Early contractions

We had a great appointment and ultrasound with the specialist yesterday. The doctor measured all sorts of bones and parts. Alyssa looks great and shows no signs of any problems with her head or any other part of her. She's growing like crazy! Her weight has doubled in 3 weeks. She now weighs 1lb 2oz. We could see her face better this time because of her growth and the better quality ultrasound. She looks more like a baby and less like a halloween skeleton. :) After a few minutes of poking, prodding, me drinking cold water, and a short lecture from her parents, Alyssa finally showed her stuff so the doctor could confirm that she hasn't grown any new "appendages" between the legs that we should know about. :) We got some really cute pictures of her face that I'll post as soon as I get done with house-cleaning this morning.

We found out yesterday that the doctor is Tony Dungy's sister! We had our suspicions but weren't sure if it was appropriate to ask her, so we confirmed it with a little research when we got home. That will be a fun thing to tell Alyssa when she's a football fan. :)

Now for the other events of the week...Monday was an eventful day for us also. I had contractions and lots of pain all weekend last weekend. So, at Jeff's prodding, I called the doctor Monday morning, and instead of getting the "it's all normal, stop worrying" response that we were hoping for, I was told to come in immediately. After some tests and exams and an extremely tense few minutes when the doctor said my cervix felt too short (it turned out to be fine), the conclusion was that I was dehydrated, which was making me have harmless (though uncomfortable) contractions, and that Alyssa is perfectly happy to stay right where she belongs right now. I got a talk from the doctor about staying hydrated. I questioned how in the world I'm supposed to drink that much water when I'm already peeing so much (sometimes every 10 minutes!). His response was basically "get used to it". :) Ahh, the joys of pregnancy! I came home and drank a ton, and the contractions have stopped and I'm feeling much better now.

Tuesday, we had breastfeeding class. (Jeff has other terms for it that can't be posted here.) :) There was an extremely graphic video that caused me pain just watching it, but the evening was very informative and it was fun to see all the other pregnant moms and dads. We have childbirth classes in December.