What's with the pink????? & 26 Week prenatal

Had some more pink today.....ugh. Woke up to cramps around 1 a.m. and again at 3 a.m. The round at 3 just kept me up. Then I found the pink after going to the potty for the seventh time. I also had some pink last monday and ended up going to see Dr. J. All checked out fine with the cerclage though. We are frustrated with these occurences, they scare the bologna out of us. I am supposedly "over" my third.....yes third, urinary tract infection, but who knows? I will have another urinalysis next week and we'll really see. That or the contractions will come back.....ughhhhhh! Grow, baby grow! We also talked about inducing possibly; Dr. J said I am a good candidate with two successful vaginal births. It all depends on baby's position, dilation and effacement around 38 weeks. I really hope to move it up a little more.....not too much. But that will mean an amniocentisis, so we'll just wait and see.

Last Thursday we had our 26 week prenatal appointment, had a lovely chat with Dr. J and all seems to be going well. She checked my stitch again and it still seemed good. When she checks she is checking to be sure there is no tension on the stitch, for effacement and dilation. All look good. Since I have about half of my cervix left, I am 50% effaced or thinned out already, but that 50% seems to be in it for the long haul. Baby is now around 2 pounds or so. Hooray!

With passing day 26W 5D gestation we have passed Max's birthday. On Monday, today August 27. we will pass 27 weeks too.....the day Max died. It is not something anyone else would think of really, but it really gives this baby his/her own pregnancy from this point on. We have passed all of Max's dates and can only hope that this new little miracle has many, many more of his/her own dates.