IT’S A BOY! YEAH!!! – Maybe not so much

I have finally reached my 4 month mark... well a little over 4 months and I have been advised by my Perinatologist for the 3rd time that we are having a boy. I have to admit I was hoping for a girl because I already have a boy, but I am starting to turn my negative attitude around and accept the fact that YES... Michelle you are going to have a boy!

If you look closely you will see the word - "Pee Pee"

My husband is quite thrilled and he should be… this is his first child. I, on the other hand, need to be grateful for the fact that the baby is healthy and many people would kill to be in my position. I just had my hopes up for a girl and so I feel a little let down. I need to get out of this funk because I don’t want to drag my husband into my emotional web.

My Baby’s Faux-Hawk in Utero

By Kate Peterson


My second visit to the Perinatologist did not go as expected. It started out having to wait 45 minutes & then they said that my insurance had yet to approve the visit. The appointment had been on the books for 6 weeks. Annoyed with waiting, I went ahead with the appointment & figured we would sort out the insurance issues later (a few hundred bucks out of pocket & it took them 6 months to pay me back).

The doctor then dealt me the bigger blow – my cervix was “short” & he suggested a cerclage. He would basically sew up my cervix so the baby wouldn’t fall out. On my drive back to the office, I called my OBGYN to get her take on it. She deferred to the Perinatologist – he was the specialist. Still feeling uneasy, I made one more call to a friend who is an OBGYN is California.

He did not agree with my doctor, but said he would call around to get the opinion of other Perinatologists. He said a cerclage was typically done around weeks 12-14. I was already 22 weeks. Two other Perinatologists agreed with my friend & he found me a new specialist to see here in Vegas. My new doc had done some work at Hopkins (I had lived in Baltimore for years & respected any doctor that had done time there!)

I had a Fetal Fibronectin Test done every 2 weeks to make sure I was not I danger of going into labor. I passed every test & had a ton of ultrasounds. We ended up getting creative with our pics! (see picture & recall Sanjaya from American Idol) The doctor did recommend that I not travel, so my baby shower back east had to be canceled. I was bummed, but the BABY outranked the baby SHOWER.




About 8 weeks before my due date, I was put on bed rest. The baby was not growing & my fluid levels were low. How much “Bringing Home Baby” & “A Baby Story” could I watch???

The baby didn’t seem to thrive from my lack of activity, but maybe with activity it would have been worse. At 37 weeks, I checked into the hospital to get induced. All the doctors agreed that hopefully the baby would grow better outside than in my tiny belly. I did learn something from watching all those shows though – those women ended up starving through labor. So I made sure to eat a nice meal before I went into the hospital. Big mistake – stay tuned….