I was getting ready for bed last night and just didn't feel right. I had had almost no appetite all day, so every time I ate I got really uncomfortably full, but with my diabetes I have to eat whether I am hungry or not so I figured I just had to suffer through. But right before bed, my stomach felt weird....it was kind of a hollow ache, kind of like you might get when you need to throw up, but I wasn't nauseas per se, I didn't feel the need to run to the bathroom. My back also got really tight and sore out of nowhere.
I've had a sore, tight upper back through out the pregnancy, but this was more intense and it was more my mid to lower back. I knew some women didn't really feel contractions at first if they just had back labor, so I was worried that's what this was. My husband was getting ready to go to work, and he kept asking me if I needed to go to the hospital and I was like no, I don't think so. So I tried going to bed, but as soon as I got into bed I was doubled over in pain and couldn't straighten my body out. It wasn't like contraction pain because it was constant, so I guess it was more like constant RLP.
So I tried to tough it out and go to sleep, but my husband came in and said he was going to shower and shave before going to work, and he heard me kinda whimpering and asked if I was ok. I said I didn't know, but I think I needed to get up for a little while. By this point I wasn't exactly sure what was wrong, but I knew something wasn't quite right. I wasn't quite ready to say I needed to go to the hospital, but I wasn't too keen on him leaving in case I needed him later. So he said he was going to shower, and to see how I felt when he was done.
So I went and laid on the couch by my breathing was kind of labored. By the time he got out of the shower he was like get dressed, we're going. So we got to L&D around midnight, went through the usual drill, pee in a cup, get hooked up to the monitors, tried to describe my pain. Under normal circumstances I would have probably waited it out a little more to see if I felt any worse, but with the cerclage still in I was worried about contracting against it, and dilating and would damage my cervix.
So the nurse asked if I felt anything just then and I said no not really, but my back does still hurt, and she said because you just had a small contraction. So the monitor was picking them up, they were about every 5-7 minutes but not strong enough to feel. I was kind of glad I was actually contracting so there was a valid reason to come in. I know they say it's better to be safe than sorry, but it's nice to realize you didn't just come in because you had bad gas. So they monitored me for several hours and a resident came in to do a pelvic exam. She thought the cerclage was ok and that I wasn't dilated, but I guess she wasn't real experienced with cerclages and wanted a second opinion, so another resident came in and did another exam. This one was much more painful, not as bad but close to the pain of being fisted when the doctor removed the placenta when Kayla was born. So kept pushing really hard and grabbing my cervix. She said I was fingertip dilated, but not enough to actually get a finger in and she felt that the cerclage was ok. But then she did a speculum exam so she could actually see it. Ugh, I HATE the speculum. Thank God I had my husband's hand to squeeze the life out of.
So after a while longer and them speaking to my doctor on the phone, they said they wanted to monitor me for another hour to see if the contractions calmed down, which they did some and then they did another spec exam to make sure I hadn't dilated further. So we got home around 6am, went to bed and then I woke up at 9 to see if my doctor could get me in for my regular appt any earlier than 1:45. Right before I called though they actually called me to see if I could come in earlier, so we got ready and went. They kept saying my regular doctor, who I assume was on rounds in the hospital, would likely come see me, but instead the jerk one that I don't like came in.
He rolled his eyes at my one high bloodsugar reading from when I went to my Godson's birthday party the other day. Oh excuse the shit out of me if I am not perfect, and have to make do as best I can with the food available to me. Then he was asking me what happned last night and what brought me in....I explained about the backpain and the overall weird feeling, and that I couldn't really feel any contractions but the monitor did show I was having some. He was like well most women have some contractions at some point and aren't actually in labor. Ugh, I felt like he was being dimissive and almost acting like it wasn't a big deal, whereas everyone other person I came into contact with said it was good that I came in, especially with my cerclage and my history. Besides, I've had like 6 NST's so far and to my knowledge they've never showed any contractions, so that was new for me.
So then he did a speculum exam....holy hell, he was not gentle at all. I get that men don't have those parts, but why can't some male OB's (and women I suppose) be a little more gentle? Especially seeing as how things are more painful when you're pregnant, and I had just had two pelvics and two other spec exams just hours earlier. He also did the strep B swab, which I had done several weeks ago the last time I went to L&D and I barely knew they did it, but with him I almost jumped off the table. Ugh, I really hope he isn't the one to deliver Boo.
So he concluded that the cerclage was fine, and the dilation was barely enough to even consider it dilated so all is well. We got home from there around noon and then I napped like all afternoon. I feel pretty much fine now, no back ache and no weirdness. He did say I'll be getting my cerclage out next Tuesday, and they'll also do a growth scan to check on her size. I wasn't supposed to have another growth scan until the week or two following, but since my husband is coming for the cerclage removal, I am glad he'll get to see the growth scan too.
