Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
doc appointment...
So we had our doc appointment today. It was fairly quick since we didn't have anything that concerned us or any questions really at this time. He did mention straight away that he got my results from echo test back and that everything that they looked for turned out normal. So that is a big relief, a HUGE relief. Also for the fact that my heart hasn't been palpitating nearly as much as it did. Maybe a few times every once in a while. That makes me feel so much better for sure!
The nurse had also taken my weight, urine sample and blood pressure. I was happy to see that my weight was the same as two weeks before. I was beginning to worry just how much I was going to gain!! It seemed for awhile to just keep going up and up and up! So hopefully it has leveled off. Only 7 weeks to go roughly! OMG.
He listened to the babys heart beat and measured my stomach and basically everything is going along good. I am super excited to meet this baby! I can't wait. But I'm hoping baby doesn't come before the babys room is done! or before we have all the stuff we need for baby since we have not a whole lot at the moment! I have to go see him again in two weeks and then after that it's every week until I go into labour.
The nurse had also taken my weight, urine sample and blood pressure. I was happy to see that my weight was the same as two weeks before. I was beginning to worry just how much I was going to gain!! It seemed for awhile to just keep going up and up and up! So hopefully it has leveled off. Only 7 weeks to go roughly! OMG.
He listened to the babys heart beat and measured my stomach and basically everything is going along good. I am super excited to meet this baby! I can't wait. But I'm hoping baby doesn't come before the babys room is done! or before we have all the stuff we need for baby since we have not a whole lot at the moment! I have to go see him again in two weeks and then after that it's every week until I go into labour.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Rambles...
So it's been really weird being home all day long. My last day of work was last friday. Last week seemed like it would never end, but now it's like I almost (almost!) feel like I could have or should have worked this week at least. But then when I stop and think how I felt last week and the week before it just seems like it wouldn't have been pleasant. Still seems really weird. I have been not as tired as I have been the last few weeks since I can actually sleep in now so that has helped. I love being at home right now. I have been just puttering around cleaning, straightening up, getting some stuff done that I would like to get done before the baby is here. Mainly my scrapbooking stuff since I have everything in the babys room right now. We want to paint that soon so I need to get it done and out of the way.
I was worried the other night since I wasn't feeling baby move at all and my belly felt less hard then normal but thankfully baby has been kicking and punching again. I think I'm just getting really anxious and can't wait till baby is here since it's so close now. At the same time though I am freaking out since I have no idea what to expect with labor etc. Especially with the whole will Chris be home when it starts. Right now I'm trying to relax and not think about it to much. Whenever it does freak me out I just think about the moment when we get to see our baby for the first time :) and now that any pain that I go through will be worth it.
We have booked the first monday of Feb at the hospital to go on the prego ward tour. I am relieved that they have room for us still since they only do it once a month. I will feel loads better knowing where to go etc and what it looks like when we actually go there to deliver. It still is really nerve wracking.
Mom and Tam have set a baby shower date for the 30th of Jan. I'm excited for that. I can't wait to see all the cute little baby stuff. :) I have my next doc appointment this friday. I expect it to be okay since everything seems to be going okay and we don't have any real concerns. I still feel very unready. I'm worried baby will come early and we won't be ready for her/him at all. I need to read up on what to expect more. It will be nice though not to have to get up and pee every five mins. At night, when I wake up, especially if I fell asleep on my right side it hurts so much to roll over get out of bed and get to the bathroom. It's just the most uncomfortable feeling ever. Soon enough I guess. I should enjoy this alone time while I can. It just really sucks being at home by myself all day long without Chris. I much like the weekends better because he is here to! :)
I was worried the other night since I wasn't feeling baby move at all and my belly felt less hard then normal but thankfully baby has been kicking and punching again. I think I'm just getting really anxious and can't wait till baby is here since it's so close now. At the same time though I am freaking out since I have no idea what to expect with labor etc. Especially with the whole will Chris be home when it starts. Right now I'm trying to relax and not think about it to much. Whenever it does freak me out I just think about the moment when we get to see our baby for the first time :) and now that any pain that I go through will be worth it.
We have booked the first monday of Feb at the hospital to go on the prego ward tour. I am relieved that they have room for us still since they only do it once a month. I will feel loads better knowing where to go etc and what it looks like when we actually go there to deliver. It still is really nerve wracking.
