2-21-10

If you are on facebook you probably know most everything but if not here is the lastest update.
I am being induced on Wednesday Feb 24th. My next doctor appt is monday, so as long as everything is still stable i will wait until wednesday. if there are issues on monday it may be earlier. its been a crazy last few days finding all this out and it is going so fast now. i have been on bedrest since 2-12 and strict bedrest since this past thursday.

Ira has been really great through all this even though i know he is getting tired of doing everything for me/us. yesterday ira had his mom and brother over and they rearranged our spare room and made it into a baby room! he even bought new pink curtains and a pink blanket for the rocking chair. it looks great in there and officially feels like we are ready for baby to move in. i will have to take pictures and post them.

friday i purchased a baby swing and bouncer online, they should hopefully be here this week sometime. otherwise just hugging the couch. excited for my doctor appt tomorrow because it means i get to shower and leave the house for a bit.

i have also been trying to get together a list of things that i will need to pack for the hospital. thankfully we live close by the hospital so if anything is forgot it can be easily retrieved by ira or family/friends.

Bedrest- at 36 weeks

It was official yesterday at my doctor's appt that i am now on bedrest for the rest of this pregnancy. my blood pressure has been a little elevated and more so when i work. I went to work yesterday and notified HR and my supervisor that i would not be back. Not sure what i'm going to do with myself for the next few weeks but i'm trying to just relax about it all. I have to go in to my doctors office twice a week now to have a nonstress test done. basically they just hook you up to the fetal and uterine monitors to make sure baby is okay and to see if i am contracting. i am not contracting at all yet and baby is doing fine as of yesterday's test. i go in again tomorrow to have it done again. depending on how my blood pressure goes over the next few weeks and my protein levels will decide if i need to go on a blood pressure med or if my doctor needs to induce labor early. honestly i hope we induce early or i go early so i don't have to sit on bedrest for the entire 4 weeks that i have left. the doctor told me yesterday that i could still be induced into labor with my blood pressure like this as long as baby is not in distress and labor doesn't stall or go on for to long a time, which made me feel better. i really want to avoid a c-section if possible.

as you can tell i'm a little anxious about it all. i have been saying for weeks that i'm ready! part of me is a little scared of the process that has to happen to get this baby out, but all in all i'm excited to meet her and see that she is okay. I told the doctor yesterday that i think my baby hates me already and thats why i'm having all these issues :)

i washed up all the baby clothes and blankets a couple days ago, so they are ready to go. i even bought a few toiletries and such before i went on bedrest since i knew it was probably coming so i can get a bag packed just in case.

1-31-10

i can't believe january is over and february already starts tomorrow! getting sooooo excited for baby to come! i'm counting the weeks/days now which doesn't help as it makes it seem slower but i just want her to be here now!! i will be 34 weeks on wednesday so almost to the point where it would be okay for her to come anytime....37 weeks or later is considered full-term.

today i cleaned out crap in our spare bedroom and got rid of all my notebooks/papers from undergrad/grad school music....seriously why have i kept this crap! i never look at it, let alone use it. i just keep moving it so now its going to recycling tomorrow. also taking some stuff to goodwill, trying to make room for all the baby stuff that will be needed.

i also put some stuff up for sale on craigslist, at least try to make a couple dollars out of some of the nicer stuff i have to get rid of. but if it doesn't sell its still leaving this house one way or another. i'm making ira go through some of his crap too, tired of looking at piles that no one pays attention to.

some may call this nesting but honestly its just decluttering and getting rid of stuff that i have wanted to get rid of for a while and just needed an excuse to do it and the time. i have 4 days off in a row so i'm trying to be somewhat productive but rest too. baby takes alot out of me these days.

1-18-2010

On Wednesday 1-20 i will be 32 weeks and starting the 8 month of pregnancy. which means the end is getting closer! So excited to see this new baby. We put together the pack-n-play which is where the baby will sleep for the first few months. It has a bassinet on top and a changing pad too which will be nice in the beginning. We need to get the car seat base put into the cars so they are ready to go and then get them inspected to make sure we did it right. I bought some baby laundry detergent the other day so i can get all the baby clothes we have washed up and ready too.

