The day has come and if you would have asked me last night I would have said that induction wasn’t necessary!!! As Charles kept saying last night “You false alarmed us!!!” I started to have some pains last night which I thought was an early sign of labour, so I Read More ...
(Monday 19/11/12: By now you have probably guessed that we have had baby Squiggle arrive into the world, hence the massive delay in updating the blog. Here it is, step by step, the best that I can remember.) After my last appointment with Dr Bopp we once again discussed the Read More ...
After play group today we went to visit our OB, Dr Bopp for our weekly check up. I am 38 weeks tomorrow and the count down to Squiggles arrival is on! My blood pressure was perfect once again which is great news at this stage of a pregnancy. Dr Bopp Read More ...
What a wonderful yet busy day we had today, spent with Uncle Chris and Aunty Sandi. Once again the very talented Sandi Wallis was helping us to capture this amazing time in our lives. We had our maternity photo shoot for my second pregnancy with Squiggle, and I’m over joyed Read More ...
Now that we are over 35 weeks in our pregnacy we are having weekly check ups until Squiggle arrives. We had our 36 week regular check up with our OB Dr Bopp today. Everything is perfect and we are on Schedule for Squiggle’s arrival.
Off to the doctor went Addi and Mummy for the 33 week check up. Usually Daddy comes too, but we could only get a morning appointment and Daddy has meetings on all day. But that’s ok, he does his best to get to them when he can. Work is very Read More ...
Unfortunately Dr Bopp was away this week so instead Addi and I saw the midwife for our 31 1/2 week check up. We have appointments every 2 weeks now with our OB. Everything is looking great and of course I’m feeling much better after getting over that nasty flu a Read More ...
Off I went bright and early after having to fast all night for the dreaded Glucose Tolerance Test. As I mentioned in my earlier post, this is a 2 hour test which involves a urine sample, another “yummy” glucose drink, no food or drink during the test (or before), 3 Read More ...
I got the dreaded phone call today with the bad news that I needed to take the Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) as I had high results for my glucose screening test yesterday. 2 hours of torture! I told the receptionist that called me from Dr Bopp’s office that she could Read More ...
Here we go again, it’s that time during the pregnancy (26 to 28 weeks) where we have to test to see if I have gestational diabetes. This is done by doing a glucose screening which basically means I go into a pathology center and drink a glucose drink and then Read More ...
