36 Weeks Doctor's appointment and Ultra sound

Today I had my 36 week ultra sound and doctor's appointment. I had my ultra sound first to check and make sure everything was developed properly and that he was a good weight. He is weighing in at 5 lbs. 8 oz. which is a little smaller than Jax and Lucas at this point. his heart rate was 153 bpm. Jason and the boys went with me to the appointment. each of the boys took turns holding my hand and sitting next to me while she did the ultra sound. they were so excited to see little Elijah and get to hear his heart beat. We are all even more excited to meet this little bundle of joy! After the ultra sound Jason took the boys to kids club while I had my actual appointment. I weighed in at 157 lbs. i was really upset about this. I thought I had been eating better and working out even more than normal, so I was hoping for only a 1-2 pound gain from my last appointment and this was 5 pounds! I didn't get to see my Doctor this time because she is on vacation. I saw dr. wilking instead. She will be on call the weekend before I am supposed to have my membranes stripped and dr. Leinenbach will be out of town again, so it was nice to meet her ahead of time in case she ends up delivering Elijah. She was really nice and laid back so I think it will be fine to have her deliver elijah if i have to. I am really hoping to have him on the 13th or 15th before dr. leinenbach leaves. I hate that so much is up in the air right now. Dr. Wilking checked me and said that I am 50% thinned and almost 1 centimeter dilated. I am not as progressed with Elijah as I was with Lucas at this point and for some reason I had a feeling I wouldn't be. This pregnancy has been so different from the rest. I don't expect for anything to go normal or as planned at this point. Although all of my deliveries have been very different from each other. I have no idea what to expect this time. I am really upset that I have to wait a week and a half for my next appointment. I am supposed to be getting checked every week now and I couldn't get in with my doctor for a week and a half. I go back basically when I am 38 weeks. I was really hopping to get in on next thursday so I could talk to dr. leinenbach and see what her thoughts were on delivering me and stripping my membranes. Oh well! i'm sure it will all work out one way or another. Now if I could just get motivated to get myself organized around here. I really need to finish organizing all Christian's school work before he starts school next week. I need to clean out the boy's closets and get all the baby stuff cleaned.

34 Week Doctor's Appointment

Today I had my 34 week doctors appointment. I weighed in at 152 lbs. which was awesome! I didn't gain any this time. I was thrilled! I am still measuring a week small so  I am only measuring at 33 weeks. Elijah's heart rate was in the 160's and dr. Leinenbach isn't at all concerned with his size. She said everything is looking good. I won't get to meet with her next time because she will be on vacation, so she is having me see the doctor that will be on call when she is out of town again closer to my due date.