39 wk appt

Had my 39 week appt yesterday and all is still great with me and our little girl. The dr. said that I am now 2-3cm (more like 3) and 80%, she also did a membrane sweep. She said that if I have not went into labor by my next appt. that we will schedule an induction date, so lets hope that I go into labor here shortly.

I have noticed that I am wanting to rest/sleep a lot more the past few days, maybe that's my body trying to get rested up for the big day (let's hope). I honestly thought that I was going to have this little girl on Valentines day, I was having contractions that were 7 minutes apart. Unfortunately, after going to bed to try and get some sleep they stopped. I am trying to be really patient and know that she is not going to make her debut until she is ready but I am so anxious to hold her and get to see her.

Well, I hope my next post will be my birth story.

38 wk appt

Well not too much progress at this appointment. Last week the dr. said that I was just at 2cm and this week she said I was a good 2cm. So even though there really wasn't much progress there was a little and I will take it.

We had our last Lamaze class last night, I made it through all of the classes.....Yeah! No more classes for us we are just waiting on our little girl to make her appearance. My dr has said that it could be anytime now. She did say that with it being so cold she thinks all the babies have decided that it's just too cold to arrive right now, they are going to stay where it is warm. I thought that was kind of cute, of course she worded it better than I did.

Hope everything is great for everyone.

37 wk appt

I had my 37 week appt yesterday and am now 2cm and 70% effaced. The doctor doesn't seem to think that I will make it to the 23rd. My husband thinks we will have a valentines day baby and I have absolutely no clue. I was actually suprised that I was further along than last week. It seems so weird that we only have a few more weeks before she is here, it's so exciting, scary, and amazing all at the same time. I am happy that I have made it through almost all of my Lamaze plus classes though, only one more to go and part of that class is a party.

36 week appointment, things are starting to happen!

Well I had my 36 week appointment and to my shock and dismay I am dialated 1cm and 60% effaced. I expected to have some dialation but really didn't think there would be much if any effacement. Of course since this is my first I could stay at this stage until my due date or could go into labor before. I am thinking that I won't make it to the 23 of February though and neither dose my DH. He was just telling me yesterday that he thought it would be sooner as I have changed emotionally over the last week and that you can definitely tell that our little girl has dropped.

This is so exciting and scary at the same time. I am so anxious to hold our little girl but at the same time I love being pregnant (minus not being able to move that well) ;-)

36 Weeks, Wow!

Well, I will be 36 weeks tomorrow and start weekly doctor appointments....9 months pregnant, YAY! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has been going. Our little girl is doing great and moving around quite a bit, at times it feels like she is going to come out through my belly button or lower abdomen. It can be quite comical to watch my belly do all kinds of different movements.

Things have been going well, I have had all my showers now and pretty much have everything that we absolutely have to have for her. I still don't have a swing but figure that is something that we can get a little later. I need to get some more books for her and some toys, we only have a few rattles and two books right now. We have quite a few onesies and footed sleepers so I think we are good there. I have a diaper bag now but am not quite sure what to pack in it, I have some diapers and diaper ointment in there but that's it so far, any suggestions would be appreciated.

I am not so sure that this little girl will wait to arrive until February 23 either. I have been having some pre-labor symptoms. She has dropped, I am starting to nest, I can't stand or walk for an extended period of time without my groin killing me (sharp shooting pains that make me want to fall to the floor), and some BH contractions. Of course as this is our first baby I have know idea about when she will be here could be that I go past my due date too.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Baby Shower

I had my first baby shower on Sunday, feels weird that I have already had a baby shower. All went well. I was a little nervous as to who would show and if we would get any of the items off of our registry but everything was great. There were actually about 25 people that showed, a couple of which I didn't even know (how nice of them to come and give us a gift). We got two of the big items off our registry (the pack-n-play and the high chair), several outfits, 3 activity mats, misc bath stuff and general items that we will need for our little girl. Overall it was a great shower and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

Found the nursery bedding

I was able to find bedding that both me and my husband liked and goes perfectly with the nursery colors, YAY!!!! I ended up going to babiesrus and just buying the bedding set. There are a few items that I won't use but at least our little girl has bedding now. The bedding is lavender and white with pink and lavender butterflies. I will have to take some pics of the nursery and get them posted shortly. Sorry I have been really bad about taking pics.

