SEVEN!!!

As of tomorrow I will only have seven weeks left!  We are very excited to meet our little boy.  Samantha and I got to see a really good shot of his face in an ultrasound on Monday.  I started my fetal monitoring this week so we will have appointments every Monday and Thursday until Benjamin is born.  I have once again been very lucky to have a good friend that is willing to watch my kids.  Samantha likes to come to the appointments so she can see the ultrasound and it is fun to have her along!  We have had a rocky couple of weeks since I got sick with the flu.  My amniotic fluid levels have been low so I have had to take it easy.  They like the fluid level to be at least 10 cm and mine was barely that when I went to the doctor two weeks ago.  I was told to stay out of the heat, drink LOTS of water (at least a gallon a day), and take it easy.  Luckily, those things seem to be working because on Monday my level was up to 11.16 cm!  I was told I still need to stay off my feet as much as possible and keep drinking as much as possible.  I felt a lot better knowing that my levels were going up instead of still going down (before I got sick I think my fluid was at 13 cm).  The only bad thing about all of this is that it is really hard to get things done around the house while trying to take it easy!!  Oh, well...Jeff and I will do what it takes to keep this baby inside a little longer!