It's funny because even though I wasn't certain it would progress and she would come last night, there was always the possibility. And I was amazingly ok with her coming if that's what happened. In fact a part of me was kind of hoping I would progress because I am so excited to meet her. Ryan said the same thing, he kept flipping back and forth as to whether he actually wanted her to come now or not. Since the nursery isn't ready yet, I always assumed if I went into labor anytime soon I would be terrified, but I was actually excited. But since it didn't progress, I am glad she's decided to bake a while longer. I know she would be ok if born now, but another few weeks will only make her even stronger.
My cats were acting very strange last night and this morning. So amazing how animals can sense things. As we were getting ready to leave last night Zoey was just sitting on the counter watching us. He's normally getting into something and being annoying, but he was just sitting, observing. Then when we got home this morning, our other cat Vinny kept following me from room to room, meowing. As if making sure I was alright. Sometimes when I am laying on the couch he'll come up and sniff my tummy. So cute.
Well I'm off to shower and go to bed. Hopefully this next week goes by fast so I can get my cerclage out, then I'll feel a lot more relaxed about going into labor early. We haven't been scheduled yet, but my induction will be a month from this week!
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Baby Clothes- 35 wks 2 days
I went to my Godson's second birthday party today and my friend's Aunt Dee was there. She has kind of adopted me as a niece, so she was invited to the shower but she couldn't make it because of the snow so she gave me a present today. She got Boo this adorable frilly dress. It is a 3-6 mo and we hope to get her baptized this summer so this cute little dress may need to make an appearance afterward at the luncheon.
Speaking of her baptism, my stepmom's brother-in-law gave us the christening gown that all of his kids were baptized in. He figures he won't be having any grandkids so he wanted to pass it on to someone that could use it. It's really pretty but it's all croched with pretty heavy yarn. I don't want her sweating her butt off in that, so I think we're going to pass on it. Plus Ryan is pretty sure his mom still has his gown so that would be nice if she could be baptized in the same gown her daddy was.
We got a couple outfts from our shower that just won't work, so I took those back today and got three onesies, a footy pajama, two packs of socks with six pairs each and a pink piggy bank....not a bad trade off. There was a children's resale store right next door and I was so tempted, but I didn't go in. I think she's got enough clothes now, at least to make it thru six months anyway. I got my Godson's birthday gift from Old Navy yesterday, my friend requested clothes since between him and his brother they have soooo many toys. So while I was there I picked up a few outfits for Boo.
One is a onesie that says Miss Sassy Pants, and I got these cute little yellow shorts to go over it that kind of look like bloomers. I also got her this little blue romper thing with eyelet designs at the top, it's so pretty. I have to actively search for non pink clothes since her closet is overflowing with pink right now. I got our registry completion coupon from Babies R Us the other day. Ryan wasn't too thrilled about going and likely has to work tomorrow, so my future SIL and I are going to buy the remaining stuff we need. We're also going to Bed Bath and Beyond to finish her wedding registry since my brother doesn't feel like going. Slackers!
I'm a little worried about where to put everything I am buying tomorrow. I went through all of our gifts and got all of the clothes and anything that needed to be washed, so those are either hung up in her closet, or folded in laundry baskets in the basement and was able to condense everything to one corner of the living room. But tomorrow's haul is definitely not going to fit in the corner. Maybe when our living room is full of baby stuff again, that will light a fire under my husband's ass to get the furniture assembled so the nursery is set up and we can put stuff away. I'm itching to get the nursery decorated and put together, hopefully Boo doesn't decide to come early.
I put our jogger stroller together last night. I love it, it's so nice. But wow am I glad we also got a smaller lightweight stroller for everyday use. That jogger is huge and not very light. Ryan is running a 5K a few weeks after Boo will arrive. Last year it was the first race he ran after we lost Kayla and all the guys sported bracelets with her name on them and ran in her honor. So this year, since Boo will be too little to go jogging, he's going to "ghostride" and run with the empty stroller in Kayla's honor. That's going to be very emotional to see him crossing the finish line. Since he'll have the carseat on the stroller (that way people don't really have to know the stroller is empty) I guess I'll try out the little pouch carrier thing while she and I wait for daddy to finish the race. Hopefully the weather will be warmer by then.
Speaking of her baptism, my stepmom's brother-in-law gave us the christening gown that all of his kids were baptized in. He figures he won't be having any grandkids so he wanted to pass it on to someone that could use it. It's really pretty but it's all croched with pretty heavy yarn. I don't want her sweating her butt off in that, so I think we're going to pass on it. Plus Ryan is pretty sure his mom still has his gown so that would be nice if she could be baptized in the same gown her daddy was.
We got a couple outfts from our shower that just won't work, so I took those back today and got three onesies, a footy pajama, two packs of socks with six pairs each and a pink piggy bank....not a bad trade off. There was a children's resale store right next door and I was so tempted, but I didn't go in. I think she's got enough clothes now, at least to make it thru six months anyway. I got my Godson's birthday gift from Old Navy yesterday, my friend requested clothes since between him and his brother they have soooo many toys. So while I was there I picked up a few outfits for Boo.