I started on days last week which has been nice for my sleeping/eating schedule. I'm not sleeping the best but i think it has more to do with being pregnant and uncomfortable, plus i have to pee every hour ;) It's hard working 12 hour days being this far along but i'm just making the best of it and realize it will all be over soon.

We are in the process of looking at other places to live as well. we are hoping to rent a house so we have more space but will depend on what we find. Other from that just looking at daycares, we think we found a good possibility. i may look at a few others just to be sure.

12-31-09

Yesterday i had a dr. appt and ultrasound. it was confirmed through the ultrasound that baby is still a GIRL! so exciting to get to see her again on the screen. the lady that did it says baby also has hair and chubby cheeks...to cute. Baby is facing head down which can change at any time but i'm glad that it is smart enough to figure out which way is out. Then at my appt i had to drink the orange glucose drink to check my blood sugar which wasn't too bad, a little nasty by the end of it but i got through it. the worst part of the appt was the rhogam shot!!! man that stung BAD. i'm already dreading the second one. now i'm on to the every two week appts which will be nice and probably help make the rest go a little faster i hope. I am going to a breastfeeding class through creighton hospital on monday night and then ira and i are going to our birthing class (aka lamaze) on jan 16th. its an all day class that also includes a tour of the labor/delivery and postpartum areas. i really am excited about both of them.

today i put together our new stroller/car seat combo which added to the fun of it all. thankfully that stuff is pretty simple to put together. now i just need to get the base of the car seat installed and checked out and we are ready to bring her home!

as for work i only have 4 night shifts left before i go to days! yeah maybe now i will actually eat and sleep on a regular, "normal" schedule. next week is my last week on nights and NYE is my last one this week.

Friday we are heading up to my moms for xmas finally, can't wait to see my family again. unfortunately it will be a quick trip as we have to come back saturday night since i work on sunday night and need to sleep during that day. we will try to see my dad to on the way home to give him and cheryl their xmas gifts. we spent last saturday with ira's family for xmas dinner and presents. it was a good time, nice and relaxing with a full belly! i will post pictures soon of all our xmas events.

12-19-09

I will be 28 weeks on wednesday, so its kind of exciting and scary to be on the downward slope after that! We have an ultrasound and regular doctors appt on wednesday too. i also get the pleasure of drinking the orange drink for the glucose test. all in all it should be a fun day. i'm excited that xmas is finally here. its so much fun to just roam the stores with all the decorations and music playing.

Yesterday we bought a car seat/stroller combo so at least the baby has a way to get home now. We tried multiple ones out to see how they worked and how easy they were to use and decided on the one pictured below. its a grey/burnt orange color. kind of exciting as its our first major purchase for the baby.
We also had some pregnancy photos take a few weeks ago. we will be sending one out in our xmas letter. i have the letter written i just need to print it, address the envelopes and mail them out. hopefully i can get that all done this weekend!

Other from that all is going well. I feel great and am enjoying feeling the baby move all the time. Ira is still a little freaked out by the "alien" inside. i told him he needed to love the baby and talk to it or it wouldn't know who he was. so now he will just randomly shout out from across the room "daddy loves you". its too funny and only ira would come up with it. it makes me laugh.

11-21-09

For those of who haven't heard we are having a GIRL! we had an ultrasound a couple weeks ago and everything looked good and we decided to find out what it was going to be.

Right now just trying to get ready for the holidays, they are all coming so soon. It's definitely helped though to have other things going on to make the weeks go by faster. I had a doctor's appt yesterday and am starting to ask the questions about delivery and such. Found out my options for pain control: stadol IV or epidural. i need to look up stadol since i don't know much about it and have never given that pain med. asked when i should take the birthing classes and was suggested that around 32 weeks so will probably do in january or february. i think as christmas comes and goes i'm going to get a little more freaked out about the end in site!

We are planning to go to my mom's for thanksgiving weekend and seeing my dad sometime that weekend too. thanksgiving day we are going to ira's parents other from that just working and baking baby!