Mom and Tam have set a baby shower date for the 30th of Jan. I'm excited for that. I can't wait to see all the cute little baby stuff. :) I have my next doc appointment this friday. I expect it to be okay since everything seems to be going okay and we don't have any real concerns. I still feel very unready. I'm worried baby will come early and we won't be ready for her/him at all. I need to read up on what to expect more. It will be nice though not to have to get up and pee every five mins. At night, when I wake up, especially if I fell asleep on my right side it hurts so much to roll over get out of bed and get to the bathroom. It's just the most uncomfortable feeling ever. Soon enough I guess. I should enjoy this alone time while I can. It just really sucks being at home by myself all day long without Chris. I much like the weekends better because he is here to! :)
Monday, January 10, 2011
Baby dream #4
I just remembered that I had another baby dream near the start of Jan sometime. This time I think we were getting ready for bed or at least getting ready to put baby to bed. I was in the front room and Chris had taken the baby down the hallway. When he came back I asked him where he put her. He said that she was okay and that she was on the floor by the cat pillows. For some reason the hallway was full of bags and other random stuff. In the middle was the baby on top of the two blue cat pillows kicking and giggling and petting or trying to pet the cats. She was also pulling Gimli's hair. I was like Chris! Baby is going to get hurt! to which he was like 'no'. The thing was that Gimli was fighting with Mantisaur right beside baby. I was walking towards them as fast as I could when I seen where he had put her because cats fighting and baby pulling their hair means it was only a matter of time before one of them tried to scratch or bite! Sure enough when I was close enough Gimli lunged (Mantisaur as well possibly) at baby and my hands came out and I caught both of them by the neck before they came anywhere near the baby.
Talk about a not so nice dream! I think I might have thrown the two cats across the floor to get them away from her. I guess it's not unfounded since I am worried about the cats scratching or biting baby once she is here. Although I am sure that we will not see the cats to often for like the first month after she is home. lol.
Talk about a not so nice dream! I think I might have thrown the two cats across the floor to get them away from her. I guess it's not unfounded since I am worried about the cats scratching or biting baby once she is here. Although I am sure that we will not see the cats to often for like the first month after she is home. lol.
doc appointment
I had another doc appointment on the 7th of Jan. This time we got in fairly quickly. We got there about 15 mins before my actual appointment time and got in right on time. Last time it was almost 45 mins after my scheduled time before we got in.
So the nurse person did the whole testing of the urine, blood pressure and my weight. Ick, I peeked at my weight and have to say I am not happy :(. Hoping that maybe I just have lots and lots of fluid. Once she was done Chris was able to come into the room again. We only waited a few minutes until someone came in. I was so confused at first because it wasn't my doctor. But once he explained himself it made sense. He is a third year med student who was helping the doctor that day to get experience etc. So he did the belly measurements and checked baby's heart rate. Then we talked about any concerns me or Chris had. He then went and talked with the doctor about them (out in the freaking hallway to!). I mean we could hear ever word they were saying :( I had some concerns that well I just wouldn't want like everyone to hear! Geez. Although anyone in that office probably has heard that a million times or are in the same boat but still :( He did tell the doc that he gaged monkey's heart rate at about 130.
Anyways after they finished talking, they both came back in and we talked about my concerns. Nothing real major and all common during pregnancy. He also told me that my ultrasound results were good. There is enough fluid around the baby, the baby looked healthy, no visible defects etc. He did say that baby was ahead of the game weight wise, but he said that it could slow down. It is just something we will have to see. I hope that doesn't mean that baby is going to be a 9 pounder!! I didn't think 3lb20z was to big at this stage! He also said that the placenta had grown upwards so it is not covering the cervix. Which is a big relief! At least now I can at least try delivering normally.
He also got my results back from my glucose test or whatever it's called. It came back normal so that is good. I did ask about my echo test which was what I was most interested in but he said that he had not recieved the results yet. He assured me that that wasn't uncommon and considering it was the week of christmas that it was done it doesn't surprise me. He did say though that if there was something to worry about they would have made it a priority to get the results to him. So hopefully by my next appointment he has them though. I'm sure if he doesn't they will be calling them and bugging them for it. I have to go back and see him in two weeks. At about 36 weeks he said it will be weekly then. When I was talking to mom on Sunday she said to if there was something wrong with the echo they would have called me back in for a retest to double check the results. So that made me feel better. Still nervous about the delivery part but who isn't the first time around! I really hope that I am not home by myself when it starts though. At least Chris is pretty close if that does happen, only about 10 mins away.
