35 Weeks

So, Friday was 35 weeks, and we (yeah, I went with Jess) went to the regularly scheduled check-up.

Everything went well. Jackson is growing at a nice pace, and is following the instructions, as the doc said, as the uterus is 35 cm long. He says it grows about 1 cm per week, so that all looks good.

I got to hear Jackson's heartbeat for the first time in a long while. His heartrate was 120, then the doc jiggled him a little bit and it went up to 150, so he's physiologically responding nicely.

Jess has had some contractions a few times here and there. The doc says the second baby tends to have more cramping. Hmmm... That he said isn't in the fine print, noone tells others about it, but it happens. So, everything is pretty good.

Our next appointment is on Tuesday, Halloween! That will be more than 36 weeks along. We are getting so close!

We talked to him about the due datebeing near Thanksgiving and the possibility of a inducement to make sure the doctors are available, etc. He says they don't do purely elective inductions, but if your Bishop's Score is high enough, above 6 I believe he said, then they'd be open to it, based on needs, etc. So, what is Jess' Bishop Score? Well, he said she's already at about a 3, so, if everything keeps progressing, there is a good chance they would be comfortable doing the induction on November 16th (they do their hospital days on Thursdays). However, Jess doesn't feel he'll make it that long, due to all these contractions...so, we better get that room finished.

We bought some paint for some shelves and have some more trinkets to put up, to make his room look more homey. So, we almost ready for him. We'll probably work more on taht today. And make another post later tonight with pics...I hope!