31 Weeks

9 weeks left.....woohoo! I'm getting so anxious even though I have so much time left! Especially now since it's been in the 90's the last few days. The thought of going through 9 more weeks in this heat isn't too appealing.



Baby updates...he's doing pretty well. I had a little scare on Monday. Around 4 I realized I hadn't really felt him move much. I also hadn't had a lot of water, so I sucked down some water and went home to lay down and see what I could feel. I didn't feel anything for about an hour and after 2 bottles of water I thought my bladder was going to explode. Dean was home (which is not normal) so he was tapping on my stomach and I was freaking out. We decided to eat dinner and then maybe that would get him going. Nope...I felt a few little flutters but nothing like I normally do. I decided I would wait another hour and see what I thought and then decide about calling someone. Well, finally around 9 he woke up and was a crazy kid. Kicking, moving, rolling all that stuff. And then he kept it up most of the night and all day yesterday. I guess he was just letting me know he was still there. Silly baby! But he's been fine since.

According to Babycenter he weighs as much as 4 naval oranges (3.3 pounds and is about 16 inches long) and growing like a weed. He should gain about a half a pound a week from now until August 26th. I'm still feeling fine. Sleeping is going a little better (maybe because I'm so tired). Still only up once a night to pee. Work is a struggle. I have no motivation to be here, don't really care to get this stuff done. I keep hoping this will pass, but I can't keep my mind from wandering off to the baby and life after his arrival! i.e look for more senseless posts while I'm at work!!

The constant drama in this office is also making it hard to concentrate. Who would have thought an office with all of 6 people here could have so much drama. One of the crazy ones (as I affectionately call her) got a call from her doctor yesterday that her pap came back positive for H.PV. So she of course told everyone and burst into tears and proceeded to cry for about an hour. Now of course I feel bad for her, what awful news. But would you really share that with your entire office? And then proceed to sit here and talk to everyone you know on the phone? I don't know about you, but I'd probably make up some excuse to leave and make those phone calls in the privacy of my own car or home. So needless to say it was a rough afternoon around here yesterday. And she's of course looking up everything she can find about it and convinced it's cancer. It might be a long few weeks!

On an up note....only 2 more days til the weekend! And our breastfeeding class on Saturday!

Odds 'n' ends

This is going to be a hodge-podge of a post...

Overall the weekend was fun. I spent Saturday putting off my chores and then ended up going to run errands with my brother (anything to get away from housework!!) Saturday night was spent watching the US open. Pretty uneventful.

Sunday we got up and went to breakfast. We usually make breakfast at home, but we had to run by Dean's parents to check on the house since they've been gone for several days. They left their cats and goldfish there (I completely disagree with this!!) I think it's awful to leave those animals there like that alone for so long. But no one listens to me. So we played with the cats, fed and watered them and the goldfish. In the process of changing the water, I realize that there is no plumbing in the kitchen sink....yep, you read that right. The water spicket works, but there are no pipes for the water to run back to the septic or where ever water goes. It just went down the hole and into a 5 gallon bucket. Then I assume they dump the bucket out somewhere. I realize this may be the norm for some people (obviously my inlaws) but this is not the norm for me. And especially having a baby on the way, I look at their house a little differently. It is NO where near child proof or could it be in any way child proof. The floors are filthy (well, everything is filthy), there are nick knacks everywhere and a huge wood burning stove in the middle of the living room with nothing stopping a small child from running right into it. So after discovering the pluming issue it was determined in my mind that our child will not be left unattended (or without me) in their house. If they want to have a holiday or dinner, they can come to our house. That may sound bitchy, but I don't care.
After breakfast and our snooping session at the inlaws (oh yes, there's more...but we won't go into that now) we headed home and I promptly got my housework done. I don't think I've ever cleaned my bathrooms and floors so thoroughly!!! And then watched the US open again. I was (and still am) exhausted from who knows what so I didn't do much for the rest of the afternoon. It was early to bed for me!

