Nathan & Andrea Harwood

Time flies (except between the hours of 12am - 4am when Sydney forgets how to sleep). I was going to post this message on Monday but that came and went and so did Tuesday. Anyway back to what I wanted to talk about - typically babies lose between 5 and 10% of their birth weight in the first few days due to fluid loss (hey, they were swimming for the past 9 months) and they usually gain that back within the first 10 to 14 days. Anyway, on Monday Sydney turned 1 week old and had a follow up appointment at the hospital so they could check her weight. She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz at birth (on Monday) and on Friday she weighed 6 lbs 9 oz which was right at 5% weight loss. Her checkup two days ago had her at 6 lbs 15 oz already! They were more than happy and told us not to change anything we were doing and that we didn’t need to come back again. Just the normal checkups with her pediatrician done at the doctors office.

Anyway, I hear her crying so I better go do my nightly duty and keep her occupied so Andrea can get some sleep. I’ll upload some new pictures tomorrow (or later today as the case may be).

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Well Andrea had her second to last prenatal doctor visit today and they did a biophysical profile (without a non stress test). Sydney scored 8/8 which is perfect. They did this because Andrea’s blood pressure was elevated at last weeks appointment. Interestingly enough, her BP was lower this week which obviously is a good thing. Anyway, the doctor said that they can schedule an induction at next weeks appointment if Andrea wants (I think it’s safe to say she does)

Ultrasound pic #1: Top down view of Sydney’s face

Ultrasound pic #2: Side profile view of her head

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Now we’re getting close (we hope). At this point Andrea is getting more and more uncomfortable but still seems to be doing quite well from what we’ve heard from others with her “condition.” In a few days she is scheduled for a final ultrasound to check the fluid levels around Sydney. If we’re lucky they may induce labor! Wishful thinking, I’m sure.

Anyway, here’s Mrs. Sassy-

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I’m now wishing I had taken her picture every week… Maybe next time

Here she is, in all her glory at 35 weeks…

Again, you can click on any thumbnail size image to see a larger version.

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Here are a few shots of the baby bump from our trip to Michigan over the Christmas holiday.

Getting bigger!

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Just going to post a few times here sharing some of Andrea’s “prego” pictures. This one is from 10/21/07 while Andrea’s parents were in town. Ron and I had just finished setting up the crib they bought us as an early shower gift. At the time I thought her belly was getting really big… Boy was I wrong (as you’ll soon find out!)

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