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Another Dr.'s Appt.

We went to the high risk doc for Maddy today. Everything is still looking good with the heart. He is recommending another MRI to rule out any masses in areas like the lung that he can't see on the sonogram. We didn't schedule one today but will take time to consider what we should do. The umbilical cord was still on top of her feet. This time he said that that doesn't necessarily mean that she is not moving her feet but it is still something to watch. If I understood what he said correctly, babies don't move their feet straight up and down a lot so she could be moving them around under the cord. She is still holding her hands in fists but the fingers look okay and he said the fists are not tightly clenched. He was going to call the pediatric cardiologist today and also the neonatal nurse at Trinity to see if it would be okay if we delivered there as originally intended. For a while they were wanting us to go to a hospital with a level 3 nursery because of the heart. So hopefully we'll get the go ahead so we can just go down the street instead of down to Dallas when it is time for Maddy to join the family. I have an appointment with my regular OB/GYN on Thursday so I think I should find out more about the plan then. I can't believe how close we are to having the baby. I will be going into the third trimester on Saturday. That means 12 weeks left, less if she decides to come a couple of weeks earlier than the due date.
Aaron's brother and sister-in-law gave us a ton of their old baby stuff when we were in Colorado. We got a swing, a chair, a bassinet, blankets, towels, wash rags, and tons of clothes. One of Amanda's friends was getting rid of little girl clothes and we got lots of cute stuff, some of it never worn. We also got a car seat from Aaron's dad and step mom, and a backpack baby carrier thing from Kevin and Holly. All stuff that they had that they didn't want or need anymore. I am thankful that God has blessed us with family that passes things on. It sure makes it easier on us not to have to buy everything.
I took down Christmas stuff yesterday. Kind of depressing but the tree was so dry and crispy it is nice to have it out of the house. Aaron took it out for me and then vacuumed everywhere that the needles got scattered. That was a huge job so I really appreciate him doing that for me. I will do the rest of the house cleaning today. Oh boy!

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the libbys said…
welcome to the 3rd trimester!!! I'm still praying like crazy for you guys! :)
January 6, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Brittany said…
I'm so glad things are looking better. We continue to pray for you both. We haven't taken down any decor yet. I'm going to wait it out a bit. The tree still looks fine, so I'm going to let that be our indicator. You should put up a new pic of you and your growing tummy!
January 7, 2009 at 11:57 AM
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