Our Body Week 31

Today we enter the 31st week of pregnancy and each week that passes is such a blessing right now. Ty is getting much bigger and stronger. His last major organ to develop now is his lungs so we are constantly praying for them to develop as much as the can just in case my body decides that time is up. Here is more information that babycenter.com has to offer regarding Week 31.

As for me, I am doing pretty good. As usually getting larger is putting a lot of strain on my every day movements, just getting out of bed is such a hassle. Being on bed rest with my legs and arms getting weaker by the day doesn't help either. But I did get the okay from my midwife so start doing some in bed exercises and some light stretching so hopefully that helps with my muscles and joints.

Other than that I am just glad to be still pregnant and counting down the days. Luckily the medication that the midwife has put me on to help control my contractions has effected me that much. Thankfully the contractions are very rare now, maybe 2-3 a day compared to 6-7 a day before.

We will continue to keep everyone posted to how things are going. Thanks for the prayers.

Peace Out

GBS Update

Hey folks, just a real quick update on my Group B Strep situation. I am finally finished with the antibiotics and will be going in next week to see how things have cleared up. I can finally go back to eating a normal schedule.

I did at one point develop a yeast infection (I know, I know TMI) but that is being taken care of now. It was awesome, I only had to take on pill for it, and that pill clears it up over the next few days.

I can't say that I feel 100% better because honestly, as the mom, you don't feel anything with Group B Strep, so I don't know yet how well the antibiotics work. I do know and accept that it won't be cured just managed.

Well that is my quick update. Check back tomorrow for my week 28 update.

Peace Out

Getting Over It

This weekend I discovered I had what I think was the flu. I had the swore itchy throat, the fever and migraine head ache, oh and stuff nose. But now the worse is finally over and I am getting better. Now I just have a burny nose and slight head head but I am up and working and getting on with it.

The hardest part was being concerned about what effect this would have on the baby and what medications I could or couldn't take to help pass the time. The hardest part was because it was the weekend and we couldn't just call our doctors office. In the end I took Robitussin for the cold part and Tylenol for the fever. Small doses, not the full strength so recovery was a little longer. But lots of fluids and rest helped also. As far as I know baby and I are fine ... and so far Chris has not gotten sick ... YEAH!!!

Peace Out,
Philippa Channer