The last little tidbit from the weekend was my phone conversation with Deans dad's cousins wife (follow that?). Apparently his mom is serious about this shower and has contracted this woman (who I have met once) to throw it. So we chatted for a bit and got some plans set. I emailed her our list of Dean's family that we have accumulated. And she said she'd probably have a few more people to add to it. It could be quite large....sort of scary. I informed Dean he might be coming to this one with me!! Don't get me wrong, I'm very grateful she is doing this for us. It just seems weird to have someone I don't know do all this work for me. But she seemed happy and excited to do it, I hope it wasn't an act! I told her I'd help out as much as she needed. So we'll see. Since I wasn't planning on having a 2nd shower I didn't register for a ton of stuff and I was planning on buying the stuff we needed in the next 8-9 weeks but I guess I'll wait for another 4 to do that. I was a little worried that it was going to be too late for my liking, but as a friend reminded me, it will be something else to look forward to. So hopefully it'll split these 9 weeks up a little! We'll see how it all pans out.

Ok...back to it.

30 week

How can time be flying by and standing still all at the same time. I read other blogs and it seems like their weeks are going by so much faster than mine....then each Wednesday another number ticks by for me too. But for some reason, my weeks seem slower than all theirs....I know, I'm nuts!
According to my weekly baby updates, the little one is 15.5-16 inches long, weighs about 3 pounds (about the weight of a cabbage) and is the size of a Chihuahua....huh? A dog? Where do they come up with these things? Our next appointment is on Friday morning. It will probably seem like we're going a lot right now, especially since we went in last week for an unplanned appointment. But it is nice to know that someone is checking up on me!

My emotions are starting to creep up on me...I didn't have hardly any crazy hormone induced emotions early on, but for some reason I feel like I could cry at the drop of a hat these days. I don't know if it's because I'm starting to get a little nervous or scared about our impending doom? I know I'm worried about what will happen after the baby gets here. After I go back to work. After Dean quits work. I know I need to take these things one at a time, but that is hard for me. I need to enjoy these last 10 weeks but in all honesty, I don't want to wait, 10 weeks sounds so long!!! And maybe this is all normal....I don't know. Sometimes it sounds like I don't even know what I'm saying (which is probably the case!!) I'm hoping these feelings will pass soon!

Pictures

The shower was so fun! I think everyone had a nice time, we had yummy food and cake! And the baby got tons of adorable presents. He will be a well dressed baby, that is for sure! It was fun to catch up with friends, new and old. My mom had a blast chatting with her friends too!

Here are a few pictures...

My mom and her sister and me (please excuse my fat face...I really had no idea it looked that bad in pictures!)

The sweater my aunt knitted. The buttons have little blue sailboats on them!

The chair my mom gave to us. Isn't it cute? It will fit the bedroom theme perfectly!!

The yummy cake!!!

The blanket my friend made. The little tags are different colored ribbons. So cute!

Blogger won't let me add more pics....so I'll add more later. But overall we had a great time and I'm so thankful for friends and family who care so much about our little boy!

I took the day off yesterday to spend with my mom and aunt. They came by to see the baby's room, we had a great lunch, had pedicures (which were badly needed) and did a little shopping. Then we had the last baby class last night. We had the hospital tour which was nice. We've both been up there before but it was nice to see it from a different perspective (the one of me laying in the bed having the baby!!) not just visiting. I think we both feel a little more prepared. We only have 2 other classes left, breastfeeding and daddy boot camp. Those are coming up soon. But for now it's back to reality...back to work...and my regular schedule.....boo!

Baby Shower today!!!

I'm so excited for my baby shower today!! I need to get moving this morning, but just wanted to write about it.  A day with friends and family celebrating this little baby sounds like the perfect day!! I can't wait.  And as a bonus the baby's room is complete (well, the wallpaper is up). We finally asked if my parents handyman could do it and he came over Saturday and did it in about an hour.  In my opinion it was the best $$ we could have spent. It would have taken us all day, I'm sure we would have been at each others throats....so to save us from a day of that any amount of money is worth it!  And it looks great. I'll take some pictures to post at some point.  We still have a few decisions to make about the room, but I would be happy as is if we didn't do anything else.   Well I need to make breakfast and get ready...this morning is going to slip away from me soon! 

