Birth Prep Class

Ryan and I had our birth prep class this past weekend and boy am I glad we took it! I think we came away with a lot of great techniques (for a *hopefully* med-free birth) and an overall better awareness of what exactly is going to go on.

Although I can say that I am a bit freaked out after watching the birth videos. I have seen births before but I guess it wasn't until I realized that that is going to be me in less than a month that it actually hit me as to what really happens. Eeeeeeek!

After we left, Ryan started freaking out that we didn't have our hospital bags packed or the carseat installed. He is insisting we do it this week- just in case :) I thought it was so cute that he was as concerned as he was!

34 Week Baby Bump & 25th "Golden" Birthday

Yesterday was my "golden" birthday...I have waited 25 years for this! haha. I was officially off bedrest so I headed back to work. After work me, Ryan, my mom, my sister, my best friend and Ryan's parents all headed to Osaka for dinner (I will have to add pictures later). It really could be my new favorite place to eat. I can't wait to go back!

Overall it was a great day and I got to spend it with those who mean the most to me.

Oh, here I am...

Nursery = Done :)

Woo hoo! Henry's room is finally done! I love it so much and find myself just sitting in there taking it all in. We are about to be parents!! Ahhhhhh!

Labor & Delivery...Take 2!

This is going to get long...

After my shower on Saturday, Ryan and I were running a few errands when I noticed I was having a few painful contractions. After a few more contractions I decided to pay a little more attention to see how far apart they were. Well turns out they were coming about every 3-5 minutes and were fairly intense. I had called the baby line earlier in the day because I had a constant stabbing pain for about an hour and they said to come in if things worsened or I started having contractions.

So I called labor & delivery and they told me to head on in. When we got there they hooked me up to the baby and contraction monitor. Henry was doing just fine and moving all over the place...the contractions however we still coming about every 3-5 minutes and were registering pretty intense. So our super nice nurse came in with a big 'ol shot of Terbutaline in her hand :( I sucked it up but oh.my.gosh that was the most painful shot I have ever gotten. Well after further monitoring, the contractions continued so in she came with another shot. Boo!

A little while later I overhear a few of the nurses talking in hall and one of them said, "She needs an IV." I started freaking out saying to Ryan, "There is NO way they are talking about me." Well a few seconds later the nurse came in with all the gear to set me up with an IV. I immediately start shaking because 1. the contractions aren't stopping and 2. I have never had an IV before I was scared to death. They put it in started the fluids.

Well do you think that worked at stopping the contractions? No. So they then informed us that we will be staying over night for further monitoring to try and stop the darn contractions. By this time they had checked my cervix twice and there was no change, so that was really good!

I called my mom to go get my dogs and Ryan ran home to get a few nightly essentials. I had told Ryan he didn't have to stay at the hospital but being the amazing husband that he is, he insisted that he stay by my side. Once we got set up in our room, the dr came in with yet another medication to try and stop the contractions. The pill started to help slow them down but they continued to come a lot closer than they should be.

They came into our room about every 4 hours to check my cervix and give me another pill. Let's just say we didn't get much sleep...well that and the fact that I was up going to the bathroom every hour or so and let me tell you that unplugging a monitor and wheeling an IV thing into the bathroom doesn't make for a quick trip!

Once morning came they checked my cervix again and it was still unchanged and not dialted and the contractions were still there but I couldn't feel them so they said we could get ready to go home. The dr then came into the room to go over the discharge information...and she said I was on bedrest until I hit 34 weeks (which is this Thursday) and then she said that if contractions start and I go into labor after 34 weeks, they will not try to stop it. I will be having my baby.

I am a little freaked out by this but since the fetal fibronectin test came back negative, they said Henry will not be coming in the next 2 weeks! Thank goodness! Basically at this point we are praying to make it to 37-38 weeks.

So there it is...another trip to L&D. Hopefully the next time will be our last and we will have our little Henry home with us!

Right after my IV was put in...I was NOT happy.

