Macleod Momentum

Can you believe that?  34 weeks.  I'm going through this little bout of sadness that it's so close to coming to an end.  Just like with Nola, I love(d) being pregnant.  Although this one has been stressful, I look back and realize it has been a completely normal and wonderful pregnancy anyway.  The doctor even pointed out a visit or two ago that it doesn't even seem like LG is affected by the heart block... I'm sure all women go through this however little or big... Is this my last child?  Is this the last time I'll have the pleasure of feeling a human being move inside of me?  Is this the last time I can gorge on crap and it isn't noticed on my waste line? Nola has been growing so fast...  I want it to slow down...  Yes yes, like every other mother reading this.  So then, you know where I'm coming from. I think the reality that it's coming to an end is also solidified by the need to start preparing for relocation. ...

A nice, leisurely start to the day!  Nola slept in a little--so nice, therefore Kevin and I did also :) Got up, coffee, breakfast, dressed...typical.  Then I thought, "I better phone and confirm my appointment for 2 o'clock just in case", so I phoned and talked to the appointment desk.  Yes, Jeanette Macleod, yes appointment today, scheduled for 9:45 am!  WHAT? I looked at the clock and it was 8:30 am.  I laughed and said we weren't going to make it in time, so what did she suggest.  We decided we needed to get in the car and boot it to Calgary, safely of course, and she would let them know I would be late. Grabbed everything around the house in high gear.  Now that's when teamwork becomes important.  This is when the unwritten "to do" lists of husbands and wives takes over...and we didn't forget anything! We managed to get there at 10:15 am and much to my surprise I got in right away...  I think I should've been late for my appointme...

I can't believe it has taken me this long to sit down and blog about our little adventure to Edmonton!  I apologize if you've been waiting for the latest and greatest update regarding our little 3 Altena Close Momentum :) About a week ago I got a phone call from the Royal Alexandra informing me that some of my appointments changed.  Instead of having us there for two days, they could squeeze everything together on Thursday.  Well, that worked out nicely for us out-of-towners!  It also meant an early morning followed by a long day.  (Nola stayed with Aunt and Uncle while we made the trip!  Thanks!) The first appointment was at the Royal Alex Hospital.  I had an ultrasound and they checked all the regular stuff on LG.  The only thing she refused to do was her practice breathing but this is always hit and miss with the little one's in utero.  The amniotic fluid is fine, her growth is fine, everything measures appropriately...la-de-da. ...

Can you believe we're already here?  31 weeks + 2 days! It feels good to be this close. Today was another awesome day!  Although we had to wait a ridiculous amount of time to get in for the ultrasound, the news made it totally worth it.  The appointment was for 10:45 am and we finally got called in at 12 ish.  The sonographer was really nice but had to come back twice after I'd cleaned up because of something she missed (little eye roll). Afterward we met with Dr. Fruitman and Dr. Simrose who told us how wonderful LG looks.  Her heart function looks good, leakage is down, and her heart pumped a steady 57. The Salbutamol is doing its job :-)  The doctors were even surprised to see how well I am coping with all the meds.  They took my resting heart rate and seemed quite surprised that it was 88.  They laughed and said most pregnant women NOT on any drugs have a resting heart rate of about 100.  They said its like my body just knows t...

Wow, was this appointment ever different from last week! It was an early morning and we did get there late, but not so sure that effected anything (eye roll). Nola came with us today and she did really well for a 2 year old. Toopy and Binoo did get us out of one tantrum :-) Did the ultrasound and looked at all sorts of things, heart function being number one of course. It took about half hour to get all the information they needed and the sonographer was off to check the images with the Peri's. Soon after she came back with Doctor Fruitman, the Pediatric Cardiologist. (Last week I saw a different PC because Dr. Fruitman was in Hawaii.) Dr. Fruitman started off by telling us how wonderful everything looked and how great things were going...?? Huh? The nuts and bolts of it are that last week the images were really crappy because of all the shadows given due to the calcification of the bones of the baby.  AND LG was not being cooperative at all and was laying mostly with he...