38 week check up

My mom came to visit yesterday and so she and Carl went with me to my weekly appointment.  Everything is continuing to go smoothly.  All my vitals were good and the baby's heartbeat is great!  I am 70% effaced and at 1 cm dilated.  The midwife also did something that might make me go into labor a little sooner, and I had a couple of contractions last night and continue to have lots of cramping.  Carl and I went on a couple of walks last night and I will get on the treadmill again today to see if that will speed things up a bit.  I'm anxious to meet our little one, but am resting in God's timing. 

37 week Photo Shoot

We made it to FULL TERM!!  I am getting so anxious to meet this little man!  I am also so very blessed to have so many talented friends and family!!  My friend, Jerelyn, took some more maternity pictures for us with Abby in some of them!  It was a beautiful day and lots of fun.  Here are a few that she has sent to me, and I can't wait to see the rest! 

 

36 Weeks

We are less than a month away (hopefully) from meeting our little boy.  I am doing well, but definitely ready to meet this little one.  With all the horrible heat (110) we have been having, my feet are swelling like crazy.  So, I've tried to cut back on salt and drink even more water . . . yesterday it seemed to help.  I've been having a few Braxton hicks, but nothing serious and today I am feeling very exhausted.  I'm trying to keep the house semi clean just in case the little boy decides  to come early (fingers crossed) and in a few days he will be considered full term!  YAY!! The nursery is ready, and Carl & I went to the baby stores last weekend and got a few "essentials" to make me feel better. 

   I am in the process of getting the bag together, so we'll see what all ends up in it.  I don't want to over pack, but I don't want to not have something either. 

  We were supposed to head up to my parents on Sunday for the first service in the new church building, but unfortunately with all my swelling, I decided that it was probably a wiser choice for me to stay home.  So, I'm disappointed about that, but there will be much celebrating from far away! 

 

Pre Registration

  Today was my 35 week Dr. appointment.  And when I was signing in they handed me paperwork to fill out . . . which was unexpected for me . . . but a little exciting!  It was the pre-registration for me and the boy for when we go to meet him!  So, I filled out his paperwork for his birth certificate (as much as possible) and got all my paperwork completed for the hospital.  EEEEEKK, it's coming so fast, tomorrow will be 30 days  until my due date!  I can't wait to meet this little boy of ours. 

  OH, and the Dr. felt him and said he was head down!  AND, when she got his heartbeat it started at 180 (cause he was moving around so much) and as soon as he was at rest it was the normal 150.  This little boy makes me smile! 

 

35 weeks, 4 days

 

35 weeks

We have less than 5 weeks to go now.  I can't tell if time is speeding up or slowing down . . . I guess it depends on the day.  Monday was officially my last day of mowing.  I came to that conclusion after being so exhausted by the time I was almost done, I was in tears!   So, from now on house work only.  I feel like there are a ton of projects that still need to be done, but in reality there aren't.  I started washing baby clothes this week and getting things out of the packages.  We are going to move the table into the kitchen and the hutch into the "old dining area" to hopefully open the space in the living room to accommodate baby things.  That will be this weekend, as well as lots of pool time at the neighbors (108 degrees is a little too much for me)! 

  We have our final birthing class tonight and then another dr. appointment  on Thursday.  I'm looking forward to resting a little on Friday!! 

Maternity Pictures

My sister was kind enough to take pictures for us to document this special time in our lives.  Since we had a baby shower this past weekend at my dad's church, it was the perfect time to do so.  (The shower was amazing, by the way.  So many generous people and so much fun!)  Here are a few pictures . . .

 And some from the baby shower. . .

 

We are officially at 34 weeks this week!!! 

8th Month

32 weeks and I'm in my 8th month of pregnancy. Time has flown by!  This week has been good filled with activities.  Yesterday we had our first of four  birthing classes.  It was definitely interesting.  The teacher is okay, not the easiest person to listen to, but I think we can make it a few more times :).  I had a doctor's appointment today and that went well, Carl surprised me and made arrangements to be there.  I'm still measuring right on track, and all the vitals look good.  the doctor said that his heartbeat was good and that he is an active one :) . . . which of course I knew already!  I think I'm going to have my hands full with this one.

  Many people have commented this week that it looks like I swallowed a watermelon, and I'm feeling like I have!  Sleep is getting less and less (or so it feels that way).  I find myself with decent amount of energy until I sit down for a minute and then it's pretty much nap time (even just for 5 min).