One is a onesie that says Miss Sassy Pants, and I got these cute little yellow shorts to go over it that kind of look like bloomers. I also got her this little blue romper thing with eyelet designs at the top, it's so pretty. I have to actively search for non pink clothes since her closet is overflowing with pink right now. I got our registry completion coupon from Babies R Us the other day. Ryan wasn't too thrilled about going and likely has to work tomorrow, so my future SIL and I are going to buy the remaining stuff we need. We're also going to Bed Bath and Beyond to finish her wedding registry since my brother doesn't feel like going. Slackers!
I'm a little worried about where to put everything I am buying tomorrow. I went through all of our gifts and got all of the clothes and anything that needed to be washed, so those are either hung up in her closet, or folded in laundry baskets in the basement and was able to condense everything to one corner of the living room. But tomorrow's haul is definitely not going to fit in the corner. Maybe when our living room is full of baby stuff again, that will light a fire under my husband's ass to get the furniture assembled so the nursery is set up and we can put stuff away. I'm itching to get the nursery decorated and put together, hopefully Boo doesn't decide to come early.
I put our jogger stroller together last night. I love it, it's so nice. But wow am I glad we also got a smaller lightweight stroller for everyday use. That jogger is huge and not very light. Ryan is running a 5K a few weeks after Boo will arrive. Last year it was the first race he ran after we lost Kayla and all the guys sported bracelets with her name on them and ran in her honor. So this year, since Boo will be too little to go jogging, he's going to "ghostride" and run with the empty stroller in Kayla's honor. That's going to be very emotional to see him crossing the finish line. Since he'll have the carseat on the stroller (that way people don't really have to know the stroller is empty) I guess I'll try out the little pouch carrier thing while she and I wait for daddy to finish the race. Hopefully the weather will be warmer by then.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
35/35!
I'm 35 weeks down, 35 days to go. Wow that's scary. I cannot believe Boo will be here in 35 days or less. After tomorrow I've only got four weeks left of work, eeeek! I can't wait, I am so tired of trying to stay awake at work.
My NST the other day was combined with a doctor appt. She did great on the NST, and my cerclage is still good and I get it out in about two weeks. I'm very nervous for that. She said the more relaxed I can be, the easier it is on all of us. Pelvic exams I can handle, transvaginal ultrasounds no problem. But I absolutely hate anything that involves a speculum. But I'm planning on my husband being at that appt, so hopefully that will make me a little calmer.
I'm also nervous about having it in for another two weeks. My doctor stressed that if I am having any bleeding or contractions I need to get to L&D right away because I don't want to be having contractions with the cerclage in. Yuck, that makes me nervous. She also said I am measuring a little large according to fundal height. Of course I didn't think to ask how large, I'll ask tomorrow. I know a lot of people measure larger, and neither fundal height nor growth scan are completly accurate, but with having diabetes I am nervous about having to push out a 9+ pound football.
Obviously since I am having an epi that won't be that big of a deal but I am very nervous about tearing. Ryan and I have decided to start calling her by her name to each other. I don't feel it is as necessary to keep her distant from her name anymore, and I don't want her to arrive and not feel like her name at all by not using it before then. And often when I am compelled to call her something other than Boo, it's Kayla. I know if things were different, it's very common to call sisters by each others names by accident. Hell my mom used to call me by my brother's name all the time. But with Kayla not being here, I'm very uncomfortable with calling Boo by her sister's name just because I'm already worried that we're replacing her, or on the flip side, that Boo will forever feel like she's living in Kayla's shadow, and that she's only here because Kayla is not.
So we'll still call her Boo to everyone else, I am not comfortable with everyone calling her by her name yet. Plus, 95% of our friends and family don't even know the name we have picked out, so we might as well keep it a surprise at this point.
My NST the other day was combined with a doctor appt. She did great on the NST, and my cerclage is still good and I get it out in about two weeks. I'm very nervous for that. She said the more relaxed I can be, the easier it is on all of us. Pelvic exams I can handle, transvaginal ultrasounds no problem. But I absolutely hate anything that involves a speculum. But I'm planning on my husband being at that appt, so hopefully that will make me a little calmer.
I'm also nervous about having it in for another two weeks. My doctor stressed that if I am having any bleeding or contractions I need to get to L&D right away because I don't want to be having contractions with the cerclage in. Yuck, that makes me nervous. She also said I am measuring a little large according to fundal height. Of course I didn't think to ask how large, I'll ask tomorrow. I know a lot of people measure larger, and neither fundal height nor growth scan are completly accurate, but with having diabetes I am nervous about having to push out a 9+ pound football.
