32 weeks

Well.... I went to my 2 doc appts for the day and the first one was the NST appt where they do the ultrasound and check the amniotic fluid and the baby's heartrate, etc.... That lasted an hour. She said to me, "Now was your baby breech last week?" And I told her no but I hoped she wasn't this week....alas, she is. Sarah says not to worry and so did the doc. They said there is plenty of time for her to turn and that they will try to turn her startinag at 34 weeks I think.

My second appt was with my regular baby doc. He said that he's really happy with today's blood pressure. He also said that it is possible that my baby weighs 5 pounds by now which is what the 3d ultrasound lady guessed (I still think that's unlikley bc Julian and I are small people and that would put me having a 9 pounder). The thing that kinda sucked was that I haven't grown (don't get me wrong, I have gained weight since last time but not tummy measurement) or should I say my uterus hasn't grown since 2 weeks ago. I should be 32 and I am still measuring 30. So he ordered a big ultrasound at the hospital (different than the one I get every 3-4 days now) so that they could get the measurements of the baby. It could be due to the high blood pressure or it could be due to the baby flipping positions and being curved differently. I'll post more on that when I know more...

The air conditioning broke yesterday and I was a baby about it....but try being about 8 months preg in a 90 degree apartment and seeing how you feel. Dude, I get hotter than any man around me does at this point. They came and fixed it which makes me very happy.

Yesterday I woke up and thought I had food poinsoning again but it prob wasn't...I threw up a little bit in the morning and felt horrible. Julian stayed home from work. After a few hours of sleep he said I got color back in my face and I started to feel better. It was fun to have him around. I think we should both not work and just hang out all day when the baby comes and before too. Julian put together the crib and dresser and changing table. They look really good! Now I need to clean up all the styrofoam bits all over, but after we get things settled I will post pics.

I bought a belly casting kit. Sarah is going to come over this weekend and help me do it. I should post a link to what that will look like because JP is going to be confused I think.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.its-your-birth.com/images/belly_cast-smaller.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.its-your-birth.com/Belly_Casting.html&usg=__Gnee4Ol_hKj6tvsXVg_hNF5_Pyw=&h=300&w=250&sz=56&hl=en&start=17&sig2=4xCtA1nQH4W_yrcXLJoj3g&um=1&tbnid=u-neNsKlY5TF7M:&tbnh=116&tbnw=97&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbelly%2Bcast%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=n4BfSsWGK4jp-QbgurznAQ

Then we (haha sarah, you know the truth) are going to paint it....I have no artistic skill but sar is good. I am so excited!

OK well....until next time. :)

birthing class 1

scared me.....seriously. We had to watch an 80s video of a woman giving natural childbirth and all the labor leading up to it....seriously, i am up at 6am bc i am freaked out. i was up at 4am freaked out too. i know that i am getting drugs for mine but i am still not feeling so good about it.

we are starting to get the nursery together this week which is fun...

i had to go into the hospital last friday bc of blood pressure. they hooked me up to a machine to judge contractions and the baby's heart rate and gave an ultrasound to check her and my amniotic fluid. everything was good and i have another appt this thursday....following this week i go in 2-3 times per week from here on out.

a c section is sounding more appealing to me now bc of that video...we see more videos the next 4 mondays so i'll keep you posted on my thoughts.

31 weeks

I was reading the update I get about each week of pregnancy....for 31 weeks it said "You might have some troupble sleeping as your little one does somersaults in your stomach"....alas, I am up right now writing this. At least it means she is doing okay. I have started to feel her around my right side, almost on my back. It is the strangest thing...and now I will feel her tapping or kicking in multiple places at once which is also different.

She should weigh about the same as 4 navel oranges, although the ultrasound lady guessed she would be close to 5 pounds by now (which is huge and I highly doubt she's that big) It's weird, though, because I was only 4 pounds when I was born, so it's nice to know that her weight is increasing so that she'll be okay if born early.

The crib and dresser come tomorrow between 2 and 5. I am excited but it won't be put together until next week but I can be patient.

I started filling out the paperwork for the hospital and they didn't have a box for interracial babies and I think they should. So I marked 3 boxes- asian, caucasian, and other and put what she is in it. I guess it's a good thing, though, because she shouldn't fit in a box and be all confined like that...

I am constantly hungry. I want to eat my 4th nectarine for the day but then I'll be sad tomorrow so I won't. I really want to though.

I don't have much to update about the baby except that she's getting bigger, her kicks are stronger and all over, and she gives me a lot of heartburn. A true remedy that works is mixing half a teaspoon of baking soda with 4 oz of water....seriously, it works like a charm and instantly.

we have our CPR class tomorrow which will not be fun but it's good that we are doing.

ok I am going to walk around and see if that rocks her to sleep so I can go to sleep.

30 weeks

Well...there's no more than 10 weeks left of my pregnancy...today the doctor said that they will not let me go past my due date but they may induce much sooner....it's all wait and see.  He printed out the paperwork stating I cannot go back to work to start the school year, so that decision was made for me.

The baby should be close to 3 pounds and 16 inches long by now.  He seems to think that she has already rotated head down, but luckily I don't feel kicks to my ribs as of yet.

