Our 35 week check-up

Well we had our 35 week check-up on Thursday the 25th. We actually have a new doctor now. His name is Dr. Robert Kinsey. I've been seeing him for a couple of weeks now because my old doctor (Caroline Greer) was on a temporary leave of absence. Ryan and I met with Dr. Kinsey and really liked his philosophies so much that we decided to make the switch permanent. At first I had said that I would never go to a male doctor, but I actually feel very comfortable with him. Anyway back to our check-up. Nothing major we got to hear Connor's heartbeat, and he measured me again. And everything is normal. Then the doctor decided that he wanted to perform a non-stress test. Since Dr. Greer had us have an ultrasound about a month ago, and Connor was weighing a little on the small side, Dr. Kinsey thought that the non-stress test would be a good indicator to make sure nothing was wrong with Connor. And we are pleased to say that everything looks good. They hooked me up with two monitors, one to see if I was having any contractions and the other to see Connor's heartbeat. Then I was given a little button that I was supposed to push everytime that I felt the little guy move. Everytime that I moved his heartbeat was supposed to accelerate. They said that he should move at least 3 times in a 20 minute allotment. Needless to say I have an active boy, he moved 6 times in that 20 minutes, and when the doctor came in to look at the results he said, "see that elevation, that means a perfectly healthy baby," needless to say that is exactly what mommy and daddy wanted to hear. He did however, schedule us for another non-stress test this following Monday (the 29th), and we will be having another ultrasound next week. They just want to make sure that he's still growing and to make sure that he's better off inside than out. Well that's all for now. Love to all. And we'll post more soon.

Love,
Vanessa, Ryan, and Connor