Pregnancy at 29 weeks

I am so very excited! Tomorrow I will be 29 weeks. I am officially in my third trimester, and have been for a few weeks. I am so excited that little baby Josh will be here before we know it. Definitely less than 3 months, unless he is late which I really hope not.

Next Tuesday afternoon Matt and I go for an ultrasound. The tech told us when we found out Josh was a boy that we would have one sometime in the seventh month so she could look at his brain after it had developed. One of my doctors also wants some measurements taken and Josh's lungs examined so we will know if and when Josh can be taken. Matt and I were both big babies, but I was big because I was a couple weeks late. I was over 8 1/2 lbs and almost 21 inches long. Matt was right at 8 1/2 lbs but he was 24 inches long. With the odds of Josh being a big baby, and the fact that I have a misalligned pelvis, as reported in my last post, if I want any chance to deliver vaginally, Josh may need to come early.

The doctor says whenever he is ready there is no need to keep him in there, especially since I have already had a couple bladder infections. I have had other minor problems and complications as well. The doctor said if I could make it to week thirty without being put on bedrest, then I was doing good. If I could go to week 32, then odds are I most likely would not be on bedrest. Hooray! But I am a candidate to go into early labor. If I go into labor at 34 or 35 weeks, they said they will not stop it. So Josh could be here in early or mid November if he gets impatient. If they have to induce me, it will be done at 37 most likely. If you follow my early due date, 37 weeks is two days before Thanksgiving. They are not planning to induce me then. Most likely, I would be asked to come in the day after Thanksgiving or the Monday after to be induced.

This is all just speculation. We will know more after my ultrasound next week. Then the next order of business will be to schedule a second ultrasound for 33 or 34 weeks. If Josh is growing well, if he is a good size for his age, and if his lungs are in good shape, I may have more of an idea next week with where we are heading. But I may not know what the plan is until we see his development at 33 or 34 weeks.

I know a lot can change in three to four weeks. If his lungs don't look ahead of schedule next week, I know they could grow a lot in a month. And then if I don't go into labor at 35 weeks, an extra 2 weeks to get me to 37 could make a big difference. Not that I want him here really early. I told Matt it would be hard for us to leave the hospital and have to leave him there. I do not know if I could do that. But the further away from Christmas he is born, the better I will feel. Just please remember us in your prayers. I will write with an update after the ultrasound next week.