Obviously since I am having an epi that won't be that big of a deal but I am very nervous about tearing. Ryan and I have decided to start calling her by her name to each other. I don't feel it is as necessary to keep her distant from her name anymore, and I don't want her to arrive and not feel like her name at all by not using it before then. And often when I am compelled to call her something other than Boo, it's Kayla. I know if things were different, it's very common to call sisters by each others names by accident. Hell my mom used to call me by my brother's name all the time. But with Kayla not being here, I'm very uncomfortable with calling Boo by her sister's name just because I'm already worried that we're replacing her, or on the flip side, that Boo will forever feel like she's living in Kayla's shadow, and that she's only here because Kayla is not.
So we'll still call her Boo to everyone else, I am not comfortable with everyone calling her by her name yet. Plus, 95% of our friends and family don't even know the name we have picked out, so we might as well keep it a surprise at this point.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Nesting-34 wks 3 daya
I think nesting has set in. I have been cleaning all weekend, and I cannot stop. I've cleaned nooks and crannies that I didn't even know could get dirt in them, but I cannot stop seeing dirt everywhere I go so I just kept scrubbing. Yesterday I did the bathroom and half of the kitchen, and today it took me 4 hours to finish the kitchen. I intended on doing the living room as well, but just as I finished the kitchen my husband wanted to go out and do something.
Finishing my cleaning job would have been nice, but my husband isn't always a fan of going out these days, so when he wants to, I drop what I am doing. So we went to dinner at Five Guys Burgers, and then drove around looking for something to do. It was going on 6 on a Sunday, so our options were limited. We ended up going to Rock of Ages which is a CD/record/rock and roll memorbilia and pop culture stuff store. So we walked around for a bit, laughed at the rock 'n roll onsies they had. There were funny ones, but we're just not the kind of people that dress our baby in Rolling Stone or Sons of Anarchy onsies. My friend at work sent me a pic of a cute onsie, it was orange and made out to look like a prison uniform and it said "I just did 9 months on the inside". Ha, though I am not sure who felt like they were in jail more, me or her.
After that we just came home because we couldn't think of anything else to do. On the way home we stopped at Tim Horton's and got a bagel to share and we each got donuts. I got a chocolate glazed which I am eating now with a glass of milk and it's heavenly. I did well with my numbers today, plus after a marathon session of cleaning I felt I deserved it.
I hope I have the energy to clean the living room tomorrow. It's so nice to have an 85% clean house. My problem with cleaning is I have two extremes. Pig, or neatfreak. I either do nothing and the house is completely disusting, or I go on rampages like I did today (though today was slightly more extreme fueled by nesting drives) and I have troubles stopping, and I freak out about every little speck of dirt after having spent all day cleaning. A super clean house is nice, but I have trouble relaxing in it because I keep seeing more and more that needs to be cleaned. I feel better when the house is presentable, but lived in.
But once I get it all clean, hopefully I can get back to my daily chore schedule to maintain it. Boo must have liked my cleaning today though because every time I sat down to take a break, she would kick like crazy. My constant movement and cleaning must have lulled her to sleep all day. Well, 20 minutes until the season premier of The Walking Dead, so I'm outta here.
Finishing my cleaning job would have been nice, but my husband isn't always a fan of going out these days, so when he wants to, I drop what I am doing. So we went to dinner at Five Guys Burgers, and then drove around looking for something to do. It was going on 6 on a Sunday, so our options were limited. We ended up going to Rock of Ages which is a CD/record/rock and roll memorbilia and pop culture stuff store. So we walked around for a bit, laughed at the rock 'n roll onsies they had. There were funny ones, but we're just not the kind of people that dress our baby in Rolling Stone or Sons of Anarchy onsies. My friend at work sent me a pic of a cute onsie, it was orange and made out to look like a prison uniform and it said "I just did 9 months on the inside". Ha, though I am not sure who felt like they were in jail more, me or her.
After that we just came home because we couldn't think of anything else to do. On the way home we stopped at Tim Horton's and got a bagel to share and we each got donuts. I got a chocolate glazed which I am eating now with a glass of milk and it's heavenly. I did well with my numbers today, plus after a marathon session of cleaning I felt I deserved it.
I hope I have the energy to clean the living room tomorrow. It's so nice to have an 85% clean house. My problem with cleaning is I have two extremes. Pig, or neatfreak. I either do nothing and the house is completely disusting, or I go on rampages like I did today (though today was slightly more extreme fueled by nesting drives) and I have troubles stopping, and I freak out about every little speck of dirt after having spent all day cleaning. A super clean house is nice, but I have trouble relaxing in it because I keep seeing more and more that needs to be cleaned. I feel better when the house is presentable, but lived in.