I have decided that this is my last week of work. I wanted to go to the end of Jan but I don't think that is going to happen. I'm having a hard time sleeping, then waking up a million times at night and then having a hard time going back to sleep just isn't fun. Plus by the end of the day my back is killing me even if I get up and walk around every hour. I'm going to miss the paycheck each week since mat leave pay sucks but I think I will be relieved once I am done. It will give me a chance to get stuff ready for baby, and get some things done and out of the way before baby arrives. Chris is jealous of course but I don't blame him. Who wouldn't want a year off of work lol.
:)
So the nurse person did the whole testing of the urine, blood pressure and my weight. Ick, I peeked at my weight and have to say I am not happy :(. Hoping that maybe I just have lots and lots of fluid. Once she was done Chris was able to come into the room again. We only waited a few minutes until someone came in. I was so confused at first because it wasn't my doctor. But once he explained himself it made sense. He is a third year med student who was helping the doctor that day to get experience etc. So he did the belly measurements and checked baby's heart rate. Then we talked about any concerns me or Chris had. He then went and talked with the doctor about them (out in the freaking hallway to!). I mean we could hear ever word they were saying :( I had some concerns that well I just wouldn't want like everyone to hear! Geez. Although anyone in that office probably has heard that a million times or are in the same boat but still :( He did tell the doc that he gaged monkey's heart rate at about 130.
Anyways after they finished talking, they both came back in and we talked about my concerns. Nothing real major and all common during pregnancy. He also told me that my ultrasound results were good. There is enough fluid around the baby, the baby looked healthy, no visible defects etc. He did say that baby was ahead of the game weight wise, but he said that it could slow down. It is just something we will have to see. I hope that doesn't mean that baby is going to be a 9 pounder!! I didn't think 3lb20z was to big at this stage! He also said that the placenta had grown upwards so it is not covering the cervix. Which is a big relief! At least now I can at least try delivering normally.
He also got my results back from my glucose test or whatever it's called. It came back normal so that is good. I did ask about my echo test which was what I was most interested in but he said that he had not recieved the results yet. He assured me that that wasn't uncommon and considering it was the week of christmas that it was done it doesn't surprise me. He did say though that if there was something to worry about they would have made it a priority to get the results to him. So hopefully by my next appointment he has them though. I'm sure if he doesn't they will be calling them and bugging them for it. I have to go back and see him in two weeks. At about 36 weeks he said it will be weekly then. When I was talking to mom on Sunday she said to if there was something wrong with the echo they would have called me back in for a retest to double check the results. So that made me feel better. Still nervous about the delivery part but who isn't the first time around! I really hope that I am not home by myself when it starts though. At least Chris is pretty close if that does happen, only about 10 mins away.
I have decided that this is my last week of work. I wanted to go to the end of Jan but I don't think that is going to happen. I'm having a hard time sleeping, then waking up a million times at night and then having a hard time going back to sleep just isn't fun. Plus by the end of the day my back is killing me even if I get up and walk around every hour. I'm going to miss the paycheck each week since mat leave pay sucks but I think I will be relieved once I am done. It will give me a chance to get stuff ready for baby, and get some things done and out of the way before baby arrives. Chris is jealous of course but I don't blame him. Who wouldn't want a year off of work lol.
:)
week 30!
Wow time seems to be flying by but at the same time it seems to be taking forever. Anyways baby belly is getting huge and getting in the way! I think I have now started referring to little cashew as monkey now considering she is like kicking and punching and wigglying around a lot now.
(this photo was taken on Jan. 2nd - about halfway through my 30th week)
(this photo was taken on Jan. 2nd - about halfway through my 30th week)
christmas holidays!
One thing that I was really excited to do during our break from work at Christmas was get this scrapbook kit from michael's. It came with paper, stickers, embellishments and the scrapbook itself. I had fun creating this even though they gave you ideas for pages and most of the sheets of paper had lots of decorations on it anyways but still. I just used some of their ideas and went my own way. Either way it was really fun making and I can't wait to start filling it in with photo's and info :)
Here is a pic of the cover and a few of my fav pages.
Here is a pic of the cover and a few of my fav pages.
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