Starting at 32 weeks I am going to go to the doctor two times per week.  I guess they'll hook me up to a machine and monitor the baby's heart just to make sure that my hypertension is't taking a toll on her well being.  They'll be able to watch really closely which makes me feel good that they'll make sure she's okay regularly.

Heartburn is a regular thing now....but I am lucky because usually just drinking a glass of milk and then sleeping with two pillows can make it go away.  It's also really weird because I'll have periods of time where I just can't sleep. I guess this is normal....but recently I've been waking up around 5am for about an hour and then i can fall back asleep. Weight gain is um...really taking place. The only good news to this (besides the baby is growing) is that breastfeeding burns about  500-600 calories per day so it will help me lose some of it after she is here.

Her eyes can now move in their sockets....she will only be able to see pure reds, greens and yellows at birth thgouh (or distinguish those colors, i should say) but she'll still enjoy the girly colors as well (just a little later).  Her eyelids are no longer fused shut and she practices openign and clsoing her eyes and doing looking movements. Her brain is continuing to develop. She is taking a lot of calcium from me for her skeleton and iron for her red blood cells. The  hair that developped all over her body should be mostly gone by now except for patches on her back and shoulders and then we can now see if she has hair on her head.  It is unpigmented as of now.  (We have an ultrasound on Friday so I will know if she has a full head of hair or not by now).

Her movements are getting pretty firm but they don't hurt.   She seems to have a good temperament in the womb haha. She isn't over active where it drives me nuts, but she kicks enough each day to remind me that she's there and doing well.  It hasn't gotten old yet...I get really excited when she kicks.  I wonder how I'll feel as the weeks come to a close.  Who knows.

If I don't write sooner, happy 4th of July!

28 weeks...Happy Third Trimester!!

Yay! The third trimester is here! I am feeling pretty good...a bit tired, though.  I am getting very excited for the baby to come.  Sarah came over and helped me order wall decals for the nursery and we picked out a lavender colored rug.  Today i went out with Julian's mom and we picked out the crib, dresser, and changing table.  They'll be here in 1 to 2 weeks.  

The blood pressure nurse decided she wants to talk to me daily now instead of once a week....so about 5pm each day I will have a consultation with her. I think it's good, I guess, if that's what they think is safest for the baby.  This high blood pressure business gets taken seriously in pregnancy I am discovering.

New thigs to do: start kick counts each day to make sure the baby kicks 10 times within 2 hours and find the baby a pediatrician.  

27 weeks

Well things have been hectic with school ending. I finished today and then had pretty bad cramping and a headache that wouldn't go away.  They said that I had to come in to the doctor to be checked out.  I feel like I live there- I went last Friday too because of abdominal pain.

So they took out that ultrasound that they shove up you ( I think this was like my 5th one) and made sure that my cervix was ok...and it was.  And they checked the baby's heart and it looked good. She said that most likely I have been on my feet too much.....the doc told me last week that he thought I'd make it 4 more days but then if I had more he'd pull me from work....and she said that she's happy I made it that far, but that it's too much being on your feet and that I'd have to stop. They didn't put me on bedrest...just told me to take it easy and continue to monitor myself and call in.  She said that high risk pregnancies require going to the doctor a ton and to get used to it.  

One new piece of information was that she said for me to start to wrap my head around the fact that most likely they will be taking the baby out early. She said it is standard protocal in situations like this to take the baby out HOPEFULLY at 38 weeks but it can happen earlier. They have to do what is safest....so she didnt change my due date but she wants me to start to adjust to the idea of having the baby in August and that we'd talk more about this later.

Now on to baby news:

She should be getting close to 2 pounds....prob not quite there yet, but getting there.  Her brain is growing a lot and her lungs are contiuing to develop.  With medical attention she'd have a decent shot of living if born now. She should be nearing 14 and a half inches (But I have books that quote smaller....so prob between 10 and 14.)  I should have asked when they were doing that ultrasound but it wasn't even part of my thinking at that time.  Hiccups are common now and I thikn I have felt them a few times.  I'm sure that theyll get stronger.  Her kicks and punches are definitely stronger. I have had a few times where she punches me or kicks me right in my cervix and I flinch  and have to squat because it is so not comfortable to have it feel like the leg or arm is trying to get out.  Luckily it has only happened a few times. But it was shocking each time.

Ok well....seeing Ken and Katy today which will be fun.  I can't go out and have to stay resting for today at least so it's nice that they're coming here so I don't have to go out.

That's all for now.

26 weeks

Blood pressure Blues.  That is me right now.   So I think I told you guys that I have to monitor it every day and call in when it gets higher than 140/90...so today it was a good amount higher (160/103) and so alas, I am stuck at home resting today.  I actually wanted to go to work too because it is field day, the softball game, and I have an hour of prep time to myself...not to mention that we start talking about Puberty in Family Life and it's fun to watch the kids squirm and giggle.

So 26 weeks....The baby's lungs are continuing to develop. Now she breathes in and out small bits of fluid and is practicing the breathing movements to help her for when she is born.  She's putting on more fat now (so it says) and her kicks are definitely getting stronger.  I like it, though, because it reminds me she's alive and well.

Each week that she cooks is another week closer!  Some say the third trimester starts next week and others say at 28 weeks. So I will just probably celebrate them both.

ok....well, over and out.