29 weeks

Baby is growing and moving constantly. He's the size of a squash and apparently will triple in weight before birth. I feel like birth could be a long ways off...11 weeks sounds so long! I know we have a lot going on, but still.

After reading more about wallpaper hanging, it sounds like it might be a little harder than we thought. We may hire someone to do just that part! I just want it to look right. I wish there was somewhere to practice!

My aunt is coming in to town on Friday from California. I'm excited to see her. And she'll be here for the shower on Sunday.

I am feeling tons better after yesterday's little issue. I don't like to run to the doctor for everything but I'm glad I went. It eased my mind tremendously. And I go back next week for our regular appointment, so I'll be seeing someone pretty regularly now. I've been doing kick counts now for a week. I'm not a huge fan because he moves all the time but when I set aside a time to actually count I feel like he doesn't move. I think I'm just going to start checking off the days when he is moving, even if I don't time them. Especially now since I'm never home at the same time each day! As long as he's moving, I'm happy with that! So other than yesterday everything seems to be fine. His movements and heart rate are all fine and we should be fine til August. I think I just need to start taking it easy at night. After these baby classes, I can do that!

Update

Well I decided around 11 that the pain was too bad and I was calling. They got me in at 1:30 to see the on call doctor. Who happens to be my regular doctor, so that was nice. He took some measurements, checked the heartbeat and did an internal exam. Everything seemed fine. No blood, cervix is long and closed. He thinks it could just be the baby pushing on something or stretching muscles. Basically they don't know. They hooked me up to a monitor to see if there were any contractions going on. There were a few small ones, but no one seemed concerned. The baby's heartbeat was fine and he was kicking like crazy by the end of it. Basically the only thing they could tell me was to go home and rest. So I went back to work, told them and shut my computer down. Spent the rest of the afternoon at home on the couch. I feel better now. Still some pain, but not near as much. I just took some Tylenol in hopes to help relieve it more so I can sleep tonight. I plan to be fine in the morning and go on with regular activity (at least go to work). I did skip swimming tonight which I'm not thrilled about. But it is in my best interest to rest. And it's only one week. I guess I should be thankful this is the first scare I've had and I'm almost 29 weeks. I have had a pretty easy pregnancy, but let's just hope this doesn't happen again until it's time to give birth!

Pain

and a lot of it! I woke up this morning with an odd stomach ache. I dropped something while getting ready (not uncommon) and when I bent down to pick it up the pain got worse. Like stabbing pain in my lower abdomen. It then moved up to around my belly button for a while and now it's back down in the lower part. It feels ok if I sit still but as soon as I try to get up that pain is almost unbearable. Are these brax.ton hi.cks? Is this just stretching? I can feel him moving around in there so he must be ok. But I don't know if I can stand this pain all day. And I have swimming tonight, which I would rather not skip. But I will if this pain isn't gone. Actually I'm going to call the doctor this afternoon if it hasn't gotten better or gone away.

I have had such an easy pregnancy, whenever something doesn't feel right, I think it's almost exaggerated because I haven't had any issues. So that could be part of my problem. But for right now, I'm going to lay low in my chair, drink a lot of water and hope it goes away!

The baby's room

We worked on the baby's room yesterday and it's coming together nicely. It is a complete 180* difference from what I originally wanted but I still like it. The painting caused a little bit of a panic attack on my part. The first coat looked horrible. It was splotchy and streaked. But after the 2nd coat it looked MUCH better. I'm actually happy with the color and we taped the border up just to see what it would look like.

I think it looks cute. Now we have to figure out how to hang the border without making a mess of everything. I read up online about how to do it and they of course make it sound so easy. We may need a few extra hands, but it should be ok. I don't know when we'll have time to do it, maybe next Saturday night. I keep telling Dean once the room is done and the shower is over I'm not going to have anything else to look forward to until the birth...it might be a long 10+ weeks!! I think I will make a list of the other things I need to do that I'm forgetting about (announcements, buying the stuff we still need, resting up before he gets here!) The announcements will be fun to look for. I'm thinking about making them, but I want them to be easy since I'll have to do it after he gets here. I'm getting more and more excited with each event leading up to his arrival!!

