Wow, the last month went quickly! I love that March is just around the corner, and with it - Spring! The weather has been absolutely beautiful here, so Elli and I have been getting outside to the park or zoo almost every day. Love!
G-Baby is about 14.8 inches long and weighing in somewhere between 2 and 2.5 lbs. S/he can now blink and already has sweet little eyelashes! Can't wait to kiss 'em! This baby is very active, and I think must be sitting sideways right now, because I often get jabs on either side of my belly at the same time. We have another sonogram at our next appointment, so we're looking forward to getting another peek at Baby.
I am so excited to be in my final trimester, and so far I've still been feeling pretty good. Most of my symptoms are just plain funny right now, although soon they'll become more annoying I'm sure. I am waking up quite a bit during the night from either discomfort or needing to use the restroom, but I've been able to go right back to sleep, so that's not so bad. Bending over to tie my shoes is becoming more challenging. I had to lean the seat back in the car to give my belly a little more room. And I am starting to grunt like I'm lifting heavy weights when I roll over from side to side. Speaking of exercise, I am still "running," if you count 3/1 minute run/walk intervals at a 12 min/mile pace. :) This part of pregnancy is hard, because it's really all downhill until after delivery and recovery. I miss "real" running so much, but I can't do anything about it. Oh well! Hopefully this last trimester goes as quickly as the others have!
So, the reason I took pictures in the middle of a week this time is that I have to wear a heart monitor this week and just thought it should be documented. I've had a few episodes of tachycardia (my heart beats really really fast for no particular reason), which prompted the doctor to send me to a cardiologist. He thinks it might be a condition called Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, which if you have to be diagnosed with a heart problem, is not a bad one to have. The baby will not be affected (although it can be hereditary, so we'll have to get his/her heart checked out after birth), and I shouldn't have to do anything about it until after the baby is born. My EKG showed the typical WPW pattern, but the doctor wanted to run a few more tests to be thorough. So, I have to wear this lovely contraption for the next 76 hours, somehow keeping my sweet two-year old from playing with it. In addition to the two sensors you can clearly see in most of my maternity tops, there are three more of them on my belly. So attractive. Oh, and I can't take a shower... which the doctor did not mention until after they hooked me up. I might have showered this morning had I know that little detail. Plus, I get to wear the monitor hooked on my pants, which would be easier if my waistbands weren't all elastic. :)
In other cardio-news (we seem to be having a lot recently around here), Elli had her follow-up appointment with the pediatric cardiologist, checking on the hole in her heart. As expected, it has completely filled in, and she does not show signs of WPW on her EKG. Praise God for her sweet, healthy heart!
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