Fun Blog

I got this idea from another blogger. You have to do 10 things with no preparation. You'll see...

1. Dream Vacation:

I want to go back to Hawaii but spend 10 days there!

2. Self Portrait (taken just seconds ago). Sorry, no belly and no make-up and air dried hair. Wow..I wish I could do a ponytail! I don't know if my camera has an auto shoot feature. Getting a new camera soon...

3. What are the kids doing? I don't have a kid YET, so I took pictures of the dogs. Maddie follows me everywhere, she was laying with Ellie, so they are separate in their pictures.

4. My closet. Yes, those are purses on the top shelf. And, towards the back, that is mostly Chris' mess. He has taken over some of my shelves. These are also the clothes that I can't wear. I keep my maternity stuff in baby's closet, which requires me to walk to to the other side of our split plan house to pick out my clothes. Not the brightest idea...

5. My favorite room. Currently, I like spending time in the nursery-to-be. As you can see, it is a huge work in progress, but I would spend most of the day there if I could.

6. Favorite shoes. My reefs, of course.

7. Laundry room. Waiting for the doors to be put on the cabinets. It's been quite a few months since the cabinets went up (our old cabinets from kitchen). Maybe I will have doors before baby comes! :) This is the one room we painted on our own, my brother (the painter) did the rest of the house. I do not like painting, I had it everywhere...ceiling, floor, etc

8. Second bathroom. Not much to say.

9. Kitchen sink. I need to put the plastic stuff in recycling container. Chris makes protein smoothies before he leaves for work (hence the blender).

10. My fridge. Yes, there is NO food! There are two bottles of champagne (from our honeymoon...oops!). Maybe we will pop those when Baby comes! I need to go to grocery store like NOW!

Now, you should do this! :)

Update from Doctor's appointment

Can you believe it? It's already almost the middle of June, and we are getting closer and closer to meeting the baby! I had my almost 33 week appointment yesterday afternoon. The doctor says everything is going fine and is happy with my current weight gain (26 lbs). I also learned in the past two weeks that I passed my second screen for gestational diabetes, which was great news!

Chris asked the doctor if we could have an ultrasound, and he said SURE! He said there are no concerns for the baby, but if we wanted another picture, we could have it.

While in the ultrasound room, we learned that the baby is in breech position (butt first), but he/she still has a couple of weeks to move into head first position (and there is plenty of amniotic fluid for baby to move). Also, and this was very surprising, the baby's head is measuring 17-19 days bigger than the rest of the body! When they do these measurements, estimated due dates pop up on the screen. I noticed that both head measurements gave dates of July 11 and July 13! There are a couple of possible reasons for this: 1. Baby just has a huge head (we like to say with lots of brains!) 2. Since baby is in breech position, the head is not squished in the pelvic area, which could account for the large diameter. The baby's femur and other body parts are measuring on target with original due date (July 30), so I guess we will just have to wait and see. But, this could mean that baby comes early, which I wasn't counting on, so time to get a little more serious! We also learned and saw that the baby has a lot of hair on his/her head. Odd, we didn't know you could see that in an ultrasound, but the sonographer pointed it out (moving in the fluid). She also checked on the gall stone again and the gall bladder has definitely gotten a lot bigger in the last 10 weeks and there was no gall stone! According to all of the measurements taken, the baby weighs 4 lbs, 6 oz, but our childbirth instructor always tells us those measurements can be two pounds off. Still, we could end up with a big baby with a large head!


We are still waiting on the furniture to be delivered. It should be here within the next couple-few weeks. Slowly, the baby's room is getting to be more organized, but it is kind of difficult without furniture. My hospital bag is packed (childbirth instructor had us do this last week!) I am grateful for the classes we have been taking. We have learned a lot about labor and the whole birthing process. Tonight, we are attending a class "Night Out with the Anesthiologist" to learn more about pain options. You might be wondering this...I hope to forego the epidural and do this au natural (or maybe with a little bit of a narcotic called Stadol), but I am hoping to shoo away the anesthiologist with his/her epidural needle. But, I say this now, who knows how I will feel with a big headed baby on his/her way out. We shall see.

Other than that, everything is going well for us. Just counting the days...

Baby Foot

Baby Muscle

My Belly Button

I have been thinking this for awhile....I don't think my child likes my internal belly button, because he/she is constantly kicking it or punching it, who knows what it looks like from in there! Every time I get a movement around that area, it really doesn't feel that great...so I am thinking my baby is trying to make me have an outtie button! I do not want that...come on, only 7 weeks left, keep it like it is, Baby! But, as you can see, I do not have an innie button anymore, it is kind of just flat! :(

Here's just my belly!

Doctor's appointment this afternoon! More details to follow soon!

What's been going on....

Well, I am down to 8 weeks, 1 day, but when you say that in days....57 to be exact, it seems MUCH shorter. WOW, 57 more days until we meet BW.

We have been attending childbirth classes. So far we have been to three. I am enjoying them and learning a lot. I am glad we decided to do this. It is good to learn about the stages of labor and the processes involved.

