33 week update

Just a quick update... I went to the doctor today for a checkup. Short and sweet... listened to Payton's heartbeat and it was in the 150's. I am measuring a week ahead, but we are still scheduled for April 28th to be induced! 6 more weeks to go!! I can officially say that I am miserable! I am getting more and more excited each day. I go back to the doctor in 2 weeks, which I will be 35 weeks and then I will be going weekly from then on.

A Growing baby...

Payton is definitely a growing baby. I went today to have a sonogram just to make sure everything was still okay with her, and it was. She is weighing at an even 5 pounds!! I couldn't believe it, she is so big. I looked at my mom and said "oh my gosh I am going to have a 12 pound baby" and of course she laughed and said no you won't but you will probably at least have a 9 pound baby. Funny, but those were the thoughts going through my mind when they told me how much she weighed. I weighed 7 pounds when I was born and Phil weighed over 10 pounds.

When I first got to the doctor they called me back and I had to go in this room and sit in a chair and they hooked me up to a heart monitor to monitor Payton's heartbeat for 10-15 minutes. There was another lady in the room with me and they were doing the same for her, except her baby was sleeping so they had to use this vibrator type thing to wake her baby up. But not my baby, she was moving around constantly through the whole monitoring process. Once that was done, they took me back to the room and did my usual sonogram. The tech looked at everything and told me how perfect Payton is and how good everything looked. Her heart looked good, her brain, her arms, her legs, her kidneys. She has very little hair, I could actually see it on today's ultrasound. She is in the 61 percentile, which is great. Her heartbeat is 160 bpm.

Then, the actual doctor came in and first thing he says to me is (he laughed as he said this to me) "what have you done to get Dr. Chhutani so worried about you?" Then I laughed and said "not too sure." He then takes a look at everything and once again tells me how perfect everything looked. He then says to me, "you are too healthy to be in here." The baby looks great and everything looks normal. So I took that as this would be my last ultrasound!! I am so glad that even with my blood pressure issue that Payton is still growing and looks to be a really healthy baby!!

Time is really starting to fly by. I have 7 more weeks until my induction date!! Not long at all.... I am getting very anxious!!!!

I posted the picture facing up and down because it is easier to make out this way. It is a picture of her face and her arm is on the left..

Payton's nursery...

I have Payton's nursery just about done. There are still odds and ends that I need to do. I haven't hung up anything on the walls yet either. But the room looks way better than it did. Phil and I bought Payton's furniture back in January. The crib and the dresser we bought from an officer at work, you can't tell it has been used. Then we also purchased the changing table/dresser combo. Her furniture is really nice. My mom and Terry bought all of her bedding and mattress for her crib. And my dad and Kay bought the glider and ottoman. I must say I am pretty impressed with her room, once it is actually organized and completely done it will be very nice. Here are a few pictures.. I guess you could call it "still in progress".....