But I think Ashley's in this for the long haul. I had an exciting moment yesterday where I thought my water might have broken, but the rest of the day went by without any other leaking episodes.
Today she's bouncing about in there.
I have a Dr's appointment tomorrow morning and the doc said he would do another membrane sweep. As much as I would love Ashley to come sooner, I don't know if I want to do that again, even if he did at least tell me about it this time.
He said it would be less painful because my cervix would be lower, but I don't know...
I used to look forward to Dr's appointments, now I dread them... Come on Ashley, please come out tonight!!!!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Just my luck!
2 days until my due date, and what do I wake up with this morning? A COLD. AHHHHH!!!
As much as I want baby out, I'm hoping she'll just wait until the major stuffiness and sore throat are gone, which hopefully will be as quickly as tomorrow. I can dream, right?
I've been pregnant for 40 weeks come Monday and have only had 1 eight hour flu at the beginning of my pregnancy, and have been completely healthy since. Only Murphy's Law could intervene to make me sick this close to go-time. Grrrrr....
I'm going to head back up to bed and hopefully sleep this off. Damn you cold virus! DAMN YOU!!!
As much as I want baby out, I'm hoping she'll just wait until the major stuffiness and sore throat are gone, which hopefully will be as quickly as tomorrow. I can dream, right?
I've been pregnant for 40 weeks come Monday and have only had 1 eight hour flu at the beginning of my pregnancy, and have been completely healthy since. Only Murphy's Law could intervene to make me sick this close to go-time. Grrrrr....
I'm going to head back up to bed and hopefully sleep this off. Damn you cold virus! DAMN YOU!!!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The 39 week appointment
Today's appointment was good and bad. I'll start with the good!
Good: Progress is being made! I had no mucous plug to speak of, which is weird, because I've never seen any of it. Cervix is high, but it is open at 1cm dilated! This is such good news. Doesn't really provide any insight as to when this baby will be born, but it's good to know things are moving along in some way.
Bad: My doctor did a membrane sweep without even consulting me about it. I'm not generally sensitive to cervical exams, but this one just hurt like hell. I was swearing my butt off just trying to get through it. Since the cervix was so high, he was taking his sweet time getting to it, which was uncomfortable... But the sweep was awful. When the exam was done, THEN he tells me he did a sweep. I would have thought he would have needed my consent to do this, but he never asked. Had I had the choice, I would have opted out.
Now I've been spotting and cramping since this morning, which I'm told is fine, but I'm pretty pissed about that part of the appointment.
Anyway, despite the painful experience, I will focus on the positive parts... Like this baby could be here any time, and I can't wait to meet her. I treated myself to Chinese food tonight, and my fortune cookie said that I would be rewarded for all my efforts. Awesome :)
Good: Progress is being made! I had no mucous plug to speak of, which is weird, because I've never seen any of it. Cervix is high, but it is open at 1cm dilated! This is such good news. Doesn't really provide any insight as to when this baby will be born, but it's good to know things are moving along in some way.
Bad: My doctor did a membrane sweep without even consulting me about it. I'm not generally sensitive to cervical exams, but this one just hurt like hell. I was swearing my butt off just trying to get through it. Since the cervix was so high, he was taking his sweet time getting to it, which was uncomfortable... But the sweep was awful. When the exam was done, THEN he tells me he did a sweep. I would have thought he would have needed my consent to do this, but he never asked. Had I had the choice, I would have opted out.
Now I've been spotting and cramping since this morning, which I'm told is fine, but I'm pretty pissed about that part of the appointment.
Anyway, despite the painful experience, I will focus on the positive parts... Like this baby could be here any time, and I can't wait to meet her. I treated myself to Chinese food tonight, and my fortune cookie said that I would be rewarded for all my efforts. Awesome :)
Monday, February 13, 2012
The nursery! At last! :)
While there are still a few small things missing from the nursery, this is pretty much what it will look like. We're only missing the change table, which should be here on the 21st, some curtains, which my mom is hemming, and something decorative to go over the crib.
The little cube shelf needs some organizing still, there are some things in it that will go in the change table, but I love baskets to hide things in! :)
The change table will go beside the crib somewhere when it gets here. This wall is really bare, so I think I'm going to find some way to fill it. Either with a picture of some kind, or maybe "Ashley" spelled out somehow over the top of it in photo frames. I really like those photo letter things. The ones that are letters made up of different black and white photography. I think that would be neat there. We'll see. :)
This is the closet that DH put in. :) DH put up the shelves, and we just bought the pink bins from Ikea to put all the clothes in. I can't fold small baby clothes for the life of me, so at least this way, it doesn't look like a disaster!
On the other side of the closet, DH left some room to hang stuff. I'm sure there are bound to be lots of cute little dresses in there at some point.
This is just a little zebra off the mobile that's over the crib. The whole room was supposed to have a jungle theme, but as we keep running out of time, it didn't really turn out that way. Now it's just kind of a jumble of things, but I think the whole room looks awesome anyway. :)
Awww, my kitty from when I was a baby now being passed on to my daughter. Kind of looks like a teddy bear, but it's actually a cat. :) My grandmother gave it to me when I was a kid and I've always loved it.
