Baby Pudel

It is high time for an update on Baby Pudel!

Some of you who follow our story only on here and not other social media outlets, don’t even know Baby Pudel is a ….

That’s right! Baby Pudel is going to be a Baby Boy! We are so excited. I have asked at every ultrasound and every time they say the same. We will have a little Mini Jeff.

Today’s post will be a shorter one. Just to give an update and tell you a little about how things have been going with the pregnancy.

Shortly before we found out baby’s gender, was also the last time I had a bleeding complication. Which I can only say, Thank God, for that! That being said, it hasn’t all been roses since then, but it has been a whole lot better.
I have been able to do a little more around the house, the nursery is almost completely set up. We have been able to move around a little more which also has been helpful for my mental health.

Last week we hit a HUGE milestone. I am 32 weeks pregnant!

The first goal I had set for myself, was to make it to 30 weeks. Even though 24 weeks gestation (being pregnant for 24 weeks) is considered the “age of viability” nowadays among the medical community, I wanted nothing more than to make it to at least 30 weeks.

After watching and caring for many babies who were born prematurely at work, I have noticed that 30 weeks seems to be a huge hurdle, that once overcome, the outcomes for babies are much, much better. Meaning less time in the hospital, less re-admissions and less lasting complications. So when we hit this day I did a small happy dance (of course very held back as to not start any contractions from all of a sudden moving TOO much).

Every added 2 weeks after that, seems to be another huge milestone met, in predicting how well baby is going to do once born. So at the moment my goals keep being pushed further and further by 2 weeks.

We are growing and growing and I am falling more and more in love with this little bean under my heart and kicking me in the bladder. Like I said we are currently sitting around the 32 week mark and I have been bargaining with our little guy to just stay patient a little longer. 😀

We have a baby shower planned for this weekend (which looks quite different than I would have liked it to/would have imagined it, thanks to Covid). At that point we are very close to 34 weeks. That is my current goal.

Around 34 weeks babies develop the suck-swallow-breath refelx which makes breast- or bottle feeding a whole lot easier. Babies born at this point, often don’t even need to be tube fed at all. Which would be a HUGE win!

Love when these little feet start kicking me

We have learned already though, that our baby boy is a fighter! Whenever he does end up getting here, he will be amazing! If you think about the last 32 weeks and what he already has gone through, it just shows how strong he is and how God has been providing. Over the last 32 weeks we made it through

1 trip to Mexico
4 major bleeds
3 conscious sedation’s to get gastroscopes done
7 ultrasounds
1 short cervix
On and off bedrest
A global pandemic
and one heck of an emotional roller coaster.

He has always remained healthy, growing and always has a very strong heartbeat. Oh yea and also the kicks, lets not forget the kicks 🙂

I have noticed that he really seems to like worship music. Anytime I turn it on and start singing along, or we are at church during worship, he becomes so excited. I usually get a few really good kicks. I am loving those kicks so much. I think I will definitely miss them once pregnancy is over.

All that to say, we are doing good. There are some other things happening in our life that are adding some stress and worry to our life right now, but I may talk about those things at a later time. For now, we are just putting all in God’s hand and try to remind ourselves that He has control over every situation.

Thank you for everyone who is following along on this journey of ours. We can’t wait to introduce our little guy to you in a few weeks (hopefully more than a few).

For everyone who got messages from my site yesterday, I deeply apologize. I was trying to make some changes to accommodate better what I want to do with this blog and it backfired massively. So sorry for and inconvenience 😳

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Christine Pudel

Wife, Mom, Photographer, Cancer warrior

Hi there. My name is Christine. I am so glad you have found my blog. Whatever brought you here, I pray you find it.

Thank you for supporting me on this crazy journey of life with Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Also, a huge thank you for supporting my love for Photography.

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