34 Week Check Up

Yesterday was my 34 week check up!

Everything went swimmingly. I’m up about 4lbs from my last appointment (only 2 weeks ago – eek) but the doctor said all in all I’m doing well – I’m totaling about 25lbs. She said ideally I’ll want to gain about 5 more pounds between now and the end of the pregnancy.

His heart rate, my blood pressure, his measurements – everything fine.

While she was checking for his heart beat she asked about movement and ironically he kept pushing at the little heartbeat thinger making it hard for her to get a reading. His movement is fine.

Since sometimes it’s hard to get appointments at times that fit with my work schedule, I asked if I should make a few more of my visits in advance and the doctor said it’d probably be a good idea. I already had my next appointment scheduled and figured I would make the two following that as well, since they’ll be weekly and probably fill up quickly.

When I went to the counter and made the two appointments. The receptionist started making a third and I told her I’d just make the rest of my appointments later and she threw me for a loop by saying “but there’s only 1 more appointment to schedule before your due date, you might as well do it now so you can get in with Dr. Larkin”.

It’s getting close!