October 26th: NST, AFI, appointment, & hiccups

Well, we have a little entertainer here folks!

We went for our weekly round of screenings and tests yesterday, and all is well. We had a non-stress test that took significantly longer than usual, due to our little one's overactive lungs & diaphragm. Now, she gets the hiccups almost daily, but it's usually a very quiet affair that only Meg is aware of, and baby is usually pretty, well, subtle about it. Ha! You've never heard hiccups until you've heard them through a fetal heart monitor. At first we thought she was kicking the exact spot where the monitor was. Nope, hic-hic-hic-ing away, for almost 15 minutes, she made quite a racket. It was so funny, hearing her HIC like that, so loudly! You could hear it echo through the monitor if you listened outside the room!

You can't really monitor baby's heart's reaction to movement when she's constantly hic-ing, so the nurse who runs the NST's tried several things to get her to stop. Baby didn't cooperate much (when does she?). Eventually things settled down, and we go the rest of the test finished.

The nurse said hiccups are a good sign; baby's practicing breathing, drinking, and they actually strengthen her lungs and diaphragm, so she can take a nice big breath and belt out a good strong cry in a few weeks. On the other hand, they were pretty annoying to the nurse. We just found them hilarious - they were so loud, and for some reason, this time they were VERY visible!

Everything else still looks good. We got some good answers to our questions, and even got a LOVELY screening for group B Strep...not for the faint of heart, this one. OH so pleasant.

We have the usual set of appointments next week as well, and another growth scan - our last - on November 10th.

Meg's last day at school is November 3rd. 5 more days, 5 more days, 5 more days...

Anyway, we're doing quite well, and were quite entertained by our little girl's little hiccup show.