But once I get it all clean, hopefully I can get back to my daily chore schedule to maintain it. Boo must have liked my cleaning today though because every time I sat down to take a break, she would kick like crazy. My constant movement and cleaning must have lulled her to sleep all day. Well, 20 minutes until the season premier of The Walking Dead, so I'm outta here.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Crabby pants- 34 wks 1 day
Whew, I wore my crabby pants to work today. Everybody was driving me crazy. It's too bad there aren't two phases of maternity leave....for after the baby is here for recovery and bonding, and for before the baby is here so you do not commit murder in the last few weeks when your patience is paper thin. I was coming out of the bathroom today when this lady, who annoys me on a good day but being pregnant, she annoys the ever living crap out of me, was coming in. She says, "wow Amy, you're so big!". I was like uh thanks, just what everyone wants to hear and she laughed. Hey dummy, I wasn't making a joke, I was trying to tell you that your comment was rude.
I will never understand why people think it is ok to make comments on your size when you're pregnant. Especially considering I am overweight to begin with, don't ya think maybe, just maybe I don't want to be told how huge I am? Besides, I really don't think I am that huge. I mean, I definitely look almost 8 months pregnant, but ya know, some women appear to be 15 months pregnant so I don't think I look gargantuan.
Then, my boss for the millionth time in a row tried to schedule a meeting with me for after I was leaving for the doctor today. Erg, I don't know why he does that. We have personal calendars and then group calendars so you can see other peoples' availability but apparently he never checks it. Not to mention the fact that he knows I have two appts every week now so maybe you should check the calendar to make sure it's not one of the appt days.
The day got better though. I left at 2 for my NST, I barely sat down when I got there and was called back. The last two times I had to wait at least 30 minutes so it was awesome to get called back right away. I got my favorite nurse....she's so nice. I like them all, but she's my favorite. She mentioned how great this pregnancy is going....she's right, I am very lucky. Going into it we had no idea what would happen. At best we figured bed rest and a premie in the NICU, but at worst there was the fear of losing another baby, but here I am, no bed rest, no major complications aside from the GD and the bleeding early on, and I'm 34 weeks which is basically in the early window of possibly not even needing NICU time if born now. We've been through a lot with the infertility, early loss and losing Kayla, but we are so blessed to have Boo and have everything go well.
So she got me hooked up and she was much more mellow this time, only kicking once or twice every few minutes. But then toward the end she got the hiccups so she was jerking every 2 or 3 seconds from the hiccup. It was funny looking at the print out because there would be a dash or two here and there, but once the hiccups started it was just a thick blocks of hash marks since I had to hit the button so many times. Pat came back in to check on me, took one look at the print out and said oh we've got the hiccups.
So I left work at 2, my appt was at 2:30 and I was outta there by 3, home by 3:30 on a Friday afternoon. It was nice. I've "cooked" all week for the first time in forever. I use the term cook loosley because one night it was tacos (no sides, just tacos, so basically browning ground beef) and the other three night we popped some Little Ceasars Pizza Kits in the oven. Regardless, we didn't spend money and we ate at home, so I decided I deserved a night out tonight so we went to our favorite Mexican place. We have nothing on the agenda for the weekend, so I hope to catch up on some sleep, and maybe get some cleaning done.
I will never understand why people think it is ok to make comments on your size when you're pregnant. Especially considering I am overweight to begin with, don't ya think maybe, just maybe I don't want to be told how huge I am? Besides, I really don't think I am that huge. I mean, I definitely look almost 8 months pregnant, but ya know, some women appear to be 15 months pregnant so I don't think I look gargantuan.
Then, my boss for the millionth time in a row tried to schedule a meeting with me for after I was leaving for the doctor today. Erg, I don't know why he does that. We have personal calendars and then group calendars so you can see other peoples' availability but apparently he never checks it. Not to mention the fact that he knows I have two appts every week now so maybe you should check the calendar to make sure it's not one of the appt days.
The day got better though. I left at 2 for my NST, I barely sat down when I got there and was called back. The last two times I had to wait at least 30 minutes so it was awesome to get called back right away. I got my favorite nurse....she's so nice. I like them all, but she's my favorite. She mentioned how great this pregnancy is going....she's right, I am very lucky. Going into it we had no idea what would happen. At best we figured bed rest and a premie in the NICU, but at worst there was the fear of losing another baby, but here I am, no bed rest, no major complications aside from the GD and the bleeding early on, and I'm 34 weeks which is basically in the early window of possibly not even needing NICU time if born now. We've been through a lot with the infertility, early loss and losing Kayla, but we are so blessed to have Boo and have everything go well.
So she got me hooked up and she was much more mellow this time, only kicking once or twice every few minutes. But then toward the end she got the hiccups so she was jerking every 2 or 3 seconds from the hiccup. It was funny looking at the print out because there would be a dash or two here and there, but once the hiccups started it was just a thick blocks of hash marks since I had to hit the button so many times. Pat came back in to check on me, took one look at the print out and said oh we've got the hiccups.