Ryan getting comfy on his mini chair/bed :)

Baby Shower #3

This past Saturday I had my last pre-baby shower- I will have one more once Henry is born :) My sister-in-law hosted the wonderful baseball themed shower with Ryan's side of the family. We got a ton of awesome baby goodies!!

Before I left for the shower...33w2d

With the hostess (my sister-in-law) and my niece.

Some of the baseball decorations.

The cutest baseball cupcakes!

My niece was in charge of pictures...hence the mid-sentence shot :)

One of the many awesome gifts!

33/34 Week Baby Bump

So I totally spaced last week and didn't take a bump picture- I don't think there was much of a difference anyways. Well here I am as of this morning- which is 33 or 34 weeks again depending on which due date you use.

My mommy's view is getting bigger and bigger :)

Dr Appt- Big, Breech Baby

So I have my 33 week check-up today...I have gained 6 pounds in the last 4 weeks which puts me up a total of about 24 pounds **insert blank stare**. Yikes. I explained my worry to the dr who said he was very happy with how much I have gained and told me not to worry about it at all. Ok so I won't then :)

Then it was time to measure my belly...to which he says, "Oh you are measuring on the big side, how much did you weigh when you were born?" **insert another blank stare** to which I said, "About 7 pounds". He then informed me that I am probably going to have a big baby. Awesome.

We then talked about where I was feeling him kick and I told him that I am pretty sure he is still breech since I can feel his gigantic head up in my ribs all day long. He confirmed after painfully feeling around my stomach. The dr said at the next appt (about 35/36 weeks) that if Henry is still breech we will either talk about scheduling a c-section or trying to manually turn him. I asked a little more about the manual turn and he didn't seem too keen on the idea...he said it only works about 60% of the time, the baby can flip right back to breech, it is very painful and the baby can go into distress and you can end up with an emergency c-section. Doesn't sound very fun to me. Ryan and I will have to talk a little more about which route we want to go- I can see the pros and cons to both. And heck, Henry may decide to flip his big 'ol body around in the next 2 weeks.

So that is that...we have appts every 2 weeks from here on out and I can't wait for our son to be here :)

So Very Generous!

One of my awesome co-workers offered us a few of her gently used baby items to help us get ready for the wee one. Of course we graciously accepted.


Here is the awesome BOB stroller that she only used a few times- it will be perfect when Henry is a bit older! She also gave us a few little accessories to go with it :) (Oh don't mind our filthy garage)

And a perfect pack & play!

Of course I had to stick the pups in there!

Craft Project #3

I found a great pattern online to make some adorable baby shoes (Robeez like) so I thought I would try it out! I had some left over fabric from Henry's bedding so I made him some rocket shoes :)

All of the pieces ready to go!

Starting to look a little more like shoes!

And the finished product.

I can't wait for little Henry to wear them!

Maternity Photos Preview

Anyone who really knows me knows that I am completely obsessed with pictures. So of course I would take full advantage of my growing belly to capture this time in our lives.

We had our photo shoot with Megan Norman (www.megannorman.com) this past weekend and here are the preview shots she sent us! I love them and I can't wait to see the rest!! :)

31 Week Baby Bump

It's a tad late but here I am as of last Friday which was technically 31/32 weeks, 1 day.

Nesting & Nursery

After my weekend filled with showers, Ryan and I spent some time putting together some of the gifts and washing and hanging all of Henry's clothes. He already has more clothes than I do!!

I was in charge of organizing and hanging up all his clothes (in size order of course :))

While Ryan read all the books we received at my "friends shower".

Janna had all the guests bring their favorite childhood book to add to Henry's collection :)

Then it was time to put together the adorable baby seat.

Thanks for the great gift, Ryan and Sarah!!

Ryan and I went to Ikea and found this awesome lamp for a whopping $10!!! It ties in perfectly with the chinese lanterns.

Daddy Already!

Henry is still very breech so his little/big head is always right up against my ribs...not a good feeling. So from time to time I like to try and very gently push him down a bit so he isn't wedged up there.

Well every time Ryan sees me doing this, he freaks out saying that I am going to dent his head and give him bruises. I just ask him how he would feel with a baby head lodged in his ribs...that usually does it :)