non stress test and unrelated stress!

Delaney did fabulous today! Lots of good long accelerations! YAY! She was not being easy at first though, the nurse was having a lot of trouble getting her heart rate. I said that LUCKILY I feel her moving, otherwise I'd be really nervous! The nurse could see her moving too.. but eventually she got it on the monitor and all was good. I only needed to be hooked up for the 20 minute minimum.
After leaving the appointment I needed gas. I stopped off at Meijer and swiped my card.. see attendant is said - grr! so annoying to have to go inside! They swiped it and said, DECLINED! WHA? no way.. so I gave them some cash (which I normally NEVER have) and called the credit card company to say WTF? They tell me that they placed a hold because of some purchases I made yesterday (hmmm Trader Joes for 11 dollars and El Patio for 15? those were the only purchases I MADE yeserday) 738, 434, 34, 1 - at Walmart - one that is about 40 minutes from my house. Shaun and I both have our cards.. so someone is out there making credit cards that you can actually swipe at the store! It seems like no big deal to the credit card folks. They closed the acct, said we aren't liable for the fraudulent charges and will send new cards express. Hopefully it goes as smoothly as it sounds.

3 year olds!

Gwen - daddy, can I watch a movie?
me, listening from the kitchen - NO, it's time for bed!
Gwen - noooo mommy, if I was talking to YOU, I would say, "mommy, can I watch a movie", but I'm talking to daddy.
me - but I said no, it's time for bed. (and I'm the BOSS!)
Gwen - but mommy, I was talking to daddy, remember what I just told you? If I asked you, you would say YES! :) HAHA

The best thing about this exchange is that she wasn't at all bossy with it.. she was just very matter of fact.. like if I say 'daddy' I want HIS answer, not yours! She already knows how to do this, doesn't she?

NST

I am so impressed with the hospital appts! Things seem to go so fast and smooth.. I barely sit down in the waiting room before being called back. :) I told the nurse about our bad NST the other day and how I hoped the babe did her buisness today so I wouldn't have to worry. The nurse hooked me up and said, OH, looks like she's having an acelleration right now! YAY! AND she continued to have them for the 20 minutes! She probably had 5 or 6 during that time.. so I felt much better! :) I guess making sure she's awake does the trick. Then she did a really fast ultrasound to check fluid levels (which is a 'modified bpp' when done with the nst) the fluids scored a 10/10 so all is great! While she was doing the scan, I mentioned that I fell last night and is that something I should tell them? She said.. well, yes.. you should have called triage last night and they would have had me come in for 4 HOURS of monitoring! Yikes! I never even thought about a trip to the hospital for that. But she said something about falls or accidents could cause abruption and it would show up in that 4 hour period? So, I guess I'll be keeping that in mind for future falls. My total time from parking lot to leaving was 1 hour.. AND it took forever to park because the place was full! I'm happy for a good appointment... oh and btw, ms. Delaney is back head down again!

I fell :(

It was bound to happen.. I keep tripping over cracks in the sidwalk! BUT.. this fall was not my fault. I was carrying Gwen to bed when I slipped on a little puddle of water (thank you GWEN - she was giving some 'tea' to her daddy a bit before and a little spilled). The fall wasn't too bad.. my left leg slipped out and somehow my right knee took most of the impact - I'm kind of shocked worse didn't happen to my knee just because it was behind me in a weird way and all scraped up!? Shaun kept asking the rest of the night if Delaney is moving?.. like the fall would kill her instantly or something? He hates when I say negative comments (or when I don't assume that in 5 weeks there WILL 100% for sure be a baby to bring home- even though mostly I DO believe that, I'm just afraid of getting too cocky) but the way he kept asking last night shows me that HE has the same worries too.. he's just not so open with them. She's been moving like normal.. and I have an NST/BPP today, so if the fall did anything we should be able to catch it. I hope the tests go good today and I don't have to be there for HOURS!

33 weeks with 5 to go!!

http://pregnancy.emedtv.com/pregnancy-week-by-week/33-weeks-pregnant.html

http://3dpregnancy.parentsconnect.com/calendar/33-weeks-pregnant.html