On a completely different note, my in laws called yesterday to say they bought a farm in Indiana. Yep, a farm. To raise their horses. It's 12 acres and they plan to have the trainer live there when they aren't there. Now as dumb of an idea as I think this is, I'm thrilled. It's south of Indianapolis, meaning like 5 hours away. I don't know all the details other than they're probably closing this week. I plan to stay OUT of the details. Dean tried to tell his dad about painting the baby's room and getting ready and his dad's response was "You don't have a baby"....if that doesn't sum it up I don't know what does. So as annoyed as I am with this new turn of events, I am trying to put it out of my mind. They don't give us the time of day so we won't have to hear about it much! (I know this makes me sound like a bitch, but when it comes to them, this is what comes out of me!) Something I apparently have to work on!

Baby class again tonight. I skipped the gym in hopes to not wear myself out again this week. And even though it's in the wrong direction, I'm going home after work to rest up before hand. Looking forward to hearing what she has to tell us tonight. And next week is the hospital tour!! Really looking forward to that!

28 weeks

We had the fastest doctor appointment on record this morning. We got there a little early and there was only one person in the waiting room. We got called right a way. The nurse did the stats, asked the questions and left. The doctor came in, did his measurement, checked the heart rate and asked if we had any questions. We didn't this time. The only thing that caused it to be longer than it could have been was there is some protein in my urine. He said it was only +1 on the stick and my blood pressure seemed ok (within the normal range, but seemed high for me). So he said we will monitor it at each visit and if anything changes we will deal with it when it comes up. Knowing the bad things that can come of this, I of course freak out a little in my head, but I know the doctor knows best and I will just try to relax and wait to see what comes of it. I feel fine, so as long as that continues that should be fine. And then as an afterthought he mentions my sugar test came back fine....sort of funny. I think he thought they called me with the results. But either way, I was relieved to hear that. And I start my kick count now. So for 2 hours a day I need to count til I get to 10. The one thing I wasn't sure about and forgot to ask, do I need to write this stuff down? Or just do it in my head?
Stats: baby's heart rate was at 150; measuring 28cm (right on track), weight is the same as last appointment (sort of weird, my scale and the gym scale both say I lost a pound....I have NO idea how that happened!!! Must be a fluke!)
I'm still feeling pretty good. Haven't had a bloody nose in a while. Not feeling as stuffed up. My stomach is growing, which makes it hard to sleep. But we're working on finding a comfortable position. And we have our first baby class tonight. Looking forward to that although I would prefer to go home and take a nap!!

Classes

Our first birthing class was last night. I had mixed reviews from friends about these classes. A little too basic, slightly outdated, but overall helpful. And it was fun to hear about other peoples experiences. I was a little surprised almost all the couples were due before us. One was due in 3 weeks....talk about cutting it close! I'm glad we didn't sign up in May! But we learned a lot and it helped us have something to talk about. Since neither of us have ever been through this before, it gave us a jumping off point to have discussions about how it will go and what we want. Overall I'm glad we are going. It's going to be good for both of us even if I am exhausted today!! Who decided having a class for pregnant women last for 3 hours and go til 9:30 at night must have been out of their mind. By the time I got home I was so amped up I couldn't sleep. Then I had dreams about being in labor....too funny. Apparently all the breathing techniques are burned into my brain!!

My diaper bag had arrived yesterday afternoon so I promptly ripped into that when I got home. It's so cute. A little heavy, but cute. And I think it will hold up well. It's made of canvas so I'm thinking it'll work out just fine! And it's not too girly so Dean can carry it! Now I just have to wait for the border to come in this week so we can go buy paint.

It's a busy week for baby this week. All the stuff coming in the mail, birthing class last night, baby class tomorrow and our 28 week appointment tomorrow. I'll be so excited to fall into my bed on Friday night!!! And hopefully sleep for a good long time!