Ikea decal on the wall. I'm not usually a huge Ikea fan, but they do have some cute kid's stuff. We didn't quite put the decal together properly, but meh... it looks good. :)
My aunt made the little quilt beside the monkey. We got a lot of home-made blankets, which I love! My mother-in-law crocheted the blanket that is over the glider in the other pictures, my aunt made the quilt, and my mother knitted the white blanket that is hidden behind the monkey and the quilt in this pic. I should have taken a picture of it as well, but now I'm too lazy to go back upstairs.
Cute little crib blanket. It was one of the first baby gifts I ever received from my mom. :)
And this was the first baby gift I received from my other mom (mother in law). :)
Baby booties! I crocheted the brown/pink boots, and my best friend crocheted the little pink/brown/white ones. I'm a huge huge fan of home-made gifts. :)
I love all the colours they've come out with for baby items. It used to be all pastel colours, and I guess to some extent, a lot of it still is, but we got some really beautiful blankets, towels and cloths.
And a night light. :)
Just a whole 'lotta waiting going on!
Friday was my last day at work. All my wonderful co-workers took me out to lunch. Some of them gave little gifts for the baby, and I was given almost $200 for the fund that people put together for my send-off. I was so shocked! In any other place I've ever worked for, nobody ever cared if I came or went, I am truly going to miss my job and the wonderful people that I worked with. They are all really excited about the baby too, and I can't wait for her to get here so that I can bring her over to meet them. :)
So, today is my first official day on maternity leave and I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I thought that my Dr. didn't do cervical checks, because he's never done them before and I'm 38 weeks along, but apparently he will do one next week! From what I hear they don't really mean much, but I'll be happy to know if my body is doing ANYTHING AT ALL.
One thing my doc did say was that he won't attempt induction (unless there's a reason to) until 10 days past my due date! And even then, he said he would do an ultrasound at that point to see how the placenta is holding up, and if everything's fine he may even wait a little bit more.
I DO NOT want an induction if it can be avoided, but I must say that the thought of being possibly close to 42 weeks pregnant is extremely daunting. Here's to hoping that Ashley makes her way in to the world at least on my due date... wishful thinking... yes I know! :)
I'm heading upstairs RIGHT NOW with my camera to take some pictures of the nursery. So far, I've only really taken crappy ones with my phone at night, where the colours and stuff in the room just look bad, so now that I'm home, and can actually do so in the daylight, I'm bringing up the Canon! I will post as soon as I'm done! :)
So, today is my first official day on maternity leave and I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I thought that my Dr. didn't do cervical checks, because he's never done them before and I'm 38 weeks along, but apparently he will do one next week! From what I hear they don't really mean much, but I'll be happy to know if my body is doing ANYTHING AT ALL.
One thing my doc did say was that he won't attempt induction (unless there's a reason to) until 10 days past my due date! And even then, he said he would do an ultrasound at that point to see how the placenta is holding up, and if everything's fine he may even wait a little bit more.
I DO NOT want an induction if it can be avoided, but I must say that the thought of being possibly close to 42 weeks pregnant is extremely daunting. Here's to hoping that Ashley makes her way in to the world at least on my due date... wishful thinking... yes I know! :)
I'm heading upstairs RIGHT NOW with my camera to take some pictures of the nursery. So far, I've only really taken crappy ones with my phone at night, where the colours and stuff in the room just look bad, so now that I'm home, and can actually do so in the daylight, I'm bringing up the Canon! I will post as soon as I'm done! :)
Just a whole 'lotta waiting going on!
Friday was my last day at work. All my wonderful co-workers took me out to lunch. Some of them gave little gifts for the baby, and I was given almost $200 for the fund that people put together for my send-off. I was so shocked! In any other place I've ever worked for, nobody ever cared if I came or went, I am truly going to miss my job and the wonderful people that I worked with. They are all really excited about the baby too, and I can't wait for her to get here so that I can bring her over to meet them. :)
So, today is my first official day on maternity leave and I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I thought that my Dr. didn't do cervical checks, because he's never done them before and I'm 38 weeks along, but apparently he will do one next week! From what I hear they don't really mean much, but I'll be happy to know if my body is doing ANYTHING AT ALL.
One thing my doc did say was that he won't attempt induction (unless there's a reason to) until 10 days past my due date! And even then, he said he would do an ultrasound at that point to see how the placenta is holding up, and if everything's fine he may even wait a little bit more.
I DO NOT want an induction if it can be avoided, but I must say that the thought of being possibly close to 42 weeks pregnant is extremely daunting. Here's to hoping that Ashley makes her way in to the world at least on my due date... wishful thinking... yes I know! :)
I'm heading upstairs RIGHT NOW with my camera to take some pictures of the nursery. So far, I've only really taken crappy ones with my phone at night, where the colours and stuff in the room just look bad, so now that I'm home, and can actually do so in the daylight, I'm bringing up the Canon! I will post as soon as I'm done! :)
So, today is my first official day on maternity leave and I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I thought that my Dr. didn't do cervical checks, because he's never done them before and I'm 38 weeks along, but apparently he will do one next week! From what I hear they don't really mean much, but I'll be happy to know if my body is doing ANYTHING AT ALL.
