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Sunday, April 17, 2011
41 Weeks.....
Since some are wondering...... I am still pregnant. I would not be making this up at this point. If there is still doubt, please refer to the link on the left side of this page.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
40 Weeks!
Today is our due date! Obviously since I am posting this update though, you can deduce that it means Baby has not felt the need to start making an appearance......
Size of baby: still anywhere from 6-8 pounds
Movement: still moves just as much as s/he ever has
Food cravings: still loving my English muffins with peanut butter and honey.... I've also really been into orange juice
What I miss: now that the weather is turning really nice here, I miss running more than ever!
Sleep: this past week has seriously been the BEST week of sleep, with each night being better than the last
Symptoms: honestly, I have been feeling GREAT this week, like myself, just with a basketball attached to me
Best moment this week: it was a good week, nothing in particular stands out... though yesterday when we were walking Bailie, a lady in the neighborhood said I looked "radiant" when I said my due date was the next day, that was pretty nice to hear, especially since I didn't even have makeup on.... and oh yeah, it was nice that our millionaires in Congress decided to keep the government in business
What I am looking forward to: having a baby!!! Chris and I are both so ready to know which we have, a son or a daughter
Well...... I can't believe I'm 40 weeks today! It does not seem like it has been EXACTLY 36 weeks since I was waking Chris up at 4:30am to ask him if he saw the same 2 pink lines that I saw. I also would never have guessed that at 40 weeks pregnant I would be feeling this good (though let me go 2 more weeks and I might have a different answer!). Sleep has been amazing this week. I've taken Bailie on 2-3 walks per day each day, which has been really enjoyable since the weather has been so nice. We were finally able to turn off our heat today and switch it to air. Its nasty outside for now (rain), but with most of the snow gone, we'll take it!
This was my first week officially not driving. Chris and I talked about it, and he really feels more comfortable being the one with the car at all times now, so I agreed to being car-less. I was still out and about quite a bit with my friend Amber, which was really nice. She kept me busy up through Thursday, which was great. Then Friday we went to our weekly OB appointment, which was routine as usual. Given that my weekly checks of blood pressure, weight, and urine are always great, there is nothing to worry with being in a hurry to induce or anything like that. So while we are starting to await our baby a bit IMpatiently, we still have time to just wait things out naturally. I trust my doctor, so I am fine with going with her thoughts right now. So, we will see her again at the end of the week, assuming Olive doesn't show any signs of appearing before then. While I am dying to meet this baby, I am incredibly thankful for the uneventful pregnancy I have had and the fact that I haven't even started swelling or retaining water at this point - all healthy indications that we can afford to wait a little while longer before forcefully evicting the baby.
Other than just wondering when Baby's going to get here, we've really been enjoying a nice lazy weekend. Other than walking Bailie a few times yesterday, we mostly spent the day on the couch. Poor Bailie's really not been herself today though. We feel like she must REALLY know more than ever that a big change is coming. The other day, I took her out for 3 walks (so 3 miles total), and she still didn't want to eat one bite until Chris came home that afternoon. She didn't even come to beg for my food throughout the day. Usually she'll eat after her morning walk, but not that day, and not today. We've been trying to make sure and give her lots of extra attention, but she still has her off times. We even let her lay in the bed for a while yesterday with us.
I can't think of much else to report for the week..... we were slightly stressed with the ridiculous threat of the government shutdown, and thankful that it didn't happen. It was really looking like Chris would be out of work for at least a few days, with no promise of back-pay. Every office under the Embassy had made plans that employees would come in for no more than a few hours on Monday to close things up in anticipation. Oh well, at least it will be business as usual come Monday morning.... still could have done without the possibility though. It made me extra thankful that Chris spent his years before me (and still now) being VERY good with money, meaning we would have been fine for a few months, even with the baby coming, but still.... our friends who are military may not have been quite so fortunate.
I know everyone is anxiously awaiting news of the baby, but no one more so than us! It would be nice if a "due date" actually carried more than an estimate. We would have been happy for Grandpa Jim's prediction of 4-7-11 to be accurate. We would have been happy with Grandma Laura's general prediction of the baby coming "some time" in the past week, and we'd take Grandma Cindy's prediction of 4-11-11 (honestly, I would need to start having some labor signs NOW for that to be statistically likely, and I am telling you now I haven't had so much as a backache or a cramp as of right now)..... only God knows when this baby is going to be here, so here we wait, mostly with good patience because there's no point in getting worked up about it. The body does not truly progress under stress, so I am trying to be as relaxed as possible (which really hasn't been hard given how great I have been feeling). My best friend assured me that it will "be soon" because of how fantastic I have been feeling.... we're hoping so.
We're just ready to meet this baby who we already love so much :-)
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Just for fun.....
My best friend Andrea from back home in Illinois sent us a super cute baby shirt and coordinating apron for me, just thought I'd share pictures because they're so cute!!!
Okay, are these not the cutest?! Thank you Aunt Dra - we can't wait to see you for your wedding in September!!
