Yesterday was Jason's birthday, the baby did not choose to make her appearance like he has been wishing for. I do not feel that it will be very much longer as I have started having "real" contractions. I had a dr appointment on Tuesday and had dilated to 2 cm. I am getting another ultrasound this Tuesday "just to confirm that she is a big baby." The doctor said it would not change anything such as the due date nor is there anything wrong. Usually my doctors office only gives 2 ultrasounds unless there is something not quite right. She assured me that me and the baby were both fine though. My swelling is OUT OF CONTROL!!! If it were not happening to me it would be hillarious. I still laugh when I look at my feet. My stomach is also out of control, you do not really need an ultrasound to see that Annabelle is going to be a big baby lol. I will probably be disappointed if when I see the doctor Tuesday I am not dilated to 3 cm or more. I am pretty sure I will be though because I have had quite a few contractions but they are not consistant. I will be happy to see her one more time before she is born though, we might be able to tell if she has hair (well that is if I make it until Tuesday). We are going to have to get a new battery for Jason's watch so that we can have a watch with a second hand. We did brave the mall this morning and forgot to take his watch with us. My sister and Josh spent the night last night and they got up early to shop while me and Jason waited until 6. We bought a lot of stuff for Jason lol, two storage cabinets and a big rolling toolbox. Not a big deal since it was stuff we needed, we got it at a good price and why not if we don't have to put it on credit cards. We saved over 100.00 on the cabinets alone. Everything we get now will just make it better for when the baby is here - the basement will be a lot straighter and we are planning on putting a toy room down there for when she is older.
We had our final baby class this week and it was a lot of fun. We learned how to change diapera, swaddle the babies, give them bathes, etc. We also learned about things we are not to do which we had no idea about such as putting the q-tips made for babies into her ears. That apparently is not a good thing to do.
I am not sure how I will handle two babies - Jason is currently sleeping on the couch in his feetie pajamas with a cat on his chest lol. Well now she is under the covers with him. Pootie loves to sleep under the covers as long as the covers are not directly on her and Scottie likes to sleep with the covers touching her. We have such strange animals lol.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
37 Weeks!
Yesterday I started my weekly visits and had my first exam. I am 1 cm dilated and my cervix is thinning. The doctor could feel Annabelle's head so she has dropped but the doctor said she has a little ways to go still. I have another appointment on Tuesday. Just estimating the weight (by feeling) the doctor said she is about 7 lbs and if she goes to December will be an 8 1/2 to 9 lb baby. I packed her bag on Monday but we still have not decided what she is going to wear for her hospital picture. There are still things I figure I will forget when the time comes, good thing we live 5 mins from the hospital.
After my appointment we had breast feeding class. I was the only one out of 6 in the class who had been breastfed as a baby. That really blew my mind - I understand that it is not necessarily an easy thing to do but I am going to try and not give up. There are two lactation consultants at St. Joseph East so I will have someone who is knowledgable there to help.
Jason's work had a baby shower for him on Friday and we bought the glider with the gift card they gave us. It should be here tomorrow as should the message we ordered to put on her wall. We rearranged our bedroom this weekend and now there is actually room to move around in there, we have room for the pack n play, and even her crib and glider if we need to put them in there for whatever reason. I don't know who decided where our furniture should go in there in the first place, Jason said we did but I don't believe him. We have so much more room now!
Jason got his Christmas present this weekend, a new tv for the bedroom and a soundbar for the living room. Since he got to open those and play with them I decided to open my laptop and play with it. My old one was about 6 years old so it was way past it's prime. This one was soo much cheaper than I paid for the old one too. It is pretty much just a newer model of the same thing. It's probably not great but all I use it for is to listen to music and play on the internet. I have very basic computer needs. I finally got it through Jason's skull that the baby does not need a tv in her room right now so my old tv went into our guest bedroom. I figure there will be people staying after the baby is born and since we bring our dog in at 8 and have to go to bed they will need some entertainment. Hopefully though by that time we will have all our clothes folded from the basement so people can just hang out there. Since it is getting colder I'd love for my dog to be able to come in the house sooner but she still acts like a puppy and will not just sit in the living room floor. She wants to go all over the house which she is not allowed to do. I don't like dogs in the house but I don't like her being outside cold either. Jason plays with her every evening when he gets home from work and we can not do anything until he has done so. Then at night when she comes in her and Jason play for about 15 - 30 mins and then she goes into her kennel and she is off to sleep until Jason takes her out before work the next morning.
