33 weeks

For the past few days I have been feeling lots of pressure in my lower back and have been very uncomfortable. When I look at my weekly bumpdate pictures I can tell a huge difference in last weeks picture and this weeks. She has dropped into my pelvis for sure. I look different and feel different. I can feel her little noggin pushin down there. 

I had my routine check up today. I was surprised to see that I have lost 4 pounds since my last visit 2 weeks ago. I may be because I physically can't eat as much as I used to. Simply because I have no room for it to fit. Emma has taken up all real estate in there. My belly is measuring 35 weeks though so that's good.  I told the dr about my pressure and she decided to do a pelvic exam (very uncomfortable by the way). No dilation but she wasn't sure about the length of my cervix so she decided to do an ultrasound to measure it.  After that the tech said ok the dr will be in touch with you. Ummm...... Be in touch? Is something wrong? She wouldn't tell me anything. She said that my dr will call me later. Wonderful, now I wait I guess. I'm sure everything is fine but your mind always thinks of every little thing. Anyway, that's all I know. 

The countdown is on. We are super excited to meet this little girl. 

Mini maternity shoot

Mark and I went to the botanical gardens yesterday. We took advantage of all the beauty there and took some maternity photos. Who would have thought my husband would be such a great photographer! I have an app on my phone that allows me to edit them and give them different effects. So here was the end result........

I'll post my 33 week update tomorrow.

32 weeks

32 weeks!!!!! 8 months!!!!! It's still hard to believe sometimes that I'm going to be a mommy soon. But it's true, only 8 weeks left till my due date. Hopefully she doesn't decide to stay in there longer than that. 

Last night Mark and I went to a parenting class. It was fun and informative. There was a lot of little things I wasn't aware of. There were also things that I thought I knew just from hearing from other moms that were wrong. I think some things are based on personal opinions. I also think that you should take some of the advice given with a grain of salt and rely mainly on your instincts. I could be wrong but again it's just my opinion. They gave out a great booklet of the basics and how to's. I have read through half so far and it has answered a lot of those little questions you don't think of until you are probably in that situation. All in all it was a great class. 

I also got my hospital bag all packed except a few little things you can't pack until you are going out the door. Here is a list of the things I have in there. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear from you moms that have already done this! While packing Dakota thought that he should be packed for that special day. I came out of the closet and found him in my suitcase! I of course got a picture!

Hospital bag:

Nursing tanks 

Underwear 

Nursing bra and nursing sports bras

T-shirts to sleep in

Sweat pants 

Going home outfit

Comfy socks

Heating pad

Money for vending machines

Video camera ( we won't be videoing the birth just before and after)

Nursing pads and nipple cream

Last minute list:

Toothbrush and toiletries 

Pillow

Purse with wallet/insurance

iPad

Phone charger

That's it I think :)

Over the weekend I got a maternity support belt. I waited to long for this I think. It helps a lot when going out for walks and trips to the store. I am still having bh contractions every now and then. No real ones yet though I don't think. I can only wear it for short periods of time. It kinda gets itchy after a while. But it's worth the money I tell ya! I highly recommend it. 

Izzy is doing great. She gets weekly cast changes and every time we go I get to stop at smoothie king for a strawberry banana smoothie! I have come to look forward to Fridays now :) 

My next OB appointment is next week. I don't think anything exciting. Just a regular check up. 

See you all next week

New York

Not sure if its the pregnancy hormones or what but I sure am missing San Diego and St. Louis. New York has a lot of great sights to see and things to do but it's just not for me I don't think. People are just different here. No one ever seems to just be in a good mood. They are always complaining about something. If there is one thing I've learned in life it's to just be thankful for what you have. Life is to shot to spend your time mad and upset. Maybe it's the lack of sun shine and beautiful beaches that makes them so mad and rude. I just know that in San Diego people are nice for the most part and always smile. That's missing here. All I know is that I hope I'm wrong about my assumptions and it turns out it is just my crazy hormones talking. 

With Father's Day being tomorrow I just want to send out a happy Father's Day to all the wonderful dads out there! My dad is an amazing one. I put him through hell and back my teen years for sure, I thank him for not kickin my butt out on the streets, lol. Now he is a grandpa to my amazing nieces and soon to my Emma! I'm not to sure if I should count this as Marks first Father's Day or not but happy Father's Day anyway honey!!! I know you are gunna be a great daddy! 

That's all for now. Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Last post today

So after I had my ultrasound with the perinatologist I had another appointment with my regular OB. She said things looked great but that they wanted to do growth scans every 4 weeks from here on out just to make sure she stays on track. Her reasoning behind this is because I am on Prozac and metformin. She said she is sure everything will be fine but better safe than sorry. Fine with me :) The more I get to see her the better!