So I left work at 2, my appt was at 2:30 and I was outta there by 3, home by 3:30 on a Friday afternoon. It was nice. I've "cooked" all week for the first time in forever. I use the term cook loosley because one night it was tacos (no sides, just tacos, so basically browning ground beef) and the other three night we popped some Little Ceasars Pizza Kits in the oven. Regardless, we didn't spend money and we ate at home, so I decided I deserved a night out tonight so we went to our favorite Mexican place. We have nothing on the agenda for the weekend, so I hope to catch up on some sleep, and maybe get some cleaning done.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Wild child- 34 wks
Boo was a little crazy at my NST the other day. She was actually kicking and moving around too much and they had a hard time establishing a baseline for her heartrate, so they had difficulties knowing whether it was excelerating as it should with movement. So after being hooked up to the monitors for like 45 minutes, I got a surprise ultrasound. The doctor was a little concerned that maybe her fluid was low, but it was fine, and everything looked good. I guess she just felt like dancing.
So since we just received a TON of pink stuff, I decided to take advantage of the ultrasound and ask if she was still a girl....yep, nothing has grown in the last 16 weeks, haha. My tech sounded very confident in her answer back at the anatomy scan, but before we start putting all the pink stuff away in her room, it makes me feel better to have that second look. She also said she has a lot of hair, which is what the tech at the 3D ultrasound said too. Gah, I can't wait to see her.
We got our jogger and infant car seat last night. The car seat does fit in the other stroller we got so that's good. But we registered for the wrong bases so we'll have to return the one my inlaws got us and get the right one, plus two more.
Her going home outfit came today. Actually it's one of many, I know I definitely want pictures taken in it, but I am not sure if she'll actually go home in it or not. It depends on the weather that day since it's short sleeve and she'll need a pair of pants to go over it. My MIL told me the other day that she ordered a newborn sized tutu for her. How freaking adorable would it look with a pink tutu?
So since we just received a TON of pink stuff, I decided to take advantage of the ultrasound and ask if she was still a girl....yep, nothing has grown in the last 16 weeks, haha. My tech sounded very confident in her answer back at the anatomy scan, but before we start putting all the pink stuff away in her room, it makes me feel better to have that second look. She also said she has a lot of hair, which is what the tech at the 3D ultrasound said too. Gah, I can't wait to see her.
We got our jogger and infant car seat last night. The car seat does fit in the other stroller we got so that's good. But we registered for the wrong bases so we'll have to return the one my inlaws got us and get the right one, plus two more.
Her going home outfit came today. Actually it's one of many, I know I definitely want pictures taken in it, but I am not sure if she'll actually go home in it or not. It depends on the weather that day since it's short sleeve and she'll need a pair of pants to go over it. My MIL told me the other day that she ordered a newborn sized tutu for her. How freaking adorable would it look with a pink tutu?
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Baby shower- 33 wks 3 days
Yesterday was my baby shower and it went great. I had a bit of a pity party for myself the night before because we were getting a lot of snow in the forecast, so people began cancelling left and right. None of my up north family made it, Ryan's cousins from the thumb area didn't make it, and even some local people that had a 30-45 minute drive didn't want to risk it. I totally understood, a baby shower just isn't risking your life or your car to drive a long distance in snow. But I was bummed. I had been looking forward to my baby shower for a long time, and I was looking forward to seeing everyone.
So when I woke up yesterday morning it was already coming down pretty hard. I had a 5 minute drive to get my hair cut, but even that was difficult and the snow was just hammering. I was gone just over and hour and by the time I got home you couldn't even see my footprints from when I left. Within 20 minutes you could barely see my footprints from when I got home.
My husband didn't have to go into work until after the shower, and he wanted to drive me because of the snow....it's so cute. I am really not uncomfortable driving in the snow, espeically since getting my AWD, but I wasn't going to turn him down, I was really glad he came. So he shoveled while I finished getting ready and then we went. I was bracing myself for only 5 people showing up, but we actually had a pretty good turn out. Of the 50 that RSVPd yes, we had about 20 show up, which I thought was really good considering how bad the weather was.
So when we first got there we mingled and said hi to everyone. Ryan's friend from high school came and also brought her cousin since her mom couldn't make it and she figured a lot of people would cancel. The cousin went to school wtih all of them too so he had a good time catching up with them. His friend Phil's wife Vicki came, and she was at a table with Dan's wife Becky and my aunt and two couins. Vicki is pregnant and due in July, and we found out my cousin (well cousin's wife) that got married back in October is pregnant too, due in September. My other cousin's son is like 12 and I think they are done having kids, so the look on her face was kinda funny when she realize there were two, not just one preggo at her table. We all joked that she better not drink the water.
My MIL got beautiful tulip arrangements for each table, so while they were getting the food ready they had everyone fill out their thank you card envelope and then drew names to give away the flowers. My friend and her daughter came that I haven't seen in like a year. We used to work together, she was one of my bestest friends at work and she was one of my bridesmaids. It was so good to see her again. She kept saying how much she loved the flowers, so I was happy that she won an arrangement.
