Today's Appointment!

Everything looks great!

Kate is still a girl (but I couldn't resist pulling one over on my sister and calling to let her know that Kate magically grew some "parts" and was now a boy - thank you April Fool's Day) and was looking great! She is weighing in at a little over 6 ounces and is about 6.5 inches long. Sweet thing has a precious profile too (I will upload her latest picture when I get home).

My blood pressure was great but I didn't gain any weight at all. My doctor wasn't too happy with that but, I don't know what else I can do. I am eating LOTS of food - I can't help that healthier choices are more appealing to me these days. So, to try and appease her and Alex, I ate a hamburger and fries for lunch. We will discuss our weight gain plan at my next appointment in 2 weeks if I am still holding out at 4-5 pounds gained.

The biggest discussion of the day was about Kate's birth. Due to some complications that I had early in this pregnancy, I am having very irrational fears regarding stillbirth, my emotions during the laboring process, and the fact that our closest family member is a 7 hour drive away (with my parents being a 2.5 hour flight away). I am having severe anxiety over the fact that I may not have the support system I need during my labor and delivery and just needed to let me doctor know how I was feeling.

My doctor is amazing and listened to everything I was concerned about and told me not to worry at all. Given the complications I had early on, and all of my emotions/ feelings about the laboring process, we will be inducing labor at 38 or 39 weeks depending on the doctor's schedule to ensure she is available to deliver Kate.

I know some people will want to vocalize their opinion on this and quite frankly I don't care what anyone thinks about MY birth plan. I am doing what is best for me, my family, and my daughter. So, please don't waste your breath trying to convince me that the rate of needing a c-section is higher with an elective early induction, or how evil a c-section may be. The only people that have the right to voice their opinions are Alex, our family, and a handful of close friends that know the extent of the complications and issues that I have faced during this pregnancy (and I have the right to ignore them too)!

Lastly, I have to have an echocardiogram done on my heart next Tuesday due to a pre-existing heart condition I have so, if you could keep me in your thoughts that would be great - I just hope everything still looks good with me so I can keep on growing little miss Kate!!