I am gaining in every two weeks for check-ups now. Measuring my belly, weight and blood pressure. So far so good. Emma is still measuring a week ahead of schedule. We may just have a little porker on our hands. She weighs 4 lbs and the average weight is 3.31lbs at 31 weeks and 3.75 lbs at 32 ( according to baby center). So she is definitely ahead on that chart! I just hope her outfits I have packed for her fit.

I'm getting more and more anxious each day. I can't wait to meet her. Of course I don't want her to come now but I just can't wait for the first glance of her little face. :)

Ultrasound

Had our ultrasound today and didn't get one picture. I'm a little upset about this. I know it's not that big of a deal but I have been looking forward to this for weeks now. She was facing my back so they said they couldn't get a good picture. They were able to get a face forward picture but said it wasn't good. I don't care if it looks good or not I just wanted a picture. Nothing though. You could tell they were ready to go to lunch and didn't want to spend a lot of time trying. Oh well, I guess the next time I see her little face will be in the delivery room. 

Oh and she weighed in at a whopping 4 pounds!!!!! Big girl!!!!!

31 weeks

Yesterday marked 31 weeks! I'm feeling very tired all the time. I just can't seem to keep up with day to day stuff. Walking and moving around has become kinda painful. My belly is getting heavy and hard to tote around. Once I'm up for longer than a few minutes I feel gravity starting to kick in and my belly muscles start to hurt. I do short trips around the house when I need to do housework. It literally takes all day to get a few simple tasks done. I'm so worried about the weeks to come and how much worse I will most likely feel.

My home baseball team is in town so we were able to go to the game last night! Go cardinals! We had fun. I got my favorite snack, pretzel with cheese and Mark enjoyed a few Stella's. By the 4th inning I was starting to get uncomfortable in those hard seats. By the end of the 7th I was ready to go home. I actually lasted longer than I thought I would! We had great seats and almost caught a few foul balls. Well mark did, I just ducked and covered my head, lol. We both had fun and the cardinals won! All in all a good night.

Tomorrow is my appointment with the high risk dr. I get to see little Emma again. I hope to get some good pics of her. I'll probably eat a snickers before hand so she is awake, hehehe! I'll post the pictures tomorrow. Hopefully everything looks good and all we have to do is wait for D-day!


Mood: Pretty good. Getting anxious though.

Cravings: Pretzels with cheese and smoothies

Wedding Ring: Still fits

Sickness: nope, not unless I don't eat for awhile.

Miss Anything: Being able to stand up and move around without getting out of breath.

Weight gain/loss: from my lowest weight 11 pounds, maybe 12. I lost weight in my first trimester. But if you look at my starting weight, only 6 pounds! :) Very proud of myself.

Object Comparison: Emma is the size of a...... Baby! Lol

Movement: I'm pretty sure she will be a hyper little girl. Moving ALL the time

Belly Button: In

Name: Emma

Medical concerns: Nothing really

Looking Forward To: My ultrasound tomorrow!


Izzy update- Izzy is doing very well. She is back to herself for sure. It breaks my heart that I can't let her play like she wants to but I'm scared to death she will hurt herself. She doesn't put weight on it as much as we would like her to so we are doing some at home physical therapy with her. I don't think it is hurting her, i think it has just become a habit to hold that leg up. Hopefully with some work she will start using it again.

That's all folks. See ya soon!

30 Weeks

The countdown is on now! Less than 10 weeks until we meet our little angel! This week has been uneventful for the most part, that's the way I like it to. Just going through the motions. Emma is doing well and is quite the athlete in there. Always moving around. She is getting closer to my ribs now. My breaths are shorter and its a little more difficult to catch my breath. I am definitely moving a lot slower these days as well. I have to add time to everything I do. Oh well, I have a good excuse if I'm ever late for something :)

Izzy is doing great. Almost back to her normal self. Actually she is back to herself, only difference is she only uses 3 legs. Let me just say she is FAST for having only 3 functional legs. She acts like it never happened! That's the hard part. Because she is supposed to be on a strict no play, no run, no fun routine. :-/ well that is VERY hard, especially because her brother wants to play just as bad as she does. I just have to do my best i guess. We go back on Saturday for a new cast and a check up.

On a side not I just wanted to send out a congrats to my blogger friend Amber. She got a BFP! There is still a long road ahead of worry but a big hurdle was crossed! You can visit her blog here.

I got the last of our must have items before she makes her big entrance! Now all I have to do is pack my hospital bag. I plan on doing that within the next week.

I leave you with some pics of her room and a bump pic!