alright, so still no baby unfortunately. I went back to the doctor's this afternoon and I am still at 2-3 cm dilated and 50% effaced, which i had expected but hoped wouldn't be the case. Like I said awhile ago, I just have a feeling she will be in there until we force her out. Even though I don't know why, poor little thing looks and feels so cramped in there. Dave's been giving her pep talks to coax her out, she hasn't listened so far. I am getting "contractions" and I say it that way because I know I am getting them, however they don't hurt so thats just not what I have in my mind as a contraction. I can feel my belly get really tight to the touch, but there is no pain associated with them...yet. The doctor says they are real, but just weak, contractions since thats the cause of dilation/effacement. She stripped my membranes again, but i doubt it will work since it didn't last week. I weigh 133 (+22 lbs) so hopefully I will be able to stay away from crossing over into the 140's. When she was checking me, the doctor said she could feel hair on Alyssa's head...crazy how she can tell that and just the fact that she was touching her head is crazy as well!
There is absolutely nothing new now, just waiting and more waiting. Everything is completely ready for her and Dave and I are both pretty bored so we want her here to keep us company. One nice thing though is getting some time alone with Dave before the baby is born. He finished his last flight last Tuesday and is officially finished with flight school! Most of his classmates are standing watch most days as their 'job' until they wing and move but luckily Dave doesn't have to since the baby is so close to being here. They are letting him stay home with me instead of making us deal with him being away when I go into labor. Luckily the senior marine was out of the office and he talked to a high up Navy guy who approved this.
Everyone keep your fingers crossed that Alyssa makes her appearance early, I am so tired of being huge and pregnant and we just want to meet our little girl!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
37 weeks
FULL TERM!!! Alyssa is now considered full term and ready to go!
I have finished making about 15 cloth diapers (not the old school kind that most people think of when they hear cloth diapers). They have velcro, elastic, a waterproof layer built in, etc. So we have 27 total including the ones that were bought for us. I copied off of them to make mine. I just need to wash them all to get them ready, even though we aren't going to start using them until we move to NC. I can't really wash diapers and all while we are traveling and staying in hotels. So she will wear the disposables we have gotten at baby showers for the first few weeks. The diapers are really neat and even 1 size fits all (8-35 ish lbs). I'm excited to use them and so is Dave actually. I saw a little boy in church yesterday with one of these diapers on and they looked so cute (and MUCH cheaper than disposables).
Ok and for those of you who don't want to hear the real pregnancy details, stop reading now...I had my 37 week appointment today and my doctor asked if I wanted her to check me for dilation, effacement, etc. She said she likes to wait another week or so because she didn't want me to get my hopes up and then have no progress, especially since this is my first pregnancy. I told her I am not expecting any progress yet so i wouldn't have any disappointment and to go ahead and check me. Well both her and I were very surprised to find that I am 2 cm dilated, 50% effaced, and her head had dropped low into my pelvis in position and ready to go! Since I was 2 cm she stripped my membranes (which you can only do if you are already dilated) to see if that would kick start labor soon. She said she wouldn't be surprised if I went into labor in the next week. This information kind of made dave freak out, I guess its finally becoming real to him that we are having a baby, and soon. I think he just wants to have his last flight over with to make things a little less hectic. However I am still not getting my hopes up and am going to mentally prepare myself for going another 3 weeks of being pregnant. But I am going to make sure I am a little more prepared for her and the labor, like putting our bags for the hospital in the car and getting her carseat installation properly checked out by someone who is certified. Even if i do go to 40 weeks and am induced, inductions are more successful when the mom has already started dilating and progressing on her own first, so thats good. We are going to start nightly walks to see if that helps me progress more starting wednesday night since Dave has his very last flight tomorrow night and wants to make sure its finished before the baby arrives. Again, not getting our hopes up, I am still expecting Sept 8th, but now I just need to be ready just in case. My appointment is on Tuesday next week so I'm going to wait until tuesday to post next week so I can give more progression details. I can't believe we are going to be able to kiss her sweet little face so soon (less than 3 weeks!)!
I have finished making about 15 cloth diapers (not the old school kind that most people think of when they hear cloth diapers). They have velcro, elastic, a waterproof layer built in, etc. So we have 27 total including the ones that were bought for us. I copied off of them to make mine. I just need to wash them all to get them ready, even though we aren't going to start using them until we move to NC. I can't really wash diapers and all while we are traveling and staying in hotels. So she will wear the disposables we have gotten at baby showers for the first few weeks. The diapers are really neat and even 1 size fits all (8-35 ish lbs). I'm excited to use them and so is Dave actually. I saw a little boy in church yesterday with one of these diapers on and they looked so cute (and MUCH cheaper than disposables).