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Monday, April 4, 2011
39 Week Bump....
Sunday, April 3, 2011
39 Weeks!
T minus 7 days until the (estimated) D-Day.....
Size of baby: according to the growth scan on Friday, anywhere from 6-8 pounds
Movement: I have read and been told that movement really slows in the last several weeks, but this baby still moves just as much as s/he ever has
Food cravings: still loving my English muffins with peanut butter and honey
What I miss: back to hard workouts on this one..... I miss running hard and racing, especially with the big race weekend coming up next month
Sleep: I've had a couple of pretty decent nights of sleep these past few days, but earlier in the week was awful
Symptoms: other than sleep issues and sciatica, not much else. Very little reflux and I can breathe better, so I'll take it.
Best moment this week: there are 2 - our growth scan on Friday, and the lunch that followed.
What I am looking forward to: having a baby!!! Chris and I are both so ready to know which we have, a son or a daughter.
This week was normal (I may not be able to say that much more), though I was very tired. Monday and Tuesday night were awful for sleep, but as the week went by, things got a little better. I've actually felt really good overall in the past couple of days, which makes me think its just the calm before the storm! But hey, that's fine. Any decent night of sleep for now is a great night of sleep!
All week I really thought that we would be having a baby this past Friday. I told Chris that we needed to be ready. But then we talked about it on Thursday night and neither of us felt that way anymore, and I felt that way even less on Friday morning when my appointments had to get shifted around. I was mostly nervous for the ultrasound because I was afraid we would find out that the baby hadn't grown enough since the last scan, meaning s/he would need to come out that day for sure. Since around 31 or 32 weeks, my belly has consistently measured several weeks behind, which is the reason for each of the last 2 ultrasounds. Thankfully, the baby looked great and everything was measuring exactly where it should be. Baby was also still head down which was equally great news. While babies can still flip at this point, it is statistically unlikely, so I was glad to see that. My weight and blood pressure are still just fine, so those were pluses too. My next appointment is for this Friday at 2:30.... you know, unless the kid wants to make an appearance before then, which would be okay with us, but, in case you're wondering, nope, there are no signs as of yet that that might be happening, other than the fact that my due date is a week away.
I know a lot of people would not want their child to have an April Fool's birthday, but it was kind of a special day to us. A year ago Friday we got officially engaged. That night we had dinner at the Melting Pot in Hershey, PA..... there's definitely no Melting Pot here (closest is in Buffalo, NY), but Chris found a place a few minutes from the hospital, the Lobster House. I kept asking him where he wanted to go for lunch (figuring it would be an Arby's day), and finally he made the face he makes when he has a surprise but doesn't want me to know yet (it's a really cute face). So I shut up. We both ate steak, lobster, and shrimp for lunch that day, and shared a molten chocolate lava cake that was delicious! This is where I will be sending Chris for my first post-partum meal. It was so good. I wish I was eating it right now. So I got a special lunch on Friday, and yesterday I made Chris one of his favorite desserts, red velvet cake. The last time I made it I was in the early weeks of being pregnant and overnight I went from really liking it to being completely repulsed by it, so its been quite a while since he's gotten to have it.
Since there's really nothing else to report, as we are just in wait-and-see mode, I should take this time to publicly say that Chris should get the best gold star award available for how he has handled pregnancy. Pregnancy is generally all about the mom and baby, and the father is a bystander. BUT, I could not have gone through this with anyone else, nor would I want to. Pretty much anything I have wanted, he has provided. When I called him at work to tell him that I NEEDED that cheeseburger, he came home with a double. When I needed those sweet potato fries and the first restaurant was out of them, he went elsewhere to find them. When Dairy Queen a block away was out of the ONE thing I wanted, he drove further to go to another one. When I was 14 weeks, sick (not morning sickness, cold sickness), and ALL I wanted was apple cinnamon tea, he went all over the place to find it (to 4 different places I'm thinking)..... At 8 weeks, when we got to see our little bean-sized baby for the very first time, as we drove away from the hospital and I saw the tear rolling down his face..... yeah, that was a good moment. No matter what has happened in these last 9 months, Chris has been wonderful. And while I have had an extremely easy pregnancy, I KNOW that there are plenty of times during which I have been no peach (most meltdowns involved food, but not all). I have had to accept Chris's biggest fault - he can't read my mind. So unfair. And one of my biggest faults is that I always find myself expecting him to read my mind (you'd think that they teach them that in spy school, but no). He has always come through for me and never let me down, and I know he will be a great father. I am thankful for everyday that we have had together in our lives so far, and I know just how blessed I am to have him as a husband.
That's about it for now. I personally would be happy if this were my last real blog post (except for the bump photo that I will probably have on Tuesday), but we'll see. Once we have the baby, I'm not planning on doing the blog anymore. Instead, we will probably set up a Flickr account (or something) so that we can share photos en masse. For anyone wondering, the plan for when we do have the baby is 2 phone calls initially - my mom and Chris's mom. We'll start there and then make more phone calls as time and energy allows while we're in the hospital. So until then or next Sunday........
