Halsey, it's good to see you! Glad you are staying positive & we will be glad to have you pop in anytime!
Charlie, first Happy Birthday! I hope it turns out awesome! Second it's so precious watching Stephen grow up through his baby days as our bumps grow! He has gotten so grown up looking since we first met and found out we had little beans on the way! He looks like Mr Personality! ... & 3rd I don't know why I can't sleep. The baby doesn't bother me and I'm perfectly relaxed usually I'm just wide awake ... Some
nights I'm achey or it it's restless leg syndrome, but mostly I just don't sleep, and I pee a lot! Last night I went to bed at 930 and I was tired... Didn't fall asleep for FOUR hours! And then I wake DH up at 430 am for work so by the time I finally get to sleep I dont sleep but a few hours til the alarm is going off! Then my sleep is on and off after that til 730 or so when I finally just have to get up bc I can't sleep anymore! Today I am off so I am hoping to fit in a nap perhaps, & tomorrow and Saturday and Sunday DH is off & even though we have to get up everyday between 6 & 7 am for dr appts Friday, a work meeting Saturday, & church Sunday, at least it's not 430! So maybe I'll get enough sleep to make it through the next work week... I can only hope!
Natalie I'm sorry she is being terrible! Just ignore it and pretend u didn't get the message til late today, you are grown, what's she going to do? ... Don't let her get u so worked up! If you do then she is winning, ignore her and stay chipper and cheery! Don't let her get you down or control how you feel or how your day goes! She obviously isn't worth it!
Non stress test is just where u are laying on a table and hooked to the heart monitor that straps around your belly and movement monitor & thy check and make sure the baby moves at least twice in 20 minutes and that his heart rate goes up when he moves like it's suppose to bc that shows he is still getting sufficient oxygen from
the placenta and everything is working right! It's uually used when you are close to or going over your due date to maKe sure the placeNta is still ok and not over ripe. Bc it gets deposits and eventually cuts off oxygen. But the GD can age the placenta faster that normal & the fact my blood pressure has been a bit high, my dr just wants to keep an eye on it! He moves like a crazy little sucker so I doubt that we will have any problems with that test though!
I have my scan tommorrow too to check his weight and fluid levels! I am hoping all is well & I'm excited to see him again! I want to ask the tech if she can see any hair yet since it shows up in a 2D scan when you are further along!
I want to pack my maternity bag as well! I need to find a USA list of things I NEED to pack, I may just ask my friend who just had her 6th baby, I am sure she prob knows lol