37 Week OB Appointment!

(I'm making gumbo tonight for dinner, and I couldn't be more excited!)

Back on subject! So, this morning I had my 37 week OB appointment at 8:30. I'm now going   every week until labor so my doctor can check my cervix. Is it weird that I still get nervous about being checked?? It's never that bad, but I still always get kinda scared! I've always been an extremely modest person.. But I'm getting better! Plus once labor and delivery time gets here, I doubt I will care. Just thinking about seeing my baby's beautiful face makes everything else in the world disappear. :)

Anyways! So, my doctor checked me and told me that I'm not dilated whatsoever, and he could feel her head so she isn't breached. (que the HALLELUJAH choirs!) He said that my uterus is measuring perfectly, and from all the past checkups and ultrasounds, he's not worried at all about her being low birth weight. (I personally think she's gonna be a chunky monkey!! So I wasn't worried either ;)) All in all, he said she is doing just fine. Music to my ears!

So, after he checked me, he asked me how my heart was doing, and I told him I was still having my episodes but I was afraid to take the medicine twice daily until I talked to him to make sure it wouldn't negatively effect Sawyer. He told me that because I am so far along, and she is so mature and now full term, I can take the medicine and it will hardly, if at all, effect her. So that was good! I always worry about taking any sort of medicine, knowing that it will end up in her system, too. Then the big questions: could I drive and/or exercise??

Drum roll please.....

YES! He told me that I shouldn't run a marathon, but walking 2 miles a few times a week would be fine, especially with the medicine in my system. AH! I'm so excited! Too bad it poured cats and dogs (never understood that expression...) today so I couldn't go to the track. But you best believe I will be out there tomorrow! :))) Then he explained that the reason I could drive is because even if my pulse sky rockets or my blood pressure drops, I will be sitting down while driving, so I wouldn't be able to necessarily pass out or anything. He told me if I ever have an episode and it gets too too bad, to just pull over if it made me feel more comfortable, but I would be fine just driving home because I wouldn't technically be moving around or risk falling. He told me to just follow my instincts, though. So that's exciting, too!!

So, all in all, today was a great day full of the best news. :) 

xoxo,
Tayler