They also had everyone fill out a card of baby wishes that they wish for Boo. They were things like, I hope you love....., I hope you become....., I hope you are not afraid of......., and they had to fill in the blanks. I cried when I was reading them, it's such a beautiful keepsake for Boo. My brother's was funny, for the I hope you love, he put "your uncle Joe". :) I was so glad he came....his fiancee is sick so she couldn't make it, but glad he did. I feel like I never see him anymore. Hopefully he'll be around more once Boo arrives, but he just works so darn much. With only one day off a week, he needs it to get stuff done around the house.
The only thing was none of the grandparents or my best friend filled one out because they were so busy hosting, and I really want one for Boo to read from them, so I'll have to get them to do that. They also played a game where they had to match up celebrity couple to their babies, so winners from that one a basket that each of my ladies made. The remaining baskets went to the winners of baby gift bingo. So I think people had a good time and won some good prizes.
We had arabic food catered from one of my favorite restaurants. It was so good, but it hurt my mouth. My tounge and gums have been so sensitive and sore from hormones and the spices and stuff in the food made it even worse. Which I knew it would, but I suffered through it anyway. It was salad, rice, bread, hummous and chicken skewers. I took it easy on the rice and bread and loaded up on chicken so it was at least a good diabetic meal. I ended up testing 20 minutes early because they started serving the cake, and my sugar was 125....so I'm going to assume that 20 minutes later it would have been below 120 :) And even if it wasn't, I think I did pretty good for being my shower.
After lunch we opened presents, we got a lot of great stuff. I made Ryan sit with me and help hold stuff up for everyone to see. He barely knew what any of the things were for and I had to explain each one, so it was really funny when I opened like the 5th swaddle blanket and he announced, it's a swaddle! Everyone laughed and cheered that he finally figured out what something was. We really didn't get much that we have to return....maybe a couple outfits because we got a very summery 12 month outfit but it will be like December through March when she fits into that, and my aunt got us a premie sleeper. I totally get why, because of Kayla. But I think I'll wait until closer to my due date and as long as things are still going well I'll return that. It only fits up to 5 pounds so there is no sense keeping something that will never fit her most likely. I also need to go through all of the clothes and take inventory and see if there are things I need to exchange, like if we got too many newborn things or wrong season clothes, but it looks like everyone did a good job of getting varying sizes. We got a lot of pink! I sure hope the ultrasound tech was right, lol.
I didn't notice, but my friend remarked at how we didn't get a single package of diapers. That's actually fine with me. She got enough diapers at her shower to last her about 3 months, but of course lots of different brands and some weren't great. I think it's actually a good thing to not get a bunch....I would have to use any we got because I would hate to waste them, but it would suck using brands that leak. So now we can just buy and stock up on whatever brand we think we want to try. We also didn't get any bottles, but again I think a good thing....we can just buy a few and see if she likes them, and if not try another brand.
Not that it's all about gifts, but most of the people that had to cancel already did, or plan to still get us gifts so we've got more coming. I hope we can find someplace to put the stuff we already have before then. Our house looks like a tornado went through. My dad and Brenda didn't get us anything yet, they wanted to wait and see what we got, and then have us tell them what we still really need. My inlaws got us the convertible carseat, but we need the bucket one she'll be in for the first year or so. But our travel system was pretty expensive, so my dad said he would pay a certain amount of it and then we used any money we received to pay the rest. Whew, I feel better that we're getting that soon. I had a dream the other day they she came early and we didn't have the carseat and had to drive around with her on our laps.
So we had a great day, great food, the cake was delicious, I had a nice time talking with friends and family and we got a lot of nice stuff to help us get started. It would have been great if it hadn't snowed, but all in all it was a wonderful celebration for our girl.
This morning my husband came to bed when he got home from work and rubbed my back for me because it was so sore. As he was doing that, he said, "I can't wait for her to be here". Awwww. We're so lucky, and I can't wait for her to be here either. Here are a few pics of our day.
So when I woke up yesterday morning it was already coming down pretty hard. I had a 5 minute drive to get my hair cut, but even that was difficult and the snow was just hammering. I was gone just over and hour and by the time I got home you couldn't even see my footprints from when I left. Within 20 minutes you could barely see my footprints from when I got home.
My husband didn't have to go into work until after the shower, and he wanted to drive me because of the snow....it's so cute. I am really not uncomfortable driving in the snow, espeically since getting my AWD, but I wasn't going to turn him down, I was really glad he came. So he shoveled while I finished getting ready and then we went. I was bracing myself for only 5 people showing up, but we actually had a pretty good turn out. Of the 50 that RSVPd yes, we had about 20 show up, which I thought was really good considering how bad the weather was.