Ok and for those of you who don't want to hear the real pregnancy details, stop reading now...I had my 37 week appointment today and my doctor asked if I wanted her to check me for dilation, effacement, etc. She said she likes to wait another week or so because she didn't want me to get my hopes up and then have no progress, especially since this is my first pregnancy. I told her I am not expecting any progress yet so i wouldn't have any disappointment and to go ahead and check me. Well both her and I were very surprised to find that I am 2 cm dilated, 50% effaced, and her head had dropped low into my pelvis in position and ready to go! Since I was 2 cm she stripped my membranes (which you can only do if you are already dilated) to see if that would kick start labor soon. She said she wouldn't be surprised if I went into labor in the next week. This information kind of made dave freak out, I guess its finally becoming real to him that we are having a baby, and soon. I think he just wants to have his last flight over with to make things a little less hectic. However I am still not getting my hopes up and am going to mentally prepare myself for going another 3 weeks of being pregnant. But I am going to make sure I am a little more prepared for her and the labor, like putting our bags for the hospital in the car and getting her carseat installation properly checked out by someone who is certified. Even if i do go to 40 weeks and am induced, inductions are more successful when the mom has already started dilating and progressing on her own first, so thats good. We are going to start nightly walks to see if that helps me progress more starting wednesday night since Dave has his very last flight tomorrow night and wants to make sure its finished before the baby arrives. Again, not getting our hopes up, I am still expecting Sept 8th, but now I just need to be ready just in case. My appointment is on Tuesday next week so I'm going to wait until tuesday to post next week so I can give more progression details. I can't believe we are going to be able to kiss her sweet little face so soon (less than 3 weeks!)!
Monday, August 11, 2008
36 weeks
Less than a month to go now! I had my 36 week appointment today and it was just the routine weight, blood pressure, baby heart beat, and my belly measurement. I weigh 132 (21 pounds total now), her heart beat was 150 beats per minute, and my belly measured right where its supposed to (about 36 cm) . They also checked to make sure she is head down with ultrasound real quick, and she is. I saw my new doctor, who is so much nicer and actually has a good bedside manner. We discussed induction more because of Dave's winging situation and shes still okay with inducing at 40 weeks, maybe a few days before. I will probably wait until 40 weeks though to make sure I give her the time she needs to mature in there (although she is full term next week!).
Not too many complaints this week. I am not sleeping as well but they say thats the anxiety and excitement of it all being so close, plus the uncomfort of being huge. Speaking of comfort...I got a 1 hour pregnancy massage today before my appointment, a birthday present from Dave, and it was wonderful. He probably gave it to me so he could have the day off from all the rubbing I request from him. For my birthday a few weeks ago Dave actually did a relaxation theme, which was really sweet. I got a bath robe (vera wang, the only thing designer I own and he got it on clearance which made me proud!), 1 hour massage, a body pillow, and a back/foot massager. Dave only has 5 flights left (including tonight's flight) before he is officially a pilot! So by the end of this week, maybe early next week if weather doesn't cooperate, he will be finished with flight school! We think his winging date is going to be Sept 12th, 4 days after my due date, so we should have a big week! Baby on Monday, winging on Friday, move shortly after.
Not too many complaints this week. I am not sleeping as well but they say thats the anxiety and excitement of it all being so close, plus the uncomfort of being huge. Speaking of comfort...I got a 1 hour pregnancy massage today before my appointment, a birthday present from Dave, and it was wonderful. He probably gave it to me so he could have the day off from all the rubbing I request from him. For my birthday a few weeks ago Dave actually did a relaxation theme, which was really sweet. I got a bath robe (vera wang, the only thing designer I own and he got it on clearance which made me proud!), 1 hour massage, a body pillow, and a back/foot massager. Dave only has 5 flights left (including tonight's flight) before he is officially a pilot! So by the end of this week, maybe early next week if weather doesn't cooperate, he will be finished with flight school! We think his winging date is going to be Sept 12th, 4 days after my due date, so we should have a big week! Baby on Monday, winging on Friday, move shortly after.