Kate will be a year old around the time Annabelle is born. Her birthday is actually the day after Anna's due date. Although she still acts like a puppy she has grown up a lot, especially in the past month or so. She wants so much to get along with the cats but they could care less about her so she just eats their food lol. Scottie used to sit in the living room and watch Kate until she went to sleep, then she would get in the bed with us. She is such a funny cat, Tuesday night I had my arm over Jason and had put her under the covers beside him to calm her down because she is the devil and she started petting my hand with her paw lol. I don't know what I would do without my crazy animals!
After my appointment we had breast feeding class. I was the only one out of 6 in the class who had been breastfed as a baby. That really blew my mind - I understand that it is not necessarily an easy thing to do but I am going to try and not give up. There are two lactation consultants at St. Joseph East so I will have someone who is knowledgable there to help.
Jason's work had a baby shower for him on Friday and we bought the glider with the gift card they gave us. It should be here tomorrow as should the message we ordered to put on her wall. We rearranged our bedroom this weekend and now there is actually room to move around in there, we have room for the pack n play, and even her crib and glider if we need to put them in there for whatever reason. I don't know who decided where our furniture should go in there in the first place, Jason said we did but I don't believe him. We have so much more room now!
Jason got his Christmas present this weekend, a new tv for the bedroom and a soundbar for the living room. Since he got to open those and play with them I decided to open my laptop and play with it. My old one was about 6 years old so it was way past it's prime. This one was soo much cheaper than I paid for the old one too. It is pretty much just a newer model of the same thing. It's probably not great but all I use it for is to listen to music and play on the internet. I have very basic computer needs. I finally got it through Jason's skull that the baby does not need a tv in her room right now so my old tv went into our guest bedroom. I figure there will be people staying after the baby is born and since we bring our dog in at 8 and have to go to bed they will need some entertainment. Hopefully though by that time we will have all our clothes folded from the basement so people can just hang out there. Since it is getting colder I'd love for my dog to be able to come in the house sooner but she still acts like a puppy and will not just sit in the living room floor. She wants to go all over the house which she is not allowed to do. I don't like dogs in the house but I don't like her being outside cold either. Jason plays with her every evening when he gets home from work and we can not do anything until he has done so. Then at night when she comes in her and Jason play for about 15 - 30 mins and then she goes into her kennel and she is off to sleep until Jason takes her out before work the next morning.
Kate will be a year old around the time Annabelle is born. Her birthday is actually the day after Anna's due date. Although she still acts like a puppy she has grown up a lot, especially in the past month or so. She wants so much to get along with the cats but they could care less about her so she just eats their food lol. Scottie used to sit in the living room and watch Kate until she went to sleep, then she would get in the bed with us. She is such a funny cat, Tuesday night I had my arm over Jason and had put her under the covers beside him to calm her down because she is the devil and she started petting my hand with her paw lol. I don't know what I would do without my crazy animals!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
36 Weeks!
Four (or less) weeks to go. Lots of exciting stuff is going on, Annabelle is almost here, UK basketball season opens and it is almost Christmas! Next week starts my weekly visits to the doctor. I get checked to see if I have made any progress. I feel that the baby has moved down some because I can breathe easier (if it wasn't for this cold) and there is a lot of pressure. I have been having quite a few Braxton Hicks contractions lately and back pain. I still do not feel miserable and the only time I am really uncomfortable is when I am sleeping or laying down. Yesterday morning I woke up with a cold and it has gotten worse. This morning Jason had to get me a popsicle at 3 am. I know he can not be sleeping good because I am not sleeping good. I kept thinking last night I was going to go into labor and just wanted to get up and go shave my legs - don't ask, I have no idea why I have the thoughts I have. I just hope that if and when my water breaks I have time to shower, wash my hair and shave my legs. Depending on what is going on when it breaks I should have time to do that, according to the nurse who taught our baby class anyway.
Tuesday I was off for Veteran's Day and Jason took off as well. He put up her closet doors and the new door to her bedroom. We tried to organize her room the best we can. We also rearranged her room so that the glider chair will fit and Jason will be able to watch TV. I think we have finally settled on what we are going to get put on her wall. It is lyrics from an Avett Brothers song but not the lyrics we had originally planned on. Hope that it will make it before she does, if it doesn't no big deal. She isn't going to notice. The carseat is going to go in the car either next week or the week of Thanksgiving just to be on the safe side. We have breastfeeding class on Wednesday after my appointment - that should be interesting. Baby bootcamp is the Monday after. I can't wait to see Jason change diapers lol.
