37 Week Appointment

Group B Strep test was negative!  The doctor checked me again and I'm to 1 cm, so a little bit of progress.  He said she's still really low and that she has dropped as much as she will before delivery.  He said that once I go into labor, he doesn't think I'll have trouble dilating because of that. Everything else is still looking good!

36 Week Appointment

I got tested for Group B Strep and will get those results next week.  If I have it, I'll have to get antibiotics when I'm in labor.
The doctor also checked my cervix for the first time and said he could feel the baby's head really low!  He said I wasn't quite 1 cm dilated, but things are at least starting to progress!
Everything else still looks good.  We start going every week now until the baby is here!

34 Week Appointment

Another quick appointment today. The doctor said everything still looks great! He also explained that 34 weeks is a pretty important milestone, which I didn't realize. He said if I had gone into preterm labor before now, they would have taken steps to try to keep the baby in as long as possible and used steroids to help her lungs develop quickly. Now if I were to go into labor, it's better for the baby to go ahead and be born than try to keep her in when my body would be trying to deliver her.  He also said that the nursery at Liberty Hospital is level 2 which means they'll keep babies 34 weeks and beyond, otherwise they have to send them somewhere else.
So while we definitely want this baby to stay in a while longer, it was very reassuring to hear those things!!

32 Week Appointment

Everything still looks great!  My numbers for GD were great and I'm measuring right on track.
I start going every two weeks now and we'll be scheduling our pre-admission appointment and hospital tour!