Monday, August 4, 2008
35 weeks
I had my 34 week appointment last week and was sent up to labor & delivery since they thought I had signs of pre-ecclampsia, all besides the fact that I have super low blood pressure. Everything was fine but better safe than sorry and plus I got an ultrasound which I wouldn't have gotten otherwise. OK so for those of you who haven't had much experience reading ultrasounds, you might not be able to see her little face at first. But once you see it, it looks just like a picture taken of her from outside the womb. The ultrasound tech labeled some of her parts in the pictures.
The picture without any labeling is the clearest one, which is why the tech didn't write on it. You can even see her little eyelashes! The picture is kind of taken from the front but more from the left side (if that makes any sense). You can see her closed left eye (but not right) and eyelashes, her nose(pretty much the whole thing although it is squished), and her mouth (mostly just the upper lip since her mouth is wide open).
The picture labeled 'nostrils' is taken from up under her nose. The little lump sticking up with the two dots is looking up her nose and you can kind of see her mouth and chin as well.
write a comment and ask for some clarification if you need it. Her face is pretty squished looking since shes pretty low and shoved down into my pelvis. She even looks kind of chubby in there. Seeing those pictures just makes me want to see her in person even more!
I also hit a new 'high' at my appointment, but unfortunately it was on the scale. I have officially crossed over into the 130's for the first time. Even though crossing over into the 120's was a new high as well, it wasn't as much of a shock since I have weighed in the teens before, so 120's wasn't too far away. At 34 weeks 3 days, my total weight gain is 20 lbs. At another 1 lb a week or so I should end up right around 25-30 lbs gain total, which will hopefully keep me away from crossing over into the 140's, we'll see.
I am going to start having doctor appointments every week now and I just switched doctors since I really didn't like my other one. I packed our bags for the hospital over the weekend and Dave put her carseat in the car. They say to do it one month in advance and thats all I have left! I could tell from the ultrasound and her movements how squished she is getting in there. I can often see a butt sticking up on one side of my belly, making me lopsided, and then a pointy foot sticking out on the other side. And she sure does have a pointy little foot, she hurts me and makes me jump sometimes when she sticks her little foot out there. I'm not sure when my new doctor is going to start checking for progress, hopefully soon! But I have a feeling that she is going to stay in me until we force her out. She is going to be stubborn like her mom and dad so the induction will probably happen at or a little after 40 weeks (this is just a feeling though, absolutely no medical evidence to back it up). I'm still hoping to go into labor on my own though, but only time will tell.
The picture without any labeling is the clearest one, which is why the tech didn't write on it. You can even see her little eyelashes! The picture is kind of taken from the front but more from the left side (if that makes any sense). You can see her closed left eye (but not right) and eyelashes, her nose(pretty much the whole thing although it is squished), and her mouth (mostly just the upper lip since her mouth is wide open).
The picture labeled 'nostrils' is taken from up under her nose. The little lump sticking up with the two dots is looking up her nose and you can kind of see her mouth and chin as well.
write a comment and ask for some clarification if you need it. Her face is pretty squished looking since shes pretty low and shoved down into my pelvis. She even looks kind of chubby in there. Seeing those pictures just makes me want to see her in person even more!
I also hit a new 'high' at my appointment, but unfortunately it was on the scale. I have officially crossed over into the 130's for the first time. Even though crossing over into the 120's was a new high as well, it wasn't as much of a shock since I have weighed in the teens before, so 120's wasn't too far away. At 34 weeks 3 days, my total weight gain is 20 lbs. At another 1 lb a week or so I should end up right around 25-30 lbs gain total, which will hopefully keep me away from crossing over into the 140's, we'll see.
I am going to start having doctor appointments every week now and I just switched doctors since I really didn't like my other one. I packed our bags for the hospital over the weekend and Dave put her carseat in the car. They say to do it one month in advance and thats all I have left! I could tell from the ultrasound and her movements how squished she is getting in there. I can often see a butt sticking up on one side of my belly, making me lopsided, and then a pointy foot sticking out on the other side. And she sure does have a pointy little foot, she hurts me and makes me jump sometimes when she sticks her little foot out there. I'm not sure when my new doctor is going to start checking for progress, hopefully soon! But I have a feeling that she is going to stay in me until we force her out. She is going to be stubborn like her mom and dad so the induction will probably happen at or a little after 40 weeks (this is just a feeling though, absolutely no medical evidence to back it up). I'm still hoping to go into labor on my own though, but only time will tell.
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