Change in bedding

Well, we received the bedding that I had ordered for our little girl's room and ended up sending it back. It really didn't look how the pictures portrayed it. The colors were actually pretty dull and there was a stain on the quilt (looked like someone accidently marked it with a black magic marker). Oh and they sent me a basket liner instead of the sheet that I had purchased. Needless to say I won't be ordering from that site again.

So we are now on the lookout for some new bedding. We have a set in mind but I was hoping to be able to purchase the items separately as I don't want/need 3 of the items that come in the bedding sets that you can purchase. I haven't been able to find a place that sells anything other than the 6 piece set though. I may have to break down and just order the 6 piece set.

If anyone has suggestions on places to go for crib bedding please let me know.

Hope all is well with everyone, pics of the nursery will be coming soon.

Irrational worry, anyone else???

Okay, do any of you ever worry even though you know you shouldn't and that even if you do worry it's not going to help anything but you just can't stop yourself from worrying. I have really been fighting this here lately. I know that a lot of it goes back to the miscarriage that I had last year but I really don't want to worry, I want to feel like everything is going to be perfect, I want my ignorant bliss back. I keep telling myself that I am 22 weeks, we had a wonderful u/s and everything looked good so stop worrying but it's just so hard. Of course right when I start to feel better something happens and I worry all over again, for example: My little girl has been quite active here lately and then yesterday not so much, she was moving every now and then but not a whole lot, so of course I am freaking out. I keep telling myself that there is still lots of room for her to move around in and that she is probably just resting or has turned so that I don't feel her as much but I just can't help but worry (my poor darling husband of course has to deal with all of this, I am so glad that is such a wonderful guy or I think he would have killed me by now) . I really wish there was a Pregnancy after loss class that I could go to or something (I should research this), I know there are lots of regular maternity classes but I would like to go to one that deals with all the psychological issues that women who have had a loss have to deal with. Okay so now I am just blabbering.

Anyhow I really want to not worry and am working very hard on it so if any of you have encouraging words or anything that you think will help me, please let me know.

Hope all is well with everyone.

Crib bedding

I ordered our little girls bedding set today. I didn't order all of the items shown in the pic, just the quilt, sheet and wall hangings. I can't wait til it comes in. Here's a pic:


Now I just need to figure out how to decorate the room. I am thinking about painting the walls in a really light pink with one wall (the one the crib will be on) an accent color, maybe a light green. What do you think, any suggestions?

Barb, I updated my blog....are you happy now ;-)

Round ligament Pain

Who knew that something called a round ligament could make you feel like you were going to split apart. I had my first experience with a true round ligament pain the other day and let me tell ya it was no fun and actually is still no fun. I actually called my doctor it had me so worried. She thinks that along with the round ligament pain I also pulled a muscle, lucky me. I just need to take it easy for the next few days and then I should be back to normal. I am actually feeling much better now (1 day later). Really hope that I don't have another experience with round ligament pain like that, but if I have to in order to have a healthy, beautiful, baby girl, then bring it on I can take it.

We have a..................

Little girl! We are so excited. The u/s went very well except for our little girl being very stubborn. She didn't want any head measurements taken so she kept her head down almost the whole time. The ultrasound technician had me do everything but stand on my head to get her to move. It was quite funny. Everytime the technician would ask her to move and wiggle the u/s wand around we would see her shake her head as if she was saying no. Luckily we were finally able to get head measurements and everything looks great. Here are some profile pic's:






Now we just have to decide on a name. I can't believe I am going to have a precious little girl.

Hope all is well with everyone!

18 weeks

Wow, I can't believe that I am 18 weeks already! There were times when I thought it was taking forever to get to the 2nd tri and now here I am at about the middle of the 2nd tri. I have started to feel the baby moving every now and then, makes me very happy! Can't wait until I can feel the movement all the time and Steve can too.

We have our next appt Oct. 5, just a couple more weeks, and we will find out the gender of the baby (well if he or she cooperates that is).

God Bless!

And one more makes four (had to include Mowzer of course)

Well, it's about time I blogged about this. We are expecting a little bundle of JOY! I am so excited, scared, happy..........and so many other emotions. I am now 16 weeks and the baby is doing great. I got to hear the hb again yesterday at my appt (it was in the 150's, which the dr. said was great). We get to find out if the baby is a boy or girl at our next appt, can't wait for that!

I am starting to get hungry more often now, but really only in the mornings. I am also starting to show a little bit, will have to post a pic sometime soon.

Well, that's about it for now......must get back to work.