One thing my doc did say was that he won't attempt induction (unless there's a reason to) until 10 days past my due date! And even then, he said he would do an ultrasound at that point to see how the placenta is holding up, and if everything's fine he may even wait a little bit more.
I DO NOT want an induction if it can be avoided, but I must say that the thought of being possibly close to 42 weeks pregnant is extremely daunting. Here's to hoping that Ashley makes her way in to the world at least on my due date... wishful thinking... yes I know! :)
I'm heading upstairs RIGHT NOW with my camera to take some pictures of the nursery. So far, I've only really taken crappy ones with my phone at night, where the colours and stuff in the room just look bad, so now that I'm home, and can actually do so in the daylight, I'm bringing up the Canon! I will post as soon as I'm done! :)
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
My body is weird.
At yesterday's OB appointment, my doctor informed me that I had an extra lobe on my placenta. What is this you ask? Well, it's literally and extra piece of placenta that's attached to the main placenta. My doctor assured me that it's nothing to worry about, but that I need to assure that whoever delivers me is aware of it so that they make sure that they get the whole placenta out. I'd never heard of this before, so it was kind of strange to find out.
Overall, my appointment was good. Not much to report. Last growth ultrasound, baby was in the 70th percentile, head-down, so all systems are a go!
I signed my termination papers for work today which makes me really sad. I'm more upset than I thought that I won't be able to come back to this job after I leave. I've been here for two and a half years, and I really love the work, and my co-workers, so it's a little hard to come to terms with. I have lots of time to look around for something else, so that's good I guess, it just sucks to have to start looking for a career all over again, especially to find one that tops this one.
Okay, I guess I need to just suck it up and focus, right? I will have one year with my baby before I really need to figure it all out, so I should just enjoy that and stop worrying and being sad about it. Do you hear me inner-self? STOP OBSESSING ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE.
These last weeks of waiting for baby to be born are going to be hard. I'm not feeling too great these days. It's mostly just exhaustion, terrible headaches, hip pain and waddling around like a hippopotamus that's got me feeling like being awake for more than two hours a day is torture. I know it will all be worth it in the end... I just wish I knew when the end was. haha
Alllllmost there. :)
Overall, my appointment was good. Not much to report. Last growth ultrasound, baby was in the 70th percentile, head-down, so all systems are a go!
I signed my termination papers for work today which makes me really sad. I'm more upset than I thought that I won't be able to come back to this job after I leave. I've been here for two and a half years, and I really love the work, and my co-workers, so it's a little hard to come to terms with. I have lots of time to look around for something else, so that's good I guess, it just sucks to have to start looking for a career all over again, especially to find one that tops this one.
Okay, I guess I need to just suck it up and focus, right? I will have one year with my baby before I really need to figure it all out, so I should just enjoy that and stop worrying and being sad about it. Do you hear me inner-self? STOP OBSESSING ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE.
These last weeks of waiting for baby to be born are going to be hard. I'm not feeling too great these days. It's mostly just exhaustion, terrible headaches, hip pain and waddling around like a hippopotamus that's got me feeling like being awake for more than two hours a day is torture. I know it will all be worth it in the end... I just wish I knew when the end was. haha
Alllllmost there. :)
Monday, February 6, 2012
Full Term!!!
I'm officially full term today! Woohoo!
Though I'm extremely irritable and uncomfortable, it's encouraging to know that I'm so close to having my little girl in my arms!! DH and I are both so excited for the last big milestone.. Ashley's big day!! :)
Though I'm extremely irritable and uncomfortable, it's encouraging to know that I'm so close to having my little girl in my arms!! DH and I are both so excited for the last big milestone.. Ashley's big day!! :)
Thursday, February 2, 2012
36 weeks, 3 days
Well, this belly's feeling pretty big these days. :) I've found a way to sleep more comfortably at night, and somehow, I'm seemingly keeping the heartburn/reflux under control with Zantac again. I haven't weighed myself lately, but I'm sure I've gained a few, oh well, only a few more weeks to go!
DH and I did our prenatal classes last Saturday. The first part of the day was pretty good, and the last part, we were both ready for a good long nap. A lot of the stuff I'd learned from researching and talking to ladies on the bump, so it was more or less review, but I think the class was really good for DH. We left with him being so attentive, I started to feel like maybe he was feeling bad for what I'm about to go through (labour).. haha
This week, we're trying to get things ready for baby. The nursery isn't done, but DH has the baseboards up now, and last night he finally got shelves in the closet! :) Tomorrow night, we'll work on the crib. I just bought the matching change table to our crib online today. I got sick of trying to find a used change table in the right colour and gave in. It's crazy how expensive they are! The table was only $60 less than the crib itself! Oh well.. it matches now!
It feels like we're getting down to the wire now. Only 25 days left until my due date! I'm scared, excited and anxious! Scared of the pain, but excited and anxious to meet my little girl. Almost there!!
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