29 Weeks

It has been another great week!  Logan and I made it to our appointment on Monday a few minutes early and the weather was super nice that day so we took advantage and walked around the hospital grounds.  Being outside and seeing/feeling Spring all around made me so excited for the fun things we have to look forward to over the next several months!  This picture of one of Logan's very favorite trees perfectly captures how we felt about our little walk--it was beautiful!

MCA scan #5 was definitely the eventful part of our week!  Aside from checking his blood levels, they also checked Austin's growth and my fluid/cervix so that's always comforting.  I was 28 weeks and 3 days at the time of the scan and he was measuring 28 weeks and 2 days and roughly 2lbs 9oz.  He's growing very well!   My fluid level, which they want between 8 and 23, was 13 so that was perfect as well and my cervix is long and closed which is fantastic.  We'll take it!  Now for Austin's blood levels.  The little stinker is no longer in "D" like we were hoping but instead has moved up to the middle part of "C".  Here's the graph for the visual readers:

  

They did the scan several times and each level was all over the place so rather than give us one number, they gave us a range this time and officially put him down at 38-42.  The mark on the graph is right in the middle at 40.  So basically all this means is that Austin is still doing really well and is growing just like he should but rather than go back in 2-3 weeks, we will go back for our next scan 7-10 days from our last appointment which is actually this coming Wednesday.  As much as we'd love him to stay in "D" the whole time, we are very grateful that everything else (his growth, my fluid, etc.) is looking so good.  We're still holding out hope that he'll be able to stay in until I'm at least 37 weeks!

As each week passes we get closer and closer to being completely ready to welcome little Austin!  All of the sheets/blankets/clothes/etc. are washed and ready for him to use so that's a great feeling.  I have a few more decor items to purchase and then I'll finally post more pictures of the cute little nursery. I know I'm getting things ready way quicker than most people would but I'm not crazy enough to pack our bags...yet...but I'm sure that will happen sooner rather than later!  I'll feel okay doing that as soon as I hit the 30s ;).

We're looking forward to both of our appointments next week and couldn't ask for more at this point!  We definitely feel blessed!

Weight: 143.0 (This week: +.8 | Total: + 22.2)

29 weeks down, 9 (hopefully!) to go!