31 Week Picture

I'm starting to get behind again on posting my belly pics, but here I am at 31 weeks. At this point the baby weighs over 3 pounds, can turn her head from side to side and is gaining weight every week.

In other updates - I went back to Labor and Delivery over the weekend. It was just as a precaution, but I'm glad I went. On Friday night I starting have a mild cramping feeling low in my belly and to be on the safe side I called the on-call doctor. He suggested that the only way to be sure of what was going on was to go into L&D and get checked out. Great, so much for having a wild Friday night. I did as I was told and again was put on monitors, given some water (although the nurse said I looked very well hydrated), and examined. They did a test looking for a protein that is released when labor is likely to start in the next two weeks. Thankfully that test came back negative, which means that they can tell me with 95% certainty that I will NOT go into labor in the next two weeks. But I was having contractions (not the real kind), so they gave me a pill to stop them and sent me home with a prescription for that medication in case this happens again. Again, the good news is that the baby looks great and these little episodes don't indicate that there is any reason I will go into labor early.

So, that was our fun Friday night - wooo hooo! This little girl is already causing trouble - she is going to be a handful! Any advice Lynne :)