So when we first got there we mingled and said hi to everyone. Ryan's friend from high school came and also brought her cousin since her mom couldn't make it and she figured a lot of people would cancel. The cousin went to school wtih all of them too so he had a good time catching up with them. His friend Phil's wife Vicki came, and she was at a table with Dan's wife Becky and my aunt and two couins. Vicki is pregnant and due in July, and we found out my cousin (well cousin's wife) that got married back in October is pregnant too, due in September. My other cousin's son is like 12 and I think they are done having kids, so the look on her face was kinda funny when she realize there were two, not just one preggo at her table. We all joked that she better not drink the water.
My MIL got beautiful tulip arrangements for each table, so while they were getting the food ready they had everyone fill out their thank you card envelope and then drew names to give away the flowers. My friend and her daughter came that I haven't seen in like a year. We used to work together, she was one of my bestest friends at work and she was one of my bridesmaids. It was so good to see her again. She kept saying how much she loved the flowers, so I was happy that she won an arrangement.
They also had everyone fill out a card of baby wishes that they wish for Boo. They were things like, I hope you love....., I hope you become....., I hope you are not afraid of......., and they had to fill in the blanks. I cried when I was reading them, it's such a beautiful keepsake for Boo. My brother's was funny, for the I hope you love, he put "your uncle Joe". :) I was so glad he came....his fiancee is sick so she couldn't make it, but glad he did. I feel like I never see him anymore. Hopefully he'll be around more once Boo arrives, but he just works so darn much. With only one day off a week, he needs it to get stuff done around the house.
The only thing was none of the grandparents or my best friend filled one out because they were so busy hosting, and I really want one for Boo to read from them, so I'll have to get them to do that. They also played a game where they had to match up celebrity couple to their babies, so winners from that one a basket that each of my ladies made. The remaining baskets went to the winners of baby gift bingo. So I think people had a good time and won some good prizes.
We had arabic food catered from one of my favorite restaurants. It was so good, but it hurt my mouth. My tounge and gums have been so sensitive and sore from hormones and the spices and stuff in the food made it even worse. Which I knew it would, but I suffered through it anyway. It was salad, rice, bread, hummous and chicken skewers. I took it easy on the rice and bread and loaded up on chicken so it was at least a good diabetic meal. I ended up testing 20 minutes early because they started serving the cake, and my sugar was 125....so I'm going to assume that 20 minutes later it would have been below 120 :) And even if it wasn't, I think I did pretty good for being my shower.
After lunch we opened presents, we got a lot of great stuff. I made Ryan sit with me and help hold stuff up for everyone to see. He barely knew what any of the things were for and I had to explain each one, so it was really funny when I opened like the 5th swaddle blanket and he announced, it's a swaddle! Everyone laughed and cheered that he finally figured out what something was. We really didn't get much that we have to return....maybe a couple outfits because we got a very summery 12 month outfit but it will be like December through March when she fits into that, and my aunt got us a premie sleeper. I totally get why, because of Kayla. But I think I'll wait until closer to my due date and as long as things are still going well I'll return that. It only fits up to 5 pounds so there is no sense keeping something that will never fit her most likely. I also need to go through all of the clothes and take inventory and see if there are things I need to exchange, like if we got too many newborn things or wrong season clothes, but it looks like everyone did a good job of getting varying sizes. We got a lot of pink! I sure hope the ultrasound tech was right, lol.
I didn't notice, but my friend remarked at how we didn't get a single package of diapers. That's actually fine with me. She got enough diapers at her shower to last her about 3 months, but of course lots of different brands and some weren't great. I think it's actually a good thing to not get a bunch....I would have to use any we got because I would hate to waste them, but it would suck using brands that leak. So now we can just buy and stock up on whatever brand we think we want to try. We also didn't get any bottles, but again I think a good thing....we can just buy a few and see if she likes them, and if not try another brand.
Not that it's all about gifts, but most of the people that had to cancel already did, or plan to still get us gifts so we've got more coming. I hope we can find someplace to put the stuff we already have before then. Our house looks like a tornado went through. My dad and Brenda didn't get us anything yet, they wanted to wait and see what we got, and then have us tell them what we still really need. My inlaws got us the convertible carseat, but we need the bucket one she'll be in for the first year or so. But our travel system was pretty expensive, so my dad said he would pay a certain amount of it and then we used any money we received to pay the rest. Whew, I feel better that we're getting that soon. I had a dream the other day they she came early and we didn't have the carseat and had to drive around with her on our laps.
So we had a great day, great food, the cake was delicious, I had a nice time talking with friends and family and we got a lot of nice stuff to help us get started. It would have been great if it hadn't snowed, but all in all it was a wonderful celebration for our girl.
This morning my husband came to bed when he got home from work and rubbed my back for me because it was so sore. As he was doing that, he said, "I can't wait for her to be here". Awwww. We're so lucky, and I can't wait for her to be here either. Here are a few pics of our day.
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