GREAT visit!

I'm 30 weeks! Wow! I can hardly believe that there are only 10 weeks left until my due date! I had an appointment for a routine check-up with a doctor I hadn't met before, Dr. Kimberlin. This was my first "regular" appointment in Maternal/Fetal medicine (the high-risk pregnancy docs). These doctors will be taking care of me from now on. Dr. Kimberlin was SUPER nice! I really liked her. She gave me a "Welcome Packet" with information about UAB hospital and some other stuff. She also discussed my history and stuff. This Maternal/Fetal medicine group of docs that I will see now include 10 doctors!! Now I have met 3 of them (Kimberlin, Owen and Davis).

I had a few questions today about delivery, since I know I'll be delivering Emma Kate @ UAB hospital. Basically, they want to let me stay pregnant until EK is ready to get here on her own. NO induction unless absolutely necessary. They want her to be as big and healthy as possible so she can be stable for all the action that will happen after she's born. I know she'll need every ounce and pound she gains! (I am taking advantage of this, by the way. I ate a whole pack of Oreos in 5 days!!)

One thing I need to put on my priorities list is to get a sibling tour of the hospital so Anna Brooke will be slightly more familiar with the floor when we go to have EK! And if she has the photographic memory that Brooks believes she does, she'll definitely remember. That child remembers everything! Oh, and one other cool thing I found out is that when patients deliver at UAB, they get either a free stroller/car seat combo or a Medela breast pump! SCORE! So I signed up for a breast pump since we've got the other stuff already. I was so excited about that!

Next week we go talk to Dr. Colvin about our little one's heart some more. Hopefully we'll get some answers on the aorta situation. Thanks for all the continued prayers. :)