We went on a tour of the hospital last night. That was neat, we got to see the triage rooms, labor and delivery, nursery (although no babies are ever in the nursery), and post-partum rooms. The tour made this experience more real too! We have some friends in class (Sascha and Tim) and they are only 6 weeks away from delivery. WOW again!

Our homework for this week's class is to pack our hospital bag. I started a list a few weeks ago, so I feel pretty confident that I will have what I need. I picked out the baby's going home outfit this morning. Chris really wants to have something more boy or more girl but I think we should just go with our yellows and greens. I am packing two just in case one is more girlie or more masculine than the other for my husband's taste.

On to some GOOD news: I have been sleeping. I still wake up a couple of times a night, but now, I am not awake for hours at a time. And, knock on wood, I haven't had a charlie horse in over a week! I can feel them coming on sometimes, so I just flex my foot and get rid of it.

Next doctor's appointment is Monday, June 9. I have been holding at a 20 lb weight gain for the past three weeks, so that might mean he will want to do an ultrasound to make sure baby is on target. And, yes, I have been eating! Lots, actually.

This week, I am going to my favorite city on earth, Miami. Just kidding, it is not my favorite, but I will be down there from Wednesday through Friday. Doctor's orders say no more flying after this week, so this will be my last flight. He also said no driving long distances, but if I have to, I must get out of the car every hour or so and walk around. Oh, the life of a sales representative while pregnant...

Here's my latest pictures from last night. Chris wanted a close up too.

and...the test revealed

...that I do not have gestational diabetes!

Therefore, I can continue eating desserts!

Baby clothes/blankets washed; furniture ordered

I am not sure that the Nesting Period has occurred, but I started freaking out when people told me that there babies came early with no warning signs. I hadn't washed any of the clothes, and I only had a couple pair of novelty socks. Now, baby has clean clothes and 12 pairs of socks. This will get us by for awhile.


We have also ordered the furniture. My mom is buying us the crib and the long dresser and we bought the tall dresser, nightstand, and mattress. I love this furniture. It becomes a toddler bed and then a full size bed (when you buy the coordinating rails, which we did!)

The furniture will be here in 3.5-5.5 weeks. The baby will be sleeping in our room for however long...I don't know what to guesstimate, two months? three months?? So, we need to get the Pack&Play that we want. It has a bassinet layer and a changing table. We also need to get the safety monitor, glider/rocker and some diapers and we are pretty much set.

My cousin and aunt threw our second Baby Shower this past weekend. There were so many gifts, I think it took over an hour to open everything. We have so much stuff, I don't know where to put it. Thankfully, our house is a good size, but I still don't know where to store everything. For now, we just moved everything into nursery. There is way too much stuff in that room, especially the spare bed which we will be ridding ourselves of soon.

Below is a picture from the shower. I am holding a sweater and hat that my Aunt Lois crocheted for us.

And, a picture of my mom and me.

10 more weeks to go. I am feeling a little more prepared, but there is still so much to do. I think I need to start reading "What to Expect in the First Year." Hopefully, there will be some information about newborns because this is going to be a learning experience for the two of us.

Repeat of my e-mail

Dear Friends and Family,

Sorry...no baby pictures. I don't know if we will have anymore, if baby continues to grow on target.

Anyway, time is going by so fast. We have officially hit the third trimester, where supposedly you are more tired than before...how can that be?!?!?!? I can't believe that it has been almost 6 months since we found out we were having a baby and now, we only have 11 weeks left till we actually HAVE the baby. Yes, for those of you who don't know...pregnancy is not a 9 month thing as so many think...it is actually a 10 month event! Yes, 40 weeks!

I had a OB appointment this afternoon. Since the last time I wrote, I have had to take the glucose test for gestational diabetes. As mentioned previously, this involves eating NO carbs or sugar the previous day and then fasting for TWELVE hours, and then going to lab, drinking what is basically an orange soda, then giving blood. The day before was tough...I was on the road and had a little bit of sugar in the morning but did pretty good the rest of the day. Fasting is not fun for a pregnant girl. The cutoff for the test is 140, and I came in at 139...which I thought was good...not so much! The doctor is having me go in for the next test, but it is not the 4 hour glucose test. Instead, I will have to fast again for 12 hours, then have my blood drawn, then eat my normal breakfast (cereal), and then have my blood drawn again 2 hours later. Let's hope that I pass this one....if not, then I have to start watching my diet and doing whatever else a gestational diabetic does.

Let's see...what else happened during the visit. I have gained 7 lbs since the last appointment four weeks ago, which is still on target. I have decided against using medication to help with sleeping. Ambien has not been studied in pregnant women nor its effect on the baby, so I will just continue to wake up between 2-4 a.m. every night. I did take Benadryl a couple of times, but as the doctor noted, it has a short half life and will only get me through half the night...I can do that on my own! I have moved to the recliner on the couch a few times when I have been home, and that helps with sleeping.

Other than sleeping issues, everything is peachy. It's been smooth sailing and will hopefully continue to be.

We will continue to keep you posted!