great. We're going to monitor a few things closely because of family history...so I will be tested for gestational diabetes about 6 weeks earlier than normal because Grammy Carter had that with all 5 of her kids. We're also going to monitor your size closely...we talked about the fact that Grammy Carter had BIG babies and Grandma Mayhew had small babies. So we're hoping for a nice mix, but JUST IN CASE, this mommy isn't going to be having a 10 pound baby, two weeks over due ;-)
I'm so glad to hear little peanut is growing and healthy! How exciting!
ReplyDelete~Chrystal
Dear Peanut (and your parents too)!
ReplyDeleteHey there little one, you sure are cute. Even though I was looking at you upside down - I thought your legs were your head, etc.... When your mommy corrected me, then I really knew you were a cute little peanut. Yes, your aunts mainly, not so much your Uncle Jude were big!! As a matter of fact, your mommy was overdue too, she made them induce me and that was really painful. I hope that you come naturally - not that it is any less painful but ... oh well someday you may understand.
So for now, you keep on growing and maybe next time you will be at least an olive - maybe even a prune. If you are an olive I will happily have a margarita in your honor and if you are a prune ... well we won't go there.
I love you peanut and your mommy and daddy for putting up with my nonsense. Nine months can't go by fast enough.
Keep me posted from the inside okay;)
hugs, kisses, skwishes,Grammy