I'm sitting here right now with Kenna on the couch. She has been doing wonderful going on the big potty today and has not had any accidents in her big girl panties. However, she will not listen to me. I have been arguing with her all day because all she wants to do is exactly what I have told her not to do. I finally got her calmed down a bit to sit with me at watch a movie. She wanted to watch Anastasia. Of course it is about a princess but some parts are pretty scary for kids. Tony and I alway skip through those and she always mentions not liking the scary part. So here is the conversation we just had:

Me: Kenna, do you want to watch a movie?

Kenna: Yes

Me: How about Anastasia?

Kenna: Yes, I want to watch Anastasia. Do you like the scary parts?

Me: No I don't like them

Kenna: Its ok mommy. You don't need to be scared. I will be right here behind you and everything will be ok.

I don't know if I should feel protected if she is BEHIND me! Ha ha.

I had my 31 week appt yesterday. Things still looking good. Dr Schwartz did an exam which caused me to start bleeding but he didn't seem concerned. He said that if all goes according to plan, he will take the cerclage out at 36 weeks. I can't believe that is less than 5 weeks away. The last few months have seemed to fly by!

I have been contracting some the last few days and have taken brethine 2 times in the last 48 hours. The most recent was this morning. I feel horrible- racing heart, nausea, headache, dizziness, etc, so having a 3 year old that won't listen to me has been a challenge.......

31 weeks

Wow, hard to believe we are 31 weeks already. At this point with Kenna, I was already in the hospital for 6 weeks! And on bedrest at home for 6 before that! It proves how much smoother this pregnancy is going! I actually cannot complain about much- just having to use the restroom about every hour. Other than that, I feel GREAT!

Doctor appt and a fun night out!

Today was my 30 week appt. Tony had taken today off work and I was thrilled that he would be able to join me. After waiting quite a while, we were told that Dr Schwartz was "MIA" and they were not sure when he would return. To be completely honest, I was a little apprehensive about seeing a Nurse Practitioner since this was the first time that he had not ordered an ultrasound to check for cervical length. But when Jennifer, one of the NPs, came in our room, my anxiety was eased. We first met Jennifer when I was in the hospital for the long haul with Kenna. Jennifer worked night shift and we always knew we were in good hands with her. She was also present when Kenna was born (and of course took care of us the whole night before -Kenna was born at 7:23 am) She has since become a nurse practitioner and works with Dr Schwartz. She used the doppler to obtain the baby's heart rate which was in the 130s. The measured my belly which measured at 33 weeks (I'm not quite 31). We will take a big baby! I also received another dose (booster dose) of steroids to help the baby's lungs. Luckily it was only one dose instead of 2. That means I don't have to find someone to give me the second or give it to myself. Lets just say its not the most enjoyable thing to get!

I decided to get Kenna's hair cut short for the summer. She has SO much hair and it is very thick. I think she looks adorable (and so grown up!) with it shorter. For dinner we went to Sherri's place in CC, then to the park to play. One our way home we thought it would be fun to take Kenna to Paiges Crossing to play some games. There wasn't much for her age group but she did do pretty good at a little basketball game toss.

We had to talk her in to riding the horse because what she really wanted to do was hit the baseballs in the batting cages. I have a feeling that Daddy's love of baseball is rubbing off a bit..........

Ice cream, skating and an appt

I had to take some pictures of McKenna eating an ice cream cone. It was adorable. She loved every bite of it. She started out with a popsicle but when Tony and I had ice cream cones, she quickly changed her mind.

Yesterday was my 29 week appt. My cervix looked stable with measurements still in the high 3s. The baby has flipped over and is now breech. This bothers me a little because she has always been cephalic (or head down). I really hope she changes her mind and flips back around because I really don't want to have a c-section. Dr Schwartz says that there is the option to try to move her as it gets closer to time of delivery so we will just have to see. Her heart rate was in the 140s -150s as it has always been. He said we will have another round of steroids next week which will continue to help develop her lungs. We have another appt scheduled for next Friday but no ultrasound. I think he is becoming more comfortable with our progress and will begin loosening up a bit, which is a good thing.

Kenna got a new pair of Dora roller skates and has had a great time with them. Of course she has had daddy to help but it is so cute watching her try to skate. She really enjoys it!

Pictures

Here are the ultrasound pictures from last week. I LOVE the first one. We have another appt on Thursday for our 28 week appt with labs and yet another ultrasound.