The weekly appointment - Week 33

Not much to report about today's appointment. As we get closer to the due date, we have an appointment every week to check on Caitlin's heartbeat. These appointments take a few hours each time but it's comforting to know that Caitlin is doing alright. Her heart rate looked good and at one point she was sleeping so they used a small device on Toni's stomach that made a buzzing sound to wake her up. She did not like that at all. Toni's stomach turned into a quivering mass and I fully expected an arm to come tearing through her stomach at any minute. Luckily that didn't happen. :) Everything with the heartbeat looked great so we were both very happy about that.

We spent some time talking to the Doctor about the due date and Toni's sugar levels. The current injection that she's taking nightly seems to be stabilizing her sugars early in the day but by lunch and dinner they are creeping back up. The doctor is going to put her on an extremely low dosage of fast acting insulin before lunch and dinner to see if that takes care of those levels. To give you an idea of just how low a dosage they are giving her, the smallest needles we have hold 30 units of insulin. Her night time dosage is 10 units. Her new before meal dosage - 2 units. Essentially very little so that was good news. He said we may have to increase it in the coming weeks but it's a good sign that they are only putting her on such a low dosage. As for the due date, the Doctor said we will actually hit week #34 this Saturday and not Thursday like we thought. So anytime after 4 weeks from this Saturday is when they are thinking they will induce labor. That puts the induction happening anytime after 7/13. Keep in mind, this is a moving target and by no means set in stone. Caitlin could decide to come earlier or they might decide to wait a little longer. Right now though, we're looking at her being born during the week of 7/13. It's coming fast.... We have another appointment next week with the OBGYN and then next Thursday we have what will probably be our last sonogram.

Countdown to Caitlin guesses:
Toni and Sarah - 7/4
Mike - 7/7
Me - 7/10
Karen - 7/11
Mom - 7/16
Lissette - 7/16
Cuqui - 7/18
Bella and Efrain - 7/20