36 Week Apt

Things went great yesterday with Dr. J so she placed herself on the positive list once again. For once she didn't mention weight and focused on other things. Everything looks great- Blood pressure, Belle's overall growth and no problems!

All of my concerns and questions about Belle dropping and being quite were false. She is sitting as high as ever and Dr. J says she's not going anywhere any time soon. When I asked her if I was dilated at all and she responded with not even a little bit.... darn! Nate's pretty happy with that result :)

We now have to see her once a week but that won't be a problem because we move down into the company staff house next week anyway. My next apt is scheduled for Thursday in the afternoon so I am guessing that we will pack up all our stuff and it will be the last drive to Rio until Belle is born! One good thing about the weekly appointments is that we only have to pay Dr. J once a month. Her fees is 400R a visit and so once a week could be dangerous if she required it. Basically the next 3 weeks are free! (well they are all free because of insurance but we don't have to pay up front and then wait for the re-imbursement transfer)

We talked about our hospital options. We have three locations that we can possibly deliver at and depending on the time I go into labor will determine where I go. Middle of the night I can go to the location that is close to our staff apartment but during rush hour I might have to reconsider to one closer to her office. Of course if I need to get to the hospital immediately she has visiting doctors for each hospital that will deliver if needed. I'm honestly not worried about it.

Life is good.

Things to do this week per Dr. J's orders. I already dropped off the GBS, group b strep, sample at the lab and the results will be ready Saturday. Remember- if  I am negative then NO antibiotics during labor and if I am positive then I will require a 4hr infusion of Penicillin ever 4 hours of labor. As long as Belle is safe then I am not worried! Also take note that I am responsible for bringing my sample to the appropriate lab and this goes for urine test too. Next on the list is more blood and urine samples to be taken. I need to get another CBC, Urine culture, and test again for Toxoplasmosis.

So happy once again that she is testing for Toxoplasmosis because that's been the one thing that kind of freaks me out by living in Brazil. I worry because you can acquire it anywhere! (Remember it's the one that in the US is only transmitted via cat poop :) )

36 wks 3days or 9 months!

Later I will write about our new pediatrician because he deserves a blog post of his own. Until then I hope everyone is enjoying the summer because it's like 70 here and I am cold if I am not in the sun. The picture above was taken after a walk so that's why I have a tank top on and not a long sleeve!

Tchau,

Sara