So a lot has happened in the past couple of weeks and we have been super busy trying to get things moved and ready for baby Cameron! We found out 3 days before closing on our house that I was getting laid off from my job, so we had to back out on the house. Since Cory teaches in Terre Haute and my entire family lives here, we decided that we would move back. We found a house to rent from a wonderful lady named Mary that happens to be on my dad's mail route. It is a two bedroom home and we have an awesome mailman who personally delivers my mail to the door haha! My last day of work was May 29th and we moved our stuff to Terre Haute the weekend before that and spent that weekend setting up house. The baby's room looks adorable. Cory was a trooper and built the crib and glider ottoman. He has been quite the handyman lately! Cameron's room is decorated in a Jungle/Safari theme in light green and tan. I will take a picture this week and post it next time!
On Thursday, I went in for an ultrasound and Cameron was measuring at 3 lbs 7 oz, which is extremely small for the 34 weeks 3 days that I was. My doctor wasn't in that day, I had just went in for the ultrasound because she wants to keep a close eye on his growth. Friday was Cory's last day of school and we had quite a hectic/exciting/nerve wracking day. My doctor called me while the Dish Network guy was at our house installing the Dish. She had just gotten to the office and was looking at my ultrasound results from the day before. She told me that Cameron was measuring less than the 5th percentile and that she wanted me to go see a specialist at St. Vincent's Women's Hospital in the Maternal Fetal Monitoring and Genetics office. She also told me that it was possible they would need to deliver him that day because he is not growing well inside me and may grow better outside my body. Needless to say, I pretty much freaked out. I was definitely not ready to have this baby yet!
They scheduled me an appointment in Indy at 1:30pm and I called Cory and told him to come home (his kids had already left for the day so it wasn't too big of a deal for him to leave). Then I called my sister to have her come pick up Maggie and take her to my parents house. I called my mom and dad and explained the situation to them. My mom is in Boulder, CO visiting my friend Erin with Erin's mom so my mom was a bit worried and I think regretting her decision to go out of town. Thankfully it all worked out in the end.
When Cory got home, we sent the Dish guy away and told him we would have to reschedule. THankfully they are coming back this afternoon to install, I think Cory is dying without his cable tv and ESPN lol. Cory and I packed a quick hospital bag for him and myself in case they decided to deliver. I must say, it was probably the worst hospital bag ever packed because we were a little frantic lol.
We drove to Indy to St. Vincent's and they did a very in depth ultrasound and took all of Cam's measurements. According to their measurements, he is weighing about 3 lbs 15 oz which is a little better. The specialist told us that he is not growing to his "full potential" but she would like to try and wait until I am 37 weeks to deliver. I will be 37 weeks on June 22nd. She wants me to go back twice a week until then for non-stress tests and to take his measurements. If he still isn't growing well in the next couple of weeks they may take him earlier than 37 weeks but we are hoping he can cook a little longer and stay in until I reach full term at 37 weeks. I go back to the doc on Tuesday for more testing. She also mentioned that I will most likely need to have a C-Section because since he is so little and not growing right there is a higher risk of still birth and they do not want to put him through the stress of labor.
At least now we have time to properly pack a hospital bag and finish getting everything ready for Cameron's arrival. It looks like he will end up being a June baby instead of July. Cory and I just hope that he will be a healthy and happy baby!
Thank you to everyone who posted that they are keeping us and Cameron in their thoughts and prayers on facebook and who called to check on us. We really appreciate having such a wonderful support system surrounding us. Our plans for this week are to finish up Cameron's nursery and get the house ready for a new baby! I also want to make up some dinners I can freeze so I don't have to cook when he comes. We will see how much I actually get accomplished though lol. I haven't had too much motivation this past week to do anything. We will keep you all posted on what's going on and I hope you enjoy the newest ultrasound picture above of our grumpy little boy!
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