23wk. appt.

Today was my appt. It was a good one. Everything is fine. Conner's heartbeat today was 135. Nothing is really new in the baby department. I don't go again until the end of next month. Then, I'll start appts. every two weeks until we decide it's time to get him out. At my next appt. I'll have another u/s as well. The dr. wants to see if there is any change in the complete placenta previa. If there is no change we'll set up the u/s. I'll also start two a week non-stress tests. They will hook me up to the machine, watch his heartbeat and his movements. At my next appt. too I'll have to drink the orange drink for gestational diabetes testing. So, at the end of Feb. until he's here I'll be going to the dr. a lot. I don't really mind because I'll be able to hear him more and I'll know he's ok. It's just been such a long road and with everything happening I like to be on the safe side. Oh, the dr. did tell me that Conner is considered a "viable fetus" now. Meaning that if something did happen he would have a good probablity of surviving even though he would have to be at Butterworth for a while. That was nice to now. That is something with the placenta previa did come up he has a fighting chance. It's just after Julie and Danny's situation last time with Kinsley, it just makes me nervous and not able to quit worrying until he is really here. So, I guess it's another milestone reached.

We are looking into umbilical cord blood banking. I don't know if we'll d0 it because it's $2,000 to get if retrieved. But, after that it's only like $100 a year after that. It's just the inital money that's the issue. I'm looking into seeing if the insurance will cover it.

The nursery still needs to get done. I cleaned all the baby clothes I'll need until 3-6mos. and the toys/car seat/etc. that I'll need. Garrett just needs to get the painting done and bring up the crib and dresser. I told him in Feb. we'll really need to get that stuff done. We have time though. :)