Tuesday I was off for Veteran's Day and Jason took off as well. He put up her closet doors and the new door to her bedroom. We tried to organize her room the best we can. We also rearranged her room so that the glider chair will fit and Jason will be able to watch TV. I think we have finally settled on what we are going to get put on her wall. It is lyrics from an Avett Brothers song but not the lyrics we had originally planned on. Hope that it will make it before she does, if it doesn't no big deal. She isn't going to notice. The carseat is going to go in the car either next week or the week of Thanksgiving just to be on the safe side. We have breastfeeding class on Wednesday after my appointment - that should be interesting. Baby bootcamp is the Monday after. I can't wait to see Jason change diapers lol.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
35 Weeks!
Everyone thinks that Annabelle will have a personality a lot like Jason. That is probably true as she is already entertaining us. I don't know how I can handle two Jason's but I will - he makes my life fun and I know she will only add to the goodness. I have a great life and I am very happy in it. I stopped stressing out about things a long time ago, even before I was pregnant, and have not stressed about a single issue since being pregnant. I think that not only was that good for me but it was good for the development of the baby and for her personality. Jason always makes me laugh and some of the stuff he used to say about pregnancy would make me laugh for days (he really had no idea lol). We had child birth class last Saturday and I think it finally hit him what labor and delivery were going to be like. We were put into groups and his group had an epidural needle, his eyes got so big when he was looking at it lol. It is a very big needle - my grandmother told me I wouldn't even feel it. I hope to not need pain medication but like I have mentioned before I have nothing to prove so if I want it I am going to take it.
I went to the doctor on election day and only have one more 2 week visit - after November 19th I am weekly. I get my first exam next visit and the doctor is also going to estimate, by feeling of my stomach, the baby's weight. I am guessing she will be at least 6 or 7 lbs. I figure she is 6 now. I will find out if I have dialated any at that time too. Depending on what the doctor says at my next two visits we will or will not be going home for Thanksgiving.
Due to my body being extremely weird we really have no idea about my due date. Going by the first ultrasound it is December 11th but the doctors said 14th, going by entirely weird and long cycles it would be December 7th. As my doctor told me on Tuesday, ultrasounds are very unrealiable so I guess she could be here as early as Thanksgiving. I think we are as prepared as we can be. We only have small things left to get which are not vital and we will probably get those this weekend. We have cleaning to do as well as getting a building. We plan to get the building the day after Thanksgiving at Lowe's. No interest! Mom always taught me to either pay for something out right or buy it with no interest.
We did some Christmas shopping Saturday and got really good deals. We now get up at the crack of dawn because we go to bed at about 8 pm so we catch good sales. I have three people's Christmas presents bought and my goal was to be done by December 1st and it looks like that might happen. Still unsure about what to get Annabelle - probably Baby Einstein videos, some toys and maybe a walker.
I went to the doctor on election day and only have one more 2 week visit - after November 19th I am weekly. I get my first exam next visit and the doctor is also going to estimate, by feeling of my stomach, the baby's weight. I am guessing she will be at least 6 or 7 lbs. I figure she is 6 now. I will find out if I have dialated any at that time too. Depending on what the doctor says at my next two visits we will or will not be going home for Thanksgiving.
Due to my body being extremely weird we really have no idea about my due date. Going by the first ultrasound it is December 11th but the doctors said 14th, going by entirely weird and long cycles it would be December 7th. As my doctor told me on Tuesday, ultrasounds are very unrealiable so I guess she could be here as early as Thanksgiving. I think we are as prepared as we can be. We only have small things left to get which are not vital and we will probably get those this weekend. We have cleaning to do as well as getting a building. We plan to get the building the day after Thanksgiving at Lowe's. No interest! Mom always taught me to either pay for something out right or buy it with no interest.
We did some Christmas shopping Saturday and got really good deals. We now get up at the crack of dawn because we go to bed at about 8 pm so we catch good sales. I have three people's Christmas presents bought and my goal was to be done by December 1st and it looks like that might happen. Still unsure about what to get Annabelle - probably Baby Einstein videos, some toys and maybe a walker.
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