Size of baby: according to the growth scan on Friday, anywhere from 6-8 pounds
Movement: I have read and been told that movement really slows in the last several weeks, but this baby still moves just as much as s/he ever has
Food cravings: still loving my English muffins with peanut butter and honey
What I miss: back to hard workouts on this one..... I miss running hard and racing, especially with the big race weekend coming up next month
Sleep: I've had a couple of pretty decent nights of sleep these past few days, but earlier in the week was awful
Symptoms: other than sleep issues and sciatica, not much else. Very little reflux and I can breathe better, so I'll take it.
Best moment this week: there are 2 - our growth scan on Friday, and the lunch that followed.
What I am looking forward to: having a baby!!! Chris and I are both so ready to know which we have, a son or a daughter.
This week was normal (I may not be able to say that much more), though I was very tired. Monday and Tuesday night were awful for sleep, but as the week went by, things got a little better. I've actually felt really good overall in the past couple of days, which makes me think its just the calm before the storm! But hey, that's fine. Any decent night of sleep for now is a great night of sleep!
All week I really thought that we would be having a baby this past Friday. I told Chris that we needed to be ready. But then we talked about it on Thursday night and neither of us felt that way anymore, and I felt that way even less on Friday morning when my appointments had to get shifted around. I was mostly nervous for the ultrasound because I was afraid we would find out that the baby hadn't grown enough since the last scan, meaning s/he would need to come out that day for sure. Since around 31 or 32 weeks, my belly has consistently measured several weeks behind, which is the reason for each of the last 2 ultrasounds. Thankfully, the baby looked great and everything was measuring exactly where it should be. Baby was also still head down which was equally great news. While babies can still flip at this point, it is statistically unlikely, so I was glad to see that. My weight and blood pressure are still just fine, so those were pluses too. My next appointment is for this Friday at 2:30.... you know, unless the kid wants to make an appearance before then, which would be okay with us, but, in case you're wondering, nope, there are no signs as of yet that that might be happening, other than the fact that my due date is a week away.
I know a lot of people would not want their child to have an April Fool's birthday, but it was kind of a special day to us. A year ago Friday we got officially engaged. That night we had dinner at the Melting Pot in Hershey, PA..... there's definitely no Melting Pot here (closest is in Buffalo, NY), but Chris found a place a few minutes from the hospital, the Lobster House. I kept asking him where he wanted to go for lunch (figuring it would be an Arby's day), and finally he made the face he makes when he has a surprise but doesn't want me to know yet (it's a really cute face). So I shut up. We both ate steak, lobster, and shrimp for lunch that day, and shared a molten chocolate lava cake that was delicious! This is where I will be sending Chris for my first post-partum meal. It was so good. I wish I was eating it right now. So I got a special lunch on Friday, and yesterday I made Chris one of his favorite desserts, red velvet cake. The last time I made it I was in the early weeks of being pregnant and overnight I went from really liking it to being completely repulsed by it, so its been quite a while since he's gotten to have it.
Since there's really nothing else to report, as we are just in wait-and-see mode, I should take this time to publicly say that Chris should get the best gold star award available for how he has handled pregnancy. Pregnancy is generally all about the mom and baby, and the father is a bystander. BUT, I could not have gone through this with anyone else, nor would I want to. Pretty much anything I have wanted, he has provided. When I called him at work to tell him that I NEEDED that cheeseburger, he came home with a double. When I needed those sweet potato fries and the first restaurant was out of them, he went elsewhere to find them. When Dairy Queen a block away was out of the ONE thing I wanted, he drove further to go to another one. When I was 14 weeks, sick (not morning sickness, cold sickness), and ALL I wanted was apple cinnamon tea, he went all over the place to find it (to 4 different places I'm thinking)..... At 8 weeks, when we got to see our little bean-sized baby for the very first time, as we drove away from the hospital and I saw the tear rolling down his face..... yeah, that was a good moment. No matter what has happened in these last 9 months, Chris has been wonderful. And while I have had an extremely easy pregnancy, I KNOW that there are plenty of times during which I have been no peach (most meltdowns involved food, but not all). I have had to accept Chris's biggest fault - he can't read my mind. So unfair. And one of my biggest faults is that I always find myself expecting him to read my mind (you'd think that they teach them that in spy school, but no). He has always come through for me and never let me down, and I know he will be a great father. I am thankful for everyday that we have had together in our lives so far, and I know just how blessed I am to have him as a husband.
That's about it for now. I personally would be happy if this were my last real blog post (except for the bump photo that I will probably have on Tuesday), but we'll see. Once we have the baby, I'm not planning on doing the blog anymore. Instead, we will probably set up a Flickr account (or something) so that we can share photos en masse. For anyone wondering, the plan for when we do have the baby is 2 phone calls initially - my mom and Chris's mom. We'll start there and then make more phone calls as time and energy allows while we're in the hospital. So until then or next Sunday........
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
38 Week Bump....
Here I am today on about 3 hours of sleep..... I know not to expect sleep once the baby is here, but its really unfair that no one tells you it will be like that when the kid is still cooking.
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