34 weeks

On Tuesday this week we had our weekly appointment marathon - non-stress test, biophysical profile ultrasound and midwife appointment. 

For those who are not overly familiar, the biophysical profile (BPP) is comprised of an ultrasound and a non-stress test (NST).  Overall it is rated on a scale of 10.  The ultrasound portion is worth 8 points - up to 2 points each for baby's practice breathing, movement, muscle tone and amniotic fluid levels.  The NST is worth 2 points, and it looks for elevations in heart rate of at least 15 beats per minute that are sustained for at least 15 seconds.  Generally, if a baby is cooperative, a NST should be done in 20-30 minutes. 

We scored 10/10 on Tuesday, so all was well.  We were done with the NST in 20 minutes, which is something that never happened with Gracie.  Beana's size was not measured, as it was too soon following the last measurements, but she will be measured on Tuesday the 17th.  My amniotic fluid measurements were actually a little high, which can be indicative of many things - including new onset of Gestational Diabetes, so they ordered another 1 hour glucose test.

I did the glucose test and a smattering of other blood work on Wednesday morning.  Since it is also time for my third trimester pre-eclampsia screen, I did a third (and hopefully final) 24 hour urine collection yesterday into today and dropped that off this afternoon when I went for my second NST of the week.

Today's NST was the third in a row to be appropriately reactive within 20 minutes!  The midwife went over all of the labs from Wednesday, and everything looks 'wonderful' and 'fantstic'.  As I was expecting, no new onset of Gestational Diabetes, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that the extra amniotic fluid is just a fluke.  We have another BPP ultrasound on Tuesday, so we will see what everything looks like then. 

Here is a 4-D picture from Tuesday's ultrasound.  Hopefully we get to meet this little face with open eyes some time within the next six weeks!!