Well, made it to 34 weeks at this point. Overall hasn't been to bad of a pregnancy (not that I have any to compare to!). Midwife says the next few weeks coming up could be when some things hit, like the ankles swelling and all, so we'll see. Have this week off, so hoping to get a lot of rest in and gets some things done at home.
Carpet install today! Finally getting the carpet redone in the back rooms, including nursery. Then we can get furniture delivered and start working on FINISHING the nursery (Finish, start...). Anxious to start putting things away!!
Watching the sunrise at the moment, since for SOME reason my body has decided I should still get up at 5am, even though I'm off work for a week. Go figure, I can sleep late ... so of course, I can't seem to sleep late!! I guess its prep for when Wesley is here.
Well, since I've been up two hours at this point, time for a snack!
Jans
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Rolling, rolling, rolling...
Still truckin' along. Had another appointment today- sugar was good, labs were good, gained 2 lbs, measureing well. Wesley still sits low and in the middle, holding true to form.
Fell last week. No, didn't trip, just fell over. Was checking the mail, dropped a piece. Bent down to pick it up and just fell forward. Tried to step and catch my balance, but to no avail. Didn't land on belly, Wesley is fine. Mama on the other hand suffured some bumps and scrapes. Elbow and knee too one for the team, at least I missed my face and only slightly pulled a muscle. Not TOO bad, but rather it of not happened at all. Apparently your balance starts to change when you rapidly gain a giant bubble in your middle. Go figure.
Starting on the 2 week check ups now, so another step closer! Debating getting the carpet in the back rooms changed before we get the rooms settled, need to make a decision soon. Will just need help moving furniture out and ripping up some carpet. Ordered the rocking chair today, they even added the stain guard and warranty for frees!
Did the pregnancy no-no and cut my hair. Was planning on doing it though, growing out for lock for love. Got to the point I couldn't wash the long hair anymore. Got nearly a foot though and the new cut is MUCH easier to deal with. Cute too.
Well, hopefully more updates in a couple weeks!
Fell last week. No, didn't trip, just fell over. Was checking the mail, dropped a piece. Bent down to pick it up and just fell forward. Tried to step and catch my balance, but to no avail. Didn't land on belly, Wesley is fine. Mama on the other hand suffured some bumps and scrapes. Elbow and knee too one for the team, at least I missed my face and only slightly pulled a muscle. Not TOO bad, but rather it of not happened at all. Apparently your balance starts to change when you rapidly gain a giant bubble in your middle. Go figure.
Starting on the 2 week check ups now, so another step closer! Debating getting the carpet in the back rooms changed before we get the rooms settled, need to make a decision soon. Will just need help moving furniture out and ripping up some carpet. Ordered the rocking chair today, they even added the stain guard and warranty for frees!
Did the pregnancy no-no and cut my hair. Was planning on doing it though, growing out for lock for love. Got to the point I couldn't wash the long hair anymore. Got nearly a foot though and the new cut is MUCH easier to deal with. Cute too.
Well, hopefully more updates in a couple weeks!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Going on week 27
Have another appointment today. Baby brain has gotten so bad that while my calendar says its at 930, I swear the electronic appointment reminder said 830, but I can't recall and it isn't saved on my phone. I did find the appointment card though and it says 930, so I'm going by that.
Doing ok overall. Wesley gets active about 3pm every day, which does bring on the heartburn, but managing.
Working on the front room right now. Demoing the floors this week, next weekend (hopefully) is the wood laminate install. Having some issues getting the thinset off where the tile was. It seems they worked some voodoo at install and it is permanantly adhered to the cement. Short of dynamite, we're quickly going through all the options. Will prevail somehow though, have a project to finish!! Slowly getting through them, hopefully before Wes is here!
Doing ok overall. Wesley gets active about 3pm every day, which does bring on the heartburn, but managing.
Working on the front room right now. Demoing the floors this week, next weekend (hopefully) is the wood laminate install. Having some issues getting the thinset off where the tile was. It seems they worked some voodoo at install and it is permanantly adhered to the cement. Short of dynamite, we're quickly going through all the options. Will prevail somehow though, have a project to finish!! Slowly getting through them, hopefully before Wes is here!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
2/3s of the way
So we've reached the 6 mos mark... about 2/3 there. Getting a little more movement thses days, though still no rockstar kicks very often. We did discover that flashlight will encourage a bit if he's facing it, gave him a bit of a start the first time. The 'oh this is cute!' torture begins early!
Weight gain has still been pretty good, I've been lucky so far. At about 13 lbs overall and mostly in the belly still, surprisinly. While I have moment that I wish I looked more pregnant (usually when someone is giving me a hard time or it would be useful to look how I felt), I guess its good I haven't gone overboard on the gain. Hopefully will be easier to lose and at this point still avoiding stretch marks...
Room is moving at a slow pace. Painted, crib is up, have more of the items to decorate and plans moving on the quilt... and that's about it. Right now its become storage again so we can do the floors at the end of this months in the front room. Get rid of some of this carpet! May have to get the AC unit pulled out and fully cleaned, keeps turning off and flooding... no good for new floors... and turning off. It seems, we're the first homeowners to actually take care of it and it needs a good scrub down. Questionable that mold may be starting though, so don't want to wait! HOPEFULLY, this takes care of the draining issue too... the pan is covered in a thick layer of... something... and probably is source of back up. That and it looks like the builder made a pedastal that wasn't level, so it tilts slightly back- the only direction that causes issues of course. I love builders...
Overall, doing well. Finishing up house project while we can, continueing the incubation, and general preperation for January!
Weight gain has still been pretty good, I've been lucky so far. At about 13 lbs overall and mostly in the belly still, surprisinly. While I have moment that I wish I looked more pregnant (usually when someone is giving me a hard time or it would be useful to look how I felt), I guess its good I haven't gone overboard on the gain. Hopefully will be easier to lose and at this point still avoiding stretch marks...
Room is moving at a slow pace. Painted, crib is up, have more of the items to decorate and plans moving on the quilt... and that's about it. Right now its become storage again so we can do the floors at the end of this months in the front room. Get rid of some of this carpet! May have to get the AC unit pulled out and fully cleaned, keeps turning off and flooding... no good for new floors... and turning off. It seems, we're the first homeowners to actually take care of it and it needs a good scrub down. Questionable that mold may be starting though, so don't want to wait! HOPEFULLY, this takes care of the draining issue too... the pan is covered in a thick layer of... something... and probably is source of back up. That and it looks like the builder made a pedastal that wasn't level, so it tilts slightly back- the only direction that causes issues of course.
Overall, doing well. Finishing up house project while we can, continueing the incubation, and general preperation for January!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Change of plans
After our tour of Altamonte, decision has been made to go there for delivery. Resulting in switching OBGYNs, but wasn't really attached to the current one anyhow. Really enjoyed the tour at Altamonte though, much more relaxed atmosphere. Dave was pleased that the medical stuff was hidden behind picture frames and in cabinets. I'm happy with all the choices they have to help with the birth, should make going natural easier.
Meet the midwives next week and the new doctor in a month. Hope all goes well!
Meet the midwives next week and the new doctor in a month. Hope all goes well!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Decisions, decisions
So, we did our tour of the baby place last week. It really stinks when a place just doesn't fit right. Rooms were smaller than I'd expected and the layout not as conducive to the possible large amount of visitors we could have. Overall, just didn't feel like it was 'it'. SOOOooo, spent all weekend pondering what to do. Switching hospitals means switching doctors, which one would think would be easy to do, but it doesn't feel quite right to leave my doctor when they didn't really do anything wrong.
Still leaning towards the birthing center, but hubby still wants security of being in the hospital for the first one. Going to tour FL hospital Altamonte's baby place today, since they have the birthing center IN the hospital, would be a perfect compromise. Really is more what I want, just from the website they seem to have so much more to offer. Also, if all is well and the pediatrician can see the baby the next day, I can leave in 24 hours. Much better than they required 48 hrs I have to stay in the other one (again, another reason why I want to feel comfortable with where I was). Hoping the tour goes well and I get a better feeling... and if so, that I can make the doctor switch easily. I have an appointment tomorrow, so probably would talk to them then. Hopefully insurance doesn't have an issue either.
Advice for others, tour hospitals before you get pregnant and make sure you like them or be sure it doesn't matter to you. Before, I thought I'd never of cared what the room was like, etc. Now that I am pregnant... oh, it matters.
Still leaning towards the birthing center, but hubby still wants security of being in the hospital for the first one. Going to tour FL hospital Altamonte's baby place today, since they have the birthing center IN the hospital, would be a perfect compromise. Really is more what I want, just from the website they seem to have so much more to offer. Also, if all is well and the pediatrician can see the baby the next day, I can leave in 24 hours. Much better than they required 48 hrs I have to stay in the other one (again, another reason why I want to feel comfortable with where I was). Hoping the tour goes well and I get a better feeling... and if so, that I can make the doctor switch easily. I have an appointment tomorrow, so probably would talk to them then. Hopefully insurance doesn't have an issue either.
Advice for others, tour hospitals before you get pregnant and make sure you like them or be sure it doesn't matter to you. Before, I thought I'd never of cared what the room was like, etc. Now that I am pregnant... oh, it matters.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Babymoons and more!
Been a while since updating, have to work on this.
Labor day weekend we went on our babymoon, which was great. We decided to go to the historic distric of Savannah. We stayed at the mansion on forsyth (completely paid by credit card points!), which was awesome. Great location, right across the street from Forsyth park,,which is beautiful. First day we did a trolley tour, see around the city. Stopped by the candy kitchen for some pralines and sweets. Spent the rest of the weekend walking around the parks, Dave got some great pictures. Did a little shopping, found our usual vacation ornament (our tradition for trips now) and actually found something for the baby's room. I tried gelato for the first time, which was REALLY good. Enjoyed a pedi-cab, which is an interesting was to travel! Overall a great weekend!
So, after coming back to work (5 days, so didn't want to go!), I started to get more comments that I'm showing. Apparently I popped alittle over the weekend ( I didn't eat THAT much!), though can still hide it if I try. Weight gain a little steadier now, but still on the moderate side... which hopefully will be good for stretch marks.
Baby room update: We got the walls painted, thanks to family and their help! (Also, had our Master Bedroom painted, but no one wants to hear about that right now). We finally set up the crib, so one piece of furniture it done. Won't get the rest in until later, still just have on layaway at Cribs4Life. Picked up a few deocrative items for the room, starting to collect those things. Bought the material for the quilt, need to get planning on that! Next big thing will probably be the closet inserts, prepare some storage.
Debate right now, cloth diapers vs. disposable. Leaning towards cloth, it is better for the environment and not having all that trash around (especially with the dog) would be nice. Had someone suggest a service that seems pretty reasonable, since its only a consideration if I don't have to do the laundry!
More updates as they come!
Labor day weekend we went on our babymoon, which was great. We decided to go to the historic distric of Savannah. We stayed at the mansion on forsyth (completely paid by credit card points!), which was awesome. Great location, right across the street from Forsyth park,,which is beautiful. First day we did a trolley tour, see around the city. Stopped by the candy kitchen for some pralines and sweets. Spent the rest of the weekend walking around the parks, Dave got some great pictures. Did a little shopping, found our usual vacation ornament (our tradition for trips now) and actually found something for the baby's room. I tried gelato for the first time, which was REALLY good. Enjoyed a pedi-cab, which is an interesting was to travel! Overall a great weekend!
So, after coming back to work (5 days, so didn't want to go!), I started to get more comments that I'm showing. Apparently I popped alittle over the weekend ( I didn't eat THAT much!), though can still hide it if I try. Weight gain a little steadier now, but still on the moderate side... which hopefully will be good for stretch marks.
Baby room update: We got the walls painted, thanks to family and their help! (Also, had our Master Bedroom painted, but no one wants to hear about that right now). We finally set up the crib, so one piece of furniture it done. Won't get the rest in until later, still just have on layaway at Cribs4Life. Picked up a few deocrative items for the room, starting to collect those things. Bought the material for the quilt, need to get planning on that! Next big thing will probably be the closet inserts, prepare some storage.
Debate right now, cloth diapers vs. disposable. Leaning towards cloth, it is better for the environment and not having all that trash around (especially with the dog) would be nice. Had someone suggest a service that seems pretty reasonable, since its only a consideration if I don't have to do the laundry!
More updates as they come!
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