A few weeks ago I was told that I wouldn't need to do the twice a week monitoring (non-stress tests) until around 35 weeks, but now that my medication has been increasing my specialist decided to put me on them now and they will continue all the way until I'm delivered. I'm happy to go because twice a week I will get to hear Emily's heartbeat and watch for any contractions for 30 minutes, and then I'll get to see her on ultrasound while they check her fluid levels, heart, practice breathing and movements :). If for any reason I'm having real contractions they will catch them on the monitor and send me right away to the hospital for either further monitoring, stopping the labor, or delivery depending on how far along I am. They've seen a few contractions already but they are just Braxton Hicks (practice) and watching myself on the monitor helped me tell the difference between her "balled-up" movements and the contractions, so now I'm not as confused between the two.
This first one was taken on Monday. She definitely has her Daddy's lips!
And this one was taken yesterday, we caught a huge yawn! She must be so comfortable in there.
During my last ultrasound I also got to see that our girl already has hair! It's hard to tell on the picture that I was given, but you could see teeny tiny white lines coming off of her head on the screen. I wonder how much she'll have after she's born?
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