NST

Remember how I've said I think this baby is going to be more trouble than his brother? Case in point: I had my first non stress test today. The little stinker has days where he's really quiet but usually at night he will move a good bit. Last night, nah. Barely moved. I was already on edge from the other 2 days of not moving so I started actually doing kick counts (usually I can just tell by how much he's moving if it's a quiet or active day). In the 3 hours I counted he moved 11-12 times. It's supposed to be 10 every 1 or 2 hours...I can't remember but regardless he didn't meet either. I kept trying to eat different things and got up to move (switch classrooms) then sat again for a while. Nothing could get him to perk up and move more than 2-3 times.

By 1 I gave in and called the doctor's office. I had to leave campus just as my last class was starting because they wanted me to go have the test done. By now he'd probably moved 6 more times (in another 2 hours) so I was just fine to skip it and email my professor later. I drive up to the hospital and almost as soon as I was hooked up to the monitors he starts moving around. It's like hearing his heartbeat woke him up.

Ohmygosh the little STINKER! I felt SO silly (and so very, VERY relieved) when I left. They told me the test would take an hour but I was done in 15-30 minutes because he just perked right up and started moving. And he's been acting more like normal ever